Chef tetsuya wakuda biography sample

          This humble Japanese chef had come to Australia at 22 years of age and soaked up the French technique that informed the cuisine of nearly every chef in Sydney..

          Tetsuya Wakuda

          Tetsuya Wakuda

          OAM

          Wakuda in 2012

          Born (1959-06-18) 18 June 1959 (age 65)

          Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

          OccupationChef
          Culinary career

          Tetsuya Wakuda (和久田 哲也, Wakuda Tetsuya)OAM (born 18 June 1959) is a Japanese-born Australian chef based in Sydney.

          Arriving in Australia in at 22 years of age with little more than his personal belongings and a love of food, he began working as a sushi.

        1. Arriving in Australia in at 22 years of age with little more than his personal belongings and a love of food, he began working as a sushi.
        2. By , after running a restaurant in Ultimo for a couple of years, which he'd named for the suburb, Tetsuya had grown sufficiently confident to open an.
        3. This humble Japanese chef had come to Australia at 22 years of age and soaked up the French technique that informed the cuisine of nearly every chef in Sydney.
        4. The Sydney-based Japanese chef has trained many young chefs who have since gone on to build successful careers.
        5. Renowned chef Tetsuya Wakuda discusses his award-winning restaurant Sagetsu, the evolution of immersive dining experiences.

          6. He was the leading judge in the final episode of the second season of Junior MasterChef Australia.

          Background

          Early life

          Tetsuya Wakuda was born on June 18, 1959, in the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

          Wakuda made his first visit to Australia at the age of 22.[1]

          Kinsela's and beyond (1983–1989)

          In 1983, Wakuda met Sydney chef Tony Bilson, who hired him to prepare sushi at Kinsela's in Taylor Square.[1] Under Bilson, Wakuda learned classical French techniques that underpin his Japanese-French fusion cooking.[2] Wakuda says that Kinsela's was where he realised he wanted to cook, and discovered that he could.[3