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Tetsuya Wakuda
Famous international chef Tetsuya Wakuda came from the Japanese town of Hamamatsu. Wakuda came to Australia at the age of 22 with "nothing more than a small suitcase and a love of food" (About Tetsuya 2012). His first job was working as a kitchen hand at Fishwives in Surry Hills. Wakuda then went to work for Tony Bilson at Kinsela's. Bilson was seeking a Japanese cook to make sushi. However, at Kinsela's, Wakuda went far beyond being a sushi chef; that is where he learned classical French techniques. It was also there he began his fusion of French/Japanese cuisine.
However, Wakuda's success as a chef did not immediately translate into success as a restaurant owner. Wakuda and the former head waiter at Kinsela's went into a partnership together and opened Ultimo's. Ultimo's was essentially a failure, but it gave Wakuda some experience as a restaurant owner, preparing him for sole ownership of his restaurant. In 1989, Wakuda opened his own restaurant, Tetsuya's, in Rozelle, a suburb of Sydney. In 2000, he...
In fact, art has been almost as important to Wakuda's success as his cooking. According to Wakuda, "Art creates ambience but it's very personal. I like art a lot and that is my passion so the restaurant itself reflects that. People come here to escape from the everyday world, so when they come through the gate we cook for them, serve them what they want and they can enjoy the environment and the art the garden. It's a package. This is our style and it's not right or wrong. This is what people expect and it's what we give. This is Tetsuya's" (Paskin 2012).
While Wakuda might be known as a fusion-chef, he is widely known for promoting traditional Japanese food traditions. He was "selected as the Japanese sake industry's first overseas Sake Samurai (or ambassador) in 2006" (About Tetsuya 2012). This is because his food has a very Japanese flair. "Tetsuya embraces and adapts many of the elements of the finest type of Japanese…
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