Ryo Northfield hails from Kagawa, a food-centric city in Japan. He attended the prestigious Tsuji Cookery School where many 3-Michelin Star chefs were trained. Ryo’s career in Japan peaked during his head chef role under his master, the legendary Ironchef Hiroyuki Sakai. To this day, Sakai still refers Ryo as his star protégé...
Chef Mark Normoyle, EXECUTIVE CHEF OF RACV CITY CLUB SINCE 2009, heads 5 kitchens and over 80 chefs in his team which he built upon a high level of passion for quality food and premium ingredients. The former PRESIDENT OF LES TOQUES BLANCHES (Executive Chefs Association), also known as IRON CHEF AUSTRALIA, battled against...
Chef Ikuei Arakane, known as ‘Kinsan’, has headed many AWARD WINING RESTAURANTS in Australia, such as TAXI DINING ROOM, KOKO in Melbourne and The Glass House in Tasmania. Kinsan’s passion & reputation has led him to being a highly sought after CONSULTING CHEF by many food industry establishments. Kinsan has appeared as CELEBRITY GUEST...
The term “Nouvelle Japanese” played a big part in Chef Hal Yamashita’s distinctive style of cuisine when he grew up in the city at a time that allowed entry to foreigners, ushering an era of global cuisine. Since then, Chef Hal has worked towards perfecting his craft. Over the years, he opened a...
Boundless - a word that aptly sums up Chef Janice Wong. Her refined and ever-evolving dessert creations began with her studies at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, arguably the world's best culinary school, to pursue a career in pastry. The native Singaporean holds a degree in economics, but a last minute career change saw...
Born in 1979 Tokyo, Chen Kentaro is the grandson of Chen Kenmin, known as the father of introducing Szechuan cuisine in japan, and the son of Chen Kenichi, the Iron chef. After the employment at Akasaka Shisenhanten Restaurant, he travels to Sichuan sheng , Chengdu city in 2005 to learn and study the...
Masahiko Kobe (神戸 勝彦 Kōbe Masahiko), born October, 15 1969 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a chef specializing in Italian cuisine, most notable as the "Iron Chef Italian" on the television series Iron Chef, where he appeared wearing a chef's uniform decorated like the Italian Flag (Red, White, & Green) and holding a...
Chen Kenichi (陳建一 Chin Ken'ichi), traditional Chinese: 陳建一; pinyin: Chén Jiànyī, born January 5, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan), whose name is often romanized Chin Kenichi in Japanese sources, is a chef best known for his role as the Iron Chef Chinese on the television series Iron Chef. Nicknamed "The Szechuan Sage", he wears...
Hiroyuki Sakai, known as the “IRON CHEF FRENCH” started his career at the age of 17 in Osaka, Japan. He spent a year and half in Australia to get practical training & opened his own restaurant “LA ROCHELLE” in Aoyama, Tokyo. He received an award of GRADE DE CHEVALIER DANS LE ORDRE DU...
Rokusaburo Michiba (道場 六三郎 Michiba Rokusaburō), born 3 January 1931) is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Japanese Iron Chef on the television series Iron Chef. He was on the show from its inception in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996. After his retirement as...