Yuka Yanase
Yanase Yuka
Having spent her student years in the United States, Yuka joined an airline after graduation — and discovered a passion for fine food across the world. At thirty, she resolved to study cooking in earnest and moved to Italy, enrolling at the Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana di Lucca in Tuscany, spending weekends training at wineries and cheese makers. Back in Japan, she earned her diploma at École Emi's in Aoyama, Tokyo, then spent a year at a renowned Italian restaurant in Hiroo. She studied Italian wine at the Académie du Vin Tokyo, holds the Junior Vegetable & Fruit Meister qualification, and in 2011 earned Grade 2 of the Culinary Proficiency Test certified by Tsuji Culinary Institute, Osaka.
Kenta Nakatsuji
Nakatsuji Kenta — Instagram
Kenta moved with his family to New Zealand upon finishing junior high school. After high school he trained at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, then at the Tsuji Culinary Institute in Osaka, where a deep fascination with Italian cuisine and culture took hold. He went on to study at ICIF — the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners — in Piedmont, before refining his craft at the two-Michelin-starred Ristorante Duomo in Sicily. Returning to Japan in 2007, he taught for three years at a culinary school in Aoyama, Tokyo. He appears regularly on NHK Nagoya's "Sara Sara Salad."
History
Media & Television
Chukyo TV "PUSH" · Tokai TV "Switch" · Nagoya TV "Dodesuka!", "Up!", "Hiru Made Matenai!" and more · NHK Nagoya "Sara Sara Salad", "Marutto", "Hot Evening" · QVC Japan "TV Shopping"
Selected Clients
Ajinomoto · Embassy of Italy · ICE TOKYO · The Westin Nagoya Castle · Otsuka Foods · Kai Corporation · Kagome · Cleanup · Gain · Suntory Holdings · Daimaru Matsuzakaya · The Chunichi Shimbun · Chunichi Culture Center · Zwilling J.A. Henckels Japan · De'Longhi Japan · NH Foods · Panasonic · Valor · Fissler Japan · Fuji Horo · Mitsukoshi Isetan · Reform Sangyo Shimbun · Yonekyu · ANA Grand Court Nagoya · JA Aichi Keizairen · TOTO · RSN Japan
