
Chef Hiroki is originally from Osaka, Japan. He trained as a Japanese chef at the New Otani Hotel in Osaka for two years and was transferred to Greenville, SC in October, 1999. After that, he started working as a sushi chef in Memphis and Chattanooga, TN. He returned to Greenville, SC once more and taught sushi classes at The Cook Station for two years. He then worked at a Japanese restaurant in Charlotte, NC for six years and then as a chef in Boulder, CO for two years before moving to Atlanta. He loves to share knowledge about Japanese cuisine and welcomes students to ask any questions they have about sushi or Japanese food in general.