SUSHI WORKSHOP for professionalsEat-Japan’s intensive one-day sushi workshop, which this year featured a choice between a Creative Recipe Course and an Authentic Skills Course, was an unmitigated success with British chefs.
Date: Sunday 21 October 2007 Event OverviewA chance to experience true craftmanship and taste the world's best sushi!Professional chefs from all over Britain leapt at the chance to learn authentic sushi and Japanese cookery techniques from past and present members of the Seven Sushi Samurai and sushi masters from around the world at Eat-Japan’s exclusive London workshop. The event opened with a sushi lecture from Vice Director of the All Japan Sushi Association International Division, Masayoshi Kazato, and a tasting session of sushi made on site by the sushi masters in attendance, before splitting up into the two groups in order to take the respective courses. Here we give a brief summary of the invaluable knowledge imparted to the participants of each workshop.  Course 1: AUTHENTIC SKILLS COURSE
Course overview Course 2: Creative Recipe Course
Course overview 
Jeff Ramsey
Jeff's half of the course comprised a dynamic lecture on the history of sushi, a step-by-step demonstration and tasting of his incredible Electric Eel sushi, winner of Eat-Japan’s Sushi of the Year Award 2007, as well as other tricks and techniques, and an inventive group-work session with the students. 
Ichiro Kubota
Kubota showed the students some techniques from traditional Kyoto-style kaiseki cuisine, including intricate eel sasazushi parcels wrapped up in bamboo leaf, and a demonstration of his own original creation, wagyu tempura.  
This was followed by a reception to round off a hard day, where tutors and students could relax and talk over the day's events while enjoying the complimentary Asahi beer and the huge feast of the handiwork made throughout the day, from both the Creative Recipe and the Authentic Skills Courses. Once again, there was the opportunity for the workshop participants to watch, learn and of course sample as reputed sushi chefs demonstrated the sushi-making process as it should properly be done. Main tutors
Masayoshi Kazato
Lecturer and Main Tutor at the Authentic Skills course Head Chef of Sakaezushi Vice Director of the All Japan Sushi Association International Division. “I think everyone did their best; they were really keen. It' s important to remember at these kind of workshops, though, that its more important to master the core skills perfectly than rushing ahead to the next thing.” 
Jeff Ramsey
Main tutor of the Creative Course Head Chef at the Tapas Molecular Bar, Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo “I was really overwhelmed by how good everyone was. Everyone learned a great deal, and had a great time doing it.” 
Ichiro Kubota
Main tutor of the Creative Course Head Chef at UMU, London “It was a very unique workshop indeed. Two completely different styles of Japanese cuisine were shown by me and Jeff, but they proved very complimentary to one another. I was also really impressed by the enthusiasm of the students.
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| Prizes | Sponsorship and Support | SUSHI AWARDS 2007 press release (709K, PDF) | Sponsored by:
Supported by:
Embassy of Japan, JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) , JNTO (Japan National Tourist Organization) and All Japan Sushi Association Special thanks to:
FENG SUSHI, HARRO FOODS LTD., MOSHI MOSHI and TAZAKI FOODS LTD. |
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