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1. Japanese Culture and the crafting Sushi in the States (Japanese)

2. The Road to Success As a Sushi Chef (Japanese)

3. Making Sushi and Enjoying Life (Japanese)

4. Raising a Golden Egg (Japanese)

Seki,Toshihiko

(n. 1962) Sushi Chef

Raising a Golden Egg (Japanese)

(Japanese) When I moved around, like to the East Coast, I taught a bunch of young people. In the future, I’m looking to open up a 2nd, 3rd or 4th restaurant, and looking forward to employing such youth. I mean something like associate managers. I have dreams of raising such a golden egg.

education food Japanese food sushi United States

Date: September 10, 2009

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Izumi Tanaka

Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Interviewee Bio

Born 1962 in Tokyo. Moved to America in 1981. Initially worked in a San Diego restaurant making sushi and helping in the kitchen. Moved to the East Coast in 1987 after receiving notice of a job opening in New York. He then moved to Connecticut in 1990 to support a friend opening a new restaurant. He became opened his own restaurant in 1997, and as his business grew, it became the top-rated restaurant in the New England area by ZAGAT. In 2006, he decided to return to Los Angeles for his wife in child, and started a sushi catering business while also working as a sushi chef for other restaurants. He has also taken the grand prize at several sushi competitions. In 2008 he opened “Toshi Sushi” in Little Tokyo. (December 2009)

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