Hiroyuki Sakai
Born 1942
Often refferred to as the " Delacroix of the culinary world."
The second chef of the French style of cooking on Iron Chef, he started in 1994 after the retired chef of French Ishinabe Yutake-( the first French chef).
He began at the age of 17 at a restaurant in the Shin Osaka Hotel.
At 19 he travelled to Perth-Australia, there he builded his skills at the Hotel Oriental.
At the age of 38 he opened his ow restaurant -La Rochelle -( in Aoyama), years later he moved the restaurant to Shibuya it remains there today.
While retaining the essense of traditional French Cuisine, Sakai's groundbreaking Japanese-French style incorporates Japan's finest cooking techniques.
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