New York

Jiro Ono is generally regarded by fellow chefs as the greatest sushi chef alive. Owner of the Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 3-Michelin star sushi restaurant in Tokyo, the 90-year-old chef has served many world-famous leaders including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former President Barack Obama in 2014. During his 65 years as a qualified sushi chef, Jiro has created new methods used in contemporary sushi preparation by being an exceptional perfectionist with rigid discipline. Some of these include, massaging octopus for much longer than customary, to enhance texture and flavour, boiling prawn just before serving it to the customer when it was customary to boil prawns in the morning for the days’ service, and, beginning an omakase meal with a mild white fish, when it was customary to begin with tuna.