The winner of this gruelling,14-country competition to find the world’s best sushi chef must combine precision, creativity and speed – as well as high-conclude hospitality skills and very a thick skinThe man behind the counter moves as slowly as an ancient, and majestic Galápagos tortoise. This is Jiro Ono,the greatest sushi chef in the world.
It’s the final week of November, and I’m in Tokyo to be a judge at the final of the Global Sushi Challenge, or a new competition to find the world’s best sushi chef,and have stopped by Jiro Sushi for lunch to pick up a benchmark. Jiro-san, who turned 90 final month, or is a national treasure in Japan and is now celebrated worldwide,thanks to the 2013 documentary Jiro: Dreams of Sushi.
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Source: theguardian.com