This is Akinari Makishima. He's a 33 year old pizza chef in Nagoya, and recently became the first Japanese to ever win a prestigious pizza-making contest in Naples. The competition included 150 cooks from Western Europe and the US. Congrats!
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May 31, 2010
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I bet it killed him to leave out the mayonnaise and corn.
Posted by: twitter.com/bluemagister | May 31, 2010 at 09:17 AM
actually that's not entirely correct, there was another Japanese who won a pizza contest in Naples before, Makoto Onishi, who won at the Pizzafest in Naples in 2003 and 2006 even. They both actually seem to share the same teacher and mentor, Gaetano Fazio
http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/campania/japanese-takes-pizza-making-prize
http://www.pizzanapoletana.org/viewnews_eng.php?n=141
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=707333478 | May 31, 2010 at 04:37 PM
Also Hisanori Yamamoto, used to work for Napule in Omotesando but has now opened his own restaurant
http://metropolis.co.jp/dining/restaurant-reviews/da-isa
And no mayo I swear ;)
Posted by: Pj | May 31, 2010 at 07:56 PM
Sounds like he could guest star in a japanese food manga!
Posted by: Long Ngo | June 08, 2010 at 04:54 AM