Masaharu Morimoto: The Iron Chef and Japanese Chef
Masaharu Morimoto is a Japanese chef and television personality with a net worth of $18 million. He is known for his unique style in food presentation and is best known as an Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef as well as its spinoff Iron Chef America.
Morimoto received his practical training in sushi and traditional Kaiseki cuisine in Hiroshima and opened his own restaurant there in 1980. After selling the restaurant in 1985, he traveled the United States to expand his interest in western cooking styles and established himself in New York City, working at some of Manhattan’s high profile restaurants, including executive chef at Sony Club and head chef at Nobu.
Several months after the end of his run with The Iron Chef in 1999, Morimoto opened his own restaurant once again, this time in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He now has a Morimoto restaurant in Chelsea in New York City. He also went on to develop a line of specialty beers and opened two more restaurants in Napa Valley, California and Waikiki, Hawaii.
In April 2011, Morimoto made his acting debut on Hawaii Five-O, playing himself in an episode entitled Ma Ke Kahakai. In 2013, he opened the Asian fusion restaurant Bisutoro in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood.
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