About Yūji Wakiya
Born 1958. Yūji Wakiya is a Japanese chef.
is a Japanese - Cantonese chef famous for cooking Chinese cuisine.
Biography
Wakiya was born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. He appeared on Fuji Television's Iron Chef two times during its original broadcast run, losing to Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai in the Sea Urchin battle in 1994, before winning in 1997 against Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi with Papaya as the theme. and was named Iron Chef Chinese for the 2012 revival of the series. He opened a restaurant in New York City's Gramercy Park Hotel in July 2007, garnering a mixed review from the New York Times. Now Chef at KOA Restaurant, 12 West Twenty First Street, New York.
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Japanese chef
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Yūji Wakiya was born in 1958 in Hokkaidō.
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