In this episode we chat with Shimpei Hatanaka, the culinary brand chef for Sake restaurant, exploring his background and perspectives on Japanese cuisine in Australia. Key topics include similarities between Nordic and Japanese food focusing on ingredients, Hatanaka's early exposure to seafood through his chef father, working across Sake's multiple restaurant locations, sourcing quality seafood and rice, challenges training young chefs today, top sushi chefs pushing boundaries, and implementi...
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In this episode we chat with Shimpei Hatanaka, the culinary brand chef for Sake restaurant, exploring his background and perspectives on Japanese cuisine in Australia. Key topics include similarities between Nordic and Japanese food focusing on ingredients, Hatanaka's early exposure to seafood through his chef father, working across Sake's multiple restaurant locations, sourcing quality seafood and rice, challenges training young chefs today, top sushi chefs pushing boundaries, and implementi...
S1 Ep 5 (Part 1) Jeremy Fenech & Firedoor Chef and Owner Lennox Hastie
Life On the Pass
35 minutes
1 year ago
S1 Ep 5 (Part 1) Jeremy Fenech & Firedoor Chef and Owner Lennox Hastie
In our latest podcast we chat with chef Lennox Hastie, owner of the wood-fired restaurant Firedoor in Sydney. Lennox discusses his background and culinary journey working with fire across different cultures, the process of opening Firedoor using custom wood-fired equipment, insights on cooking techniques and managing intense heat sources, his writing work sharing fire cooking wisdom, the role of quality ingredients and understanding flavor profiles of diverse wood types, the importance...
Life On the Pass
In this episode we chat with Shimpei Hatanaka, the culinary brand chef for Sake restaurant, exploring his background and perspectives on Japanese cuisine in Australia. Key topics include similarities between Nordic and Japanese food focusing on ingredients, Hatanaka's early exposure to seafood through his chef father, working across Sake's multiple restaurant locations, sourcing quality seafood and rice, challenges training young chefs today, top sushi chefs pushing boundaries, and implementi...
