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Tetsuya Wakuda
Tetsuya Wakuda OAM | |
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Wakuda in 2012 | |
| Born | (1959-06-18) 18 June 1959 (age 65) Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Culinary career | |
Tetsuya Wakuda (和久田 哲也, Wakuda Tetsuya)OAM (born 18 June 1959) is a Japanese-born Australian chef based in Sydney. He was the leading judge in the final episode of the second season of Junior MasterChef Australia.
Background
Early life
Tetsuya Wakuda was born on June 18, 1959, in the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Wakuda made his first visit to Australia at the age of 22.[1]
Kinsela's and beyond (1983–1989)
In 1983, Wakuda met Sydney chef Tony Bilson, who hired him to prepare sushi at Kinsela's in Taylor Square.[1] Under Bilson, Wakuda learned classical French techniques that underpin his Japanese-French fusion cooking.[2] Wakuda says that Kinsela's was where he realised he wanted to cook, and discovered that h Yahoo questions and answers page!