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Kaz Matsune

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Kaz Matsune was born with a love for cooking. His passion led him to be a diligent student and a skilled sushi chef at restaurants such as Minako (San Francisco's first organic, Japanese restaurant), Ozumo, and the famed Fort Mason restaurant, Greens.

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Today, Kaz teaches corporate teams and sushi lovers of all stripes his craft with Breakthrough Sushi - the first and only sustainable team building sushi company in the US.

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Over the course of his 18-year professional culinary career, Kaz has served top celebrities and some of the Bay Area's top companies, including Google, Facebook, Oracle, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon Wireless, and Citibank. He has taught over 10,000 sushi lovers and even held lessons at the Culinary Institute of America at Copia.

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Kaz has also appeared in videos for Grammarly and Survey Monkey, as well as ad campaigns for Adobe and Eventbrite. His writing is featured on Quora, The Huffington Post, Slate, Apple News, and he has published three books on sushi. The most recent book, How I Became a Sushi Chef, is a memoir of his culinary journey.

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What is something most people don't know about being a sushi chef?
  • Aug 24, 2020

What is something most people don't know about being a sushi chef?

Allow me to share a secret (well, it’s more like a myth I suppose). Sushi chefs eat less sushi than you think they do. Many people (or at...
Just Because You are a Sushi Chef, It Doesn’t Mean You Know More About the Tuna than a Fishmonger
  • Aug 14, 2020

Just Because You are a Sushi Chef, It Doesn’t Mean You Know More About the Tuna than a Fishmonger

"Hey, who the hell is that?" Mako shouted as we looked outside our restaurant, Miyako Sushi. A dark-skinned man came out of a white GMC...
Yes, I Did Cut My Finger on My Firsday Day as A Sushi Chef
  • Aug 12, 2020

Yes, I Did Cut My Finger on My Firsday Day as A Sushi Chef

Is there anything I should bring to work? I wondered. It was my first day as a Sushi Chef, and it was my first day working at a...
What Would Happen to You When Featured on YouTube Video with 30 Million Views
  • Aug 10, 2020

What Would Happen to You When Featured on YouTube Video with 30 Million Views

(Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash) Being internet famous wasn't something I planned. How could I? For one, the category did not exist when...
What Are the Best and Coolest Ways to Eat Your Food Like a Pro?
  • Aug 8, 2020

What Are the Best and Coolest Ways to Eat Your Food Like a Pro?

Eating Fish Sashimi It's likely that many people are used to putting wasabi into soy sauce, making wasabi soy sauce first, then dip a...
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