Marek Hora

Name of restaurant: Yamato - Japanese restaurant Place of work: Prague - Czech Republic   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I have always enjoyed cooking, causing people to the joy and pleasure of food, from something that can only be enjoyed with all the senses, awaken in them the desire to constantly return for food, invent new combinations and discover new tastes, always be better than yesterday, not forgetting the tradition and the words of my teachers.

Pepi Anevski
Name of restaurant: Umami Place of work: Copenhagen, Denmark   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  It is a good way to meet new people that are sushi enthusiast and share knowledge. It is an experience to evolve and to bring back new perspectives to sushichefs that works around me.

Per Toke Rosenkrantz

Name of restaurant: Sushi Lovers Place of work: Torvehallerne, Denmark   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  Toke Rosenkrantz and the team from Sushi Lovers has a great love for the japanese kitchen, and we wish to create a link between original japanese sushi methods, danish cooking styles and modernist cooking techniques and create beautiful and soulful sushi and sashimi. Toke has worked for many years creating beautiful dishes in high level sushi restaurants, and has a wonderful understanding of taste and texture as well as basic preparation techniques. Behind Toke stands a strong and dedicated culinary team, and we look forward to presenting our best dishes to you.

Cheff Juneck

Name of restaurant: Espaco Gourmet japan / The International Institute culinary of Japan Place of work: Aichi, Japan   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I'm Head Chef at 28 years and 18 years Sushiman, I am passionate about Japanese cuisine, and also a scholar of this cuisine that delights ... Be participating in the Word Cup Japan 2014 Sushi for me and a great honor, because I seek ever more exelencia in my work, performing it with perfection, dedication and above all much love ... my life today and dedicated to the perfect, natural sushi, pass this cuisine to new employees who are coming to the job market. I thank also the opportunity to participate in this high-level event, which in my view is the culture of sushi outcropping where professionals worldwide seek perfection and recognition. I'm very happy and hope to match. Would like to thank this opportunity to congratulate the organizers.

Hirokazu Sasaki
Name of restaurant: Sousaku Sushi Studio Ryugujo Place of work: Fukuoka, Japan   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  Lately, sushi culture has globalized rapidly.I am proud that sushi is one of the Japanese traditional culture, and I will try my best to challenge in this competition.

Walter Sidoravicius

Name of restaurant: Nobu Tokyo Place of work: Tokyo, Japan   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  For over 5 years I have worked as a chef in Japanese restaurants in a different cities like: Madrid, Ibiza, London, Sydney and now Tokyo. Learning the best of each master and bringing with me fantastic knowledge and culinarys adventures. It will be my first time I go to a competition and I'm sure will be a great experience for me and my profecion. I am motivated to do this competition and I believe I have the abilities and conditions required to make that with successfully. I want work hard, show my skills and share a good time during the competition. I appreciate that you accept me as a participant in this competition. Thanks, Walter Sidoravicius.

Roger Asakil Joya

Name of restaurant: Sabi sushi Place of work: Kingdom of Norway   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I have been in this competiition last year. It was a very good expirience having a relation with well talented japanese and international sushi chef. Having this kind of competition make us more awair of how we develop the skills understand and respect of sushi tradition that japanese are proud of. We international sushi chef have a responsibilty to implement strick hygiene and understand the product we are using. Base by tradition and filosofi of edomae style. We sushi chef have a responsiblity to show som ideas that we have in our respective country, so that sushi will prosper as one of the well respected food in the world. to achive this fusion are to understand the basic edomae style and hygiene technics.

Vladimir pak

Name of restaurant: Sabi sushi (bryne and Hinna) Place of work: Kingdom of Norway   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  For me it is very important and interesting. I am working with japanese cuisine for 12 years,but never been in japan. I worked in Moscow, Lithuania, currently working in Norway.Tournament gives me the opportunity to learn more about traditional Japanese cuisene. I am very grateful and happy that I will participete in this tournament. Thank you very much...

Alon Than (official: Oo Than)

Name of restaurant: Izumi Sushi pl. Zbawiciela, Izumi Sushi Bialy Kamien, Izumi Sushi Izakaya Place of work: Warsaw, Poland   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  Hajimemashite, I'm Alon Than. I'm very proud to be a sushi master, I have been making sushi for 17 years and of course I am still learning. Every day in my Izumi sushi restaurant, I take my knife in the hand and create the best sushi I can to make the people who eat it feel happy. I am so greatful for giving me this special chance to compete in WORLD SUSHI CUP. In the respect of Japanese culture of sushi, I will try as much as I can to create the best sushi in the world. Ganbarimasu!

Constantin Mihai Viorell

Name of restaurant: Zen Sushi Place of work: Bucharest Romania   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  It's an honor for me to participate to the world sushi cup 2014 . I'm verry enthusiastic to be in this competition also to be in Japan . It's a huge opportunity for me to test my skills and to learn more.This contest is a great chance to enlarge also my knowledge!I have great respect for the people who organized this big event and also for the competitors! Thank you!

Racatau Alexandru

Name of restaurant: TOKYO JAPANESE Restaurant Place of work: Romania   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I am very honoured to attend to such a great competition and to meet the greatest Sushi Chefs in the world. The experience achieved by participating will stronly influence the progress of my career, my dream to become better everyday in the art of preparing sushi. I know it will be difficult because of the big number of talented competitors, but I hope that my skills will impress the Jury.

Vojislav Milutinovic

Name of restaurant: Sushi Bar Tokyo Place of work: Belgrade, Republic of Serbia   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  It is my great honor and even greater pleasure to have the opportunity to participate in the competition. I have a great desire to show my sushi-making skills, that I have dedicated most of my professional career, and to compete with competitiors from all over the world. My greatest desire is to learn new things and acquire new skills.

Garry Loh

Name of restaurant: Yamagawa Japanese Restaurant Pte Ltd Place of work: Singapore   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  It is very excited and honored to be invited to take part in this very high standard event. Taking part in this competition is an impetus to achieving higher standard of Sushi making. Moreover, I can learn a lot more by socializing with fellow competitors. I am looking forward to this exciting event and will do my best.

Pontus Johansson
Name of restaurant: Saiko Place of work: Sweden   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  To meet and be inspired of the best sushi chefs in the world.

Iurii Lukashov
Name of restaurant: Yaponahata Place of work: Kiev, Ukraine   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  My aims are: - to get new ideas; - to get to know of new trends of sushi cuisine; - to get new acquaintances; - to improve my skills in sushi art; - to demonstraite my own sushi cuisine experience and level of development of mentioned cuisine in Ukraine.

Olexandr Tkachuk

Name of restaurant: Azuma oriental restaurant Place of work: Odessa, Ukraine   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  My friendly family has great cooking traditions. I am from Ukraine and that is why can claim that my grandmother and father cook the best borsch in the world. Since 15 I have been studied the culture of Japan and comprehended Japanese martial art - aikido. I believe that if you want to cognize something - you have to become it.

Armiyanto Setiyaki
Name of restaurant: Scarduzio Sushi, Steak and Lounge Place of work: Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  My enthusiasm for participate in world sushi cup competition is to improve a culinary position japanese cuisine where I can utilize my experience, knowledge and skills also educate edomae sushi.

Brent Hajime Koshu
Name of restaurant: Sushi Koshu Place of work: California, USA   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I would like to put myself to the test my skill of making sushi! I will try my best.

Eiichi Sato
Name of restaurant: I love Sushi on Lake Bellevue Place of work: Washington, USA   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I look forward to communicate with other sushi chefs from all over the world. I consider that the aim of this competition is to approach to spread the Japanese quality of sushi in the future, so I will do my best.

Jorge Dionicio

Name of restaurant: Uchi Place of work: Texas, USA   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  My name is Jorgew Dionicio and I am American citizen and I born in Lima Peru, since I started my career as a sushi chef one of my dreams was to go to Japan and go to Tsukiji Market and learn more about the culture. I am so honored to participate in this competition and one of my dreams come true in the best way because now I am going to the country that I always wanted to go and I am going for something that I love to do: SUSHI!!! I passed for a lot of difficults on my life but this is the top of my career. I am so excited and fascinated to be there. I can't wait to jump to the plane. Arigatou gozaimasu for this opportunity!!!

Yasutaka Kwamura

Name of restaurant: Shin-Sen-Gumi-Restaurant Place of work: California, USA   Enthusiasm for "WORLD SUSHI CUP®"  I am very honored to be a part of this competition. After leaving for the U.S., I have been able to taste and experience different culture, I found my way into sushi culture. Sushi has been loved by people around the world. I will try my best with putting my skills from the all experiences in this competition.