What is Chefs for the Blue?

Chefs for the Blue is a chefs' collective launched in 2017 (a Kyoto team will be launched in September 2021) with a food journalist and about 30 top chefs in Tokyo as its members.
While learning from NGOs, researchers, consulting firms specializing in sustainable seafood, and government agencies, the team is engaged in various activities, including collaborative projects with local governments and companies and food events aimed at a sustainable ocean.

Organization Outline

Organization Name
Chefs for the Blue (general incorporated association)
Date Established
June 6, 2018 (activities began in 2017)
Address
Harajuku Tokyu Apartment B1,
3-7-13 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-to
Representative Director
Hiroko SasakiFood Journalist
Directors
Shuzo KishidaOwner/Chef, Quintessence Shinsuke IshiiOwner/Chef, Sincere Fumio YonezawaOwner/Chef, No Code Ken SakamotoOwner/Chef, Cenci
Adviser

TEAM

(in alphabetical order)
  • Shinsuke ISHII(Sincere)
  • Takamoto IZUMI(New restaurant coming soon)
  • Yoshihiro IMAI(monk)
  • Jinnosuke UMEHARA(Yakumo Saryo)
  • Norihito ENDO(Ebisu Endo)
  • Tetsuo OTA(LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota)
  • Shinya OTSUCHIHASHI(Craftale)
  • Hiroyuki OGATA(Yoshoku Ogata)
  • Tomoya KAWATA(Sazenka)
  • Shuzo KISHIDA(Quintessence)
  • Yuji GOTO(Melograno)
  • Yusuke GOTO(Amour)
  • Kenya SAKAI(Kenya)
  • Ken SAKAMOTO(Cenci )
  • Hiroshi SASAKI(Gion Sasaki)
  • Takaaki SUGITA(Nihonbashi Kakigaracho Sugita)
  • Masakazu TAIRA(Don Bravo)
  • Koji TAMURA(Mr. CHEESECAKE)
  • Ryosuke TAMURA(Itsuka)
  • Daisuke TSUJI(Convivio)
  • Atsushi NAKAHIGASHI(One Rice One Soup)
  • Kazunari NAKAMURA(La Bonne Table)
  • Takuto NAKAMURA(Memu Open Research Campus)
  • Yusaku NAKAMURA(KOKE )
  • Akihiro NAKAMOTO(Ristorante Nakamoto )
  • Keisuke NAKAMOTO(Chef, Bini )
  • Kotaro NODA(Bistrot64)
  • Shohei HASHIMOTO(Unagi Hashimoto)
  • Ryohei HAYASHI(Tenoshima)
  • Koji HARADA(Parlour Ekoda)
  • Masayo FUNAKOSHI(Farmoon )
  • Koichi FUJITA(Cenetta Barba)
  • Sayaka HORIUCHI(Oryori Horiuchi)
  • Motoi MAEDA(MOTOÏ )
  • Ippei MATSUMOTO(La Paix)
  • Takuto MUROTA(Lature)
  • Kan MORIEDA(Chompoo)
  • Noriyuki MORINAGA(Droit)
  • Fumio YONEZAWA(No Code)
  • Koki WATANABE(Taiho Chinese Cuisine)
  • Yasumitsu WATANUKI(Sushi Yasumitsu)
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Our team engages in activities for the future of
Japan's bountiful oceans and rich food culture.

Our sense of urgency and goals