Yūji Wakiya

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Wakiya was born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. He began his career as a chef in 1973, at the age of 15, when he got a job in a Chinese restaurant in Ōsaka; he opened his own restaurant, Turandot, in the Yokohama branch of the Pan Pacific Hotel in 1995.{{citation|url=http://events.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/dining/reviews/03rest.html|periodical=The New York Times|title=China Gets the Red Carpet Treatment|date=2007-10-03|access-date=2007-10-10|last=Bruni|first=Frank}}{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/dining/20waki.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin|periodical=The New York Times|title=From a Japanese Chef, Chinese, but Not Takeout|date=2007-06-20|access-date=2007-06-27|last=Fabricant|first=Florence}} He appeared on Fuji Television's Iron Chef two times during its original broadcast run, losing to Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai in the Sea Urchin battle in 1994, before winning in 1997 against Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi with Papaya as the theme.{{citation|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yl8h-ksg/tetu94.html|script-title=ja:料理の鉄人1994 |access-date=2007-06-27|publisher=TV Asahi}}{{citation|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yl8h-ksg/tetu97.html|script-title=ja:料理の鉄人1997 |access-date=2007-06-27|publisher=TV Asahi}}{{citation|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yl8h-ksg/tetu98.html|script-title=ja:料理の鉄人1998 |access-date=2007-06-27|publisher=TV Asahi}} and was named Iron Chef Chinese for the 2012 revival of the series.{{citation|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/ironchef/chef/chef2.html|script-title=ja:アイアンシェフ：アイアンシェフ 脇屋友詞 - フジテレビ |access-date=2012-10-27|publisher=Fuji TV}} He opened a restaurant in New York City's Gramercy Park Hotel in July 2007, garnering a mixed review from the New York Times. Now Chef at KOA Restaurant, 12 West Twenty First Street, New York.

• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:脇屋友詞の上海料理―家庭でできる達人秘伝の味 |trans-title=Yūji Wakiya's Shanghai Cuisine - Secrets Flavours of the Master You Can Make at Home| date=November 1996 |isbn=4-408-62447-0|publisher=Jitsugyō No Nihonsha}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:新しい中華のおかず |trans-title=New Chinese Side-Dishes|isbn=4-391-12058-5| date=August 1997 |publisher=Shufu-to-seikatsusha}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:香港のデザート |trans-title=Hong Kong Desserts|isbn=4-579-20606-1| date=December 1997 |publisher=Bunka Shuppankyoku}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:上海のヌードル |trans-title=Shanghai Noodles| date=May 1999 |isbn=4-579-20667-3|publisher=Bunka Shuppankyoku}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:脇屋友詞のどこにもない、すっきり味おいしい香り |trans-title=Yūji Wakiya's Refreshing, Delicious Flavours You Can't Find Anywhere Else|publisher=Kōdansha| date=October 1999 |isbn=4-06-209926-8}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:中国茶の愉しみ |trans-title=Enjoying Chinese Tea|isbn=4-14-188311-5|publisher=NHK Publishing| date=January 2001 }}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:脇屋友詞のおもてなし家郷菜 |trans-title=Yūji Wakiya's Home-style Cooking for Entertainment| date=April 2002 |publisher=NHK Publishing|isbn=4-14-187537-6}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:「プロが教える」きほんの中国料理 |trans-title=Basic Chinese Cuisine Taught by a Professional|publisher=ASCII Communications| date=February 2003 |isbn=4-7762-0039-2}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|script-title=ja:フライパンでつくる脇屋流基本のチャイニーズ |trans-title=Basic Wakiya-style Chinese You Can Make in a Frying Pan| date=October 2003 |publisher=Kōdansha|isbn=4-06-271567-8}}
• {{citation|first=Yūji|last=Wakiya|title=Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya |date=November 2008|publisher=Kodansha International|isbn=978-4-7700-3072-6}}

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• [http://www.wakiya.co.jp Personal homepage]
• [http://www.turandot.co.jp Turandot official homepage]
• [http://www.koanyc.com KOA Restaurant - New York City]

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Category:1958 births

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese chefs

Category:People from Sapporo