Sydney foodie scene heavyweights Peter Evans and Raita Noda are preparing a degustation fundraiser at the Ocean Room on Thursday June 2, for the Australian Red Cross Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal 2011…

Australian lawyer and MasterChef winner Adam Liaw has traded in his pen for a sword, and will soon be treating Sydneysiders to Japanese delicacies at his very own izakaya-style bar. The serendipity of being offered a job in Tokyo instead of Beijing, and following his life’s passion of cooking reshaped his career, but it was never obvious from the start…

Takashi Ohuchi ‘I don’t think this place is a fusion restaurant. We just make food. No confusion or fusion,’ Uchi Lounge Restaurateur and Executive Chef Takashi Ohuchi says matter-of-factly. Some smooth jazz trumpet in the background softly muses over the rich ambience of the restaurant, which is coloured warmly with antiques and original artworks by [...]

etsuya Wakuda is going to be hard pressed finding space on his mantle piece for this new DVD, and will possibly have to shovel aside several national and international awards to squeeze it in.

The JAMS.TV sales team recently made a foray to Sushi Samurai in Neutral Bay, and weren’t disappointed!

‘Now you’re seeing subcultures – young freeters (young Japanese working part time or freelance, often to follow their dreams) for example, these young women, sommeliers who aren’t all about suit and tie – all of these subcultures are coming to the fore, and I think they’re moving away from the tunnel-visioned excessive level of specialisation that detracts from fun, that perhaps the old school Japanese specialists have been about…’

G’Day Japan! recently caught up with Australian Ned Goodwin, Global Dining sommelier and Japan’s first Master of Wine (MW) at The Ocean Room in Sydney, on the cusp of two special dinners being held as part of the Crave Sydney International Food Festival 2010.

Iron Chef Australia will go to air on Channel Seven next Tuesday October 19, from 7.30pm.

Responding to skyrocketing demand for sushi making skills overseas, the Tokyo Sushi Academy (TSA) created an English curriculum in 2009 which has turned into a hit with students from Australia, the US and Europe.

Sommelier Ned Goodwin is but one of many international gourmet gurus to have converged upon Sydney this month for the Crave International Food Festival…