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Masa Takayama

Masa Takayama

Sushi

, United States / Japan

The story

He flies his hinoki counter and half his fish in from Japan, charges a fortune, and forbids photos — reverence, in his room, is a house rule. Chef of Masa in New York, the only US sushi restaurant with three Michelin stars, famed for an uncompromising omakase.

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