Hidekazu Tojo
Vancouver chef credited with inventing the inside-out 'BC roll' and the format that seeded the California roll for Western diners.
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Hidekazu Tojo is a Japanese-born chef based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is often credited with inventing the California roll and the B.C. roll.
He flipped the seaweed inward so squeamish Canadians would stop peeling it off, and accidentally rewrote how half the West eats sushi.
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Vancouver chef credited with inventing the inside-out 'BC roll' and the format that seeded the California roll for Western diners.
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