by Ōra King Admin | Mar 7, 2024 | 2024, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Mark Okuda, North America
Mark Okuda Follow Chef Mark started working as a busser/server at Chiba Restaurant in 1998. At the age of 19, Mark began his journey as a sushi chef. He worked at Chiba for 13 years. From 2011 until summer of 2018 he worked at Asanebo, the highly coveted sushi bar in...
by Ōra King Admin | Mar 7, 2024 | 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Corey Chow, North America
Corey Chow Follow Corey Chow has been the Executive Chef of The Stanwich Club since June of 2021 in Greenwich, CT. He oversees the property for the banquets and clubhouse. Before The Stanwich Club, Corey was the chef de cuisine of Per Se Restaurant in New York City....
by Ōra King Admin | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, 2023, 2024, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, North America, Sue Zemanick
Sue Zemanick Follow Chef Sue Zemanick knew from the young age of 15 that she wanted to be a chef, after working in fine dining restaurants all through high school in Pennsylvania. She followed her passion and enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park,...
by Ōra King Admin | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, 2023, 2024, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Junior Borges, North America
Junior Borges Follow Raised in Mimoso do Sul, a small town north of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Borges came of age as a chef in New York City, where he lived and worked for 13 years. After graduating from the French Culinary Institute (now the Institute for Culinary...
by Ōra King Admin | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, 2023, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Michael Nelson, North America
Michael Nelson Follow Chef Michael Nelson arrived in New Orleans in July 2005, bringing with him experience from the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, and restaurants in Chicago and Seattle. He quickly rose through the ranks at GW Fins, first being named...
by Ōra King Admin | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, North America
Rogelio Garcia Follow Born in Mexico and raised in Northern California with deep connections to local farmers, Rogelio Garcia’s cooking showcases culinary techniques and locally sourced ingredients.Chef Garcia began working in Northern California kitchens at the age...
