Daisuke Nakazawa

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Daisuke Nakazawa
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Nakazawa in 2016
Born1979 (age 4546)
Tochigi, Japan [1]
Culinary career
Cooking style Japanese, sushi
Current restaurant(s)
Website www.sushinakazawa.com

Daisuke Nakazawa (born 1979) is head chef of the eponymous Sushi Nakazawa in New York City. [2] Nakazawa apprenticed at Sukiyabashi Jiro under Jiro Ono, [3] and appeared in the David Gelb documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi . [4] [5] Nakazawa lived and worked in Seattle, at Sushi Kashiba under chef Shiro Kashiba, another Jiro Ono mentored chef, for several years before coming to New York to open Sushi Nakazawa, where he remains. [6] [7]

References

  1. "United Card Events from Chase". www.unitedcardevents.com. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  2. How Borgognone Won the Lotto With Sushi Nakazawa Marguerite Preston, eater.com September 10, 2014
  3. Nancy Leson (2013-01-18). "Shiro's chef dreams of sushi, too; in fact he was Jiro's apprentice". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  4. Staff, Chef's Pencil (2025-07-07). "Chef of the Week: Daisuke Nakazawa, Sushi Nakazawa". Chef's Pencil. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  5. "The Student Does the Master Proud (Published 2013)". 2013-12-10. Archived from the original on 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  6. French, Alex (28 February 2014). "A Day in the Life of Daisuke Nakazawa". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-04-04. Daisuke Nakazawa
  7. Gordinier, Jeff (29 October 2013). "Sushi's New Vanguard". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-04-03.