toshiya umeda

EXECUTIVE/MASTER CHEF

Toshi-san is a professionally trained French/Italian and Japanese chef whose skills have been honed and refined over the last 30 years.  Beginning his culinary career in Japan in 1993 at the Hot pot/Japanese restaurant as a line cook, Toshi-san’s journey in Japan has taken him through opportunities to work at a successful high-end French/Japanese fusion restaurant in Tokyo and Italian/Japanese fusion restaurant in Kyoto.

In 2009, in support of his former employer Toshi-san moved to the United States and continued working in the culinary field, as an executive chef for Mimasuya Italiano in Honolulu, HI.  In 2013, he left Mimasuya Italiano to explore his skills at Teppanyaki Onodera as an opening chef in Honolulu, HI. Toshi-san joined us and served as a chef all the way up until opening Miyabi Uni with the general partners in 2017.