Hiroyuki Sakai (born April 2, 1942 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a well-known Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine. Sakai is most famous for being the second, and last, Iron Chef French on the Japanese television show "Iron Chef", first appearing at the beginning of 1994 (after Yutaka Ishinabe retired) and continued his appearance in shows over nine seasons. Sakai has the second best winning percentage of the Iron Chefs, … Wikipedia
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But Sakai began to rebel against the culinary world's feudalistic system of apprenticeship. At 19, he traveled alone to Perth, Australia, to build his skills at the Hotel Oriental. After a year and a half in Australia, he returned to Japan, spending thr www.foodnetwork.com/food/hiroyuki_sakai/article/0,1974,FO...
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