Roy Yamaguchi

Japanese-American Celebrity Chef & Restaurateur

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Roy Yamaguchi Biography

Hawaii Food & Wine co-founder Roy Yamaguchi is a Japanese-American celebrity chef, restaurateur and founding member of the Hawaii Regional Cuisine movement. In 1993, he became the first chef from Hawaii to win a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Pacific Northwest Chef. He is the founder of Roy’s® Restaurants, Beach House by Roy Yamaguchi, Eating House 1849, GOEN Dining+Bar by Roy Yamaguchi and Humble Market Kitchin.

His many honors include California Chef of the Year (California Restaurant Writers Association), Gault-Millau Top 40 (Forbes FYI), Top 50 Cuisines in America (Conde Nast Traveler), Fine Dining Hall of Fame (Nation’s Restaurant News) and the John Heckathorn Dining Excellence Award (Honolulu Magazine).

Yamaguchi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in New York in 1976, he accepted positions at some of the most prestigious California restaurants at the time—L’Escoffier, L’Ermitage, Le Serene, Michael’s, and Le Gourmet in the Sheraton Plaza La Reina. In 1984, Yamaguchi opened his first restaurant, 385 North in Hollywood, and in 1988 he moved to Honolulu to open the first Roy’s Restaurant.

Yamaguchi is also known as a television personality, hosting six seasons of the PBS series, Hawaii Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi. He was featured on the Food Network’s My Country, My Kitchen which took him back to his roots in Japan. Yamaguchi also competed on the first season of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters and appeared as Iron Chef Asian, in Iron Chef USA.

In 2017, Yamaguchi partnered with Swiss-based MSC Cruises, the world’s largest privately owned cruise company to open the Asian Market Kitchen, a specialty pan-Asian restaurant on board the cruise line’s next-generation ship.

Yamaguchi serves as a trustee or board member for the U.S.-Japan Council, Go For Broke National Education Center, the Culinary Institute of America, and the Culinary Institute of the Pacific.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/09/2024.

Roy Yamaguchi Videos

  • Cooking with Roy Yamaguchi at Eating House 1849
    Cooking with Roy Yamaguchi is always a fun experience. The set way is Roy’s way in his kitchen, meaning we improvise, do not measure, and use...
  • ROY YAMAGUCHI of Roy’s Restaurants on the Culture of Hospitality
    Chef Roy Yamaguchi knows it takes great people to make great food. The celebrity chef and multiple restaurant owner found culinary success by...

Roy Yamaguchi Books

  • Roy's Feasts from Hawaii: [A Cookbook]
    Roy's Feasts from Hawaii: [A Cookbook]
  • Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim [A Cookbook]
    Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim [A Cookbook]
  • Cooking With Roy
    Cooking With Roy
  • Pacific Bounty: Hawaii Cooks With Roy Yamaguchi
    Pacific Bounty: Hawaii Cooks With Roy Yamaguchi

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Roy Yamaguchi is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Roy Yamaguchi for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Roy Yamaguchi generally travels from HI, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Michelle Bernstein, Dat Phan, Anne Burrell, Kelsey Nixon and Beau MacMillan. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Roy Yamaguchi for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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