On Aug. 21, the second-generation proprietor of two-Michelin-starred Zeniya in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, will take 4 proficient highschool college students, winners of the All Japan High School Students Washoku Grand Prix, to New York, the place they may stage at two of the town’s prime eating places: Danny Meyer’s one-starred Gramercy Tavern and two-starred Gabriel Kreuther.
It’s a challenge Takagi believes can pay dividends for the subsequent technology of Japan’s fine-dining stars.