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Masaharu Morimoto Net Worth and Biography
Masaharu Morimoto is a Japanese Chef and one of the richest chefs in the world, with an estimated net worth of $18 Million.
Masaharu Morimoto is a Japanese Chef, with an estimated net worth of $18 Million. He is best known as an Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef and its spinoff Iron Chef America. He is also one of the most expensive chefs in the world, with a service charge of $50,000 for private booking.
Bio Data
| Full Name | Masaharu Morimoto |
| Date of Birth | May 26, 1955 |
| Gender | Male |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Career | Chef |
| Net worth | $18 Million |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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Biography
Morimoto Masaharu was born May 26, 1955, in Hiroshima, where he got practical training in sushi and traditional Kaiseki cuisine and opened his first restaurant in 1980. Influenced by Western cooking styles, he decided to sell his restaurant in 1985 to travel around the United States.
Establishing himself in the United States, Morimoto worked in some of Manhattan’s prestigious restaurants, including the dining area for Sony Corporation’s executive staff and visiting VIPs, the Sony Club, where he was executive chef, and at the exclusive Japanese restaurant Nobu, where he was head chef.
While at Nobu he got his start on the Iron Chef television show. Several months after the weekly run of Iron Chef ended in 1999, he left Nobu to collaborate with Starr Restaurants and opened his own Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia in 2001.
He expanded his cooking empire, establishing another Morimoto restaurant in Chelsea, New York City. He has since then established several Morimoto restaurants around the world. In July 2010, he opened a Napa Valley location of his flagship Morimoto restaurant, followed in October 2010 by a Waikiki, Hawaii location, and a Maui location in October 2013.
In November 2012, Morimoto opened Tribeca Canvas in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood, featuring Asian-inflected takes on American comfort food. He also developed a line of specialty beers in collaboration with Rogue Ales of Newport, Oregon, consisting of the Imperial Pilsner, Soba Ale, and Black Obi Soba Ale.
Television Appearance
Morimoto replaced, Koumei Nakamura as the Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef. He also appeared as an Iron Chef in Iron Chef America, a spinoff from the original Japanese Iron Chef series, and in its spinoffs The Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef Gauntlet
In the 2010 season of the American version of Hell’s Kitchen, Iron Chef Morimoto made an appearance on the show teaching the contestants how to make sushi. He also served as the Guest Judge in Season 8 edition of Top Chef and season 10 of MasterChef for the King of the Crabs battle.
In 2016 Morimotoparticipated as a guest in the 6th edition of Masterchef Italia and made guest appearances as himself on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0. He also made a guest appearance in the 4 Million Subscriber Special of Binging with Babish, in which he prepared fugu for Andrew Rea’s “death sandwich.”
Masaharu Morimoto Net Worth
Masaharu Morimoto is one of the richest chefs in the world, with an estimated net worth of $18 Million. He was also one of the most expensive chefs in the world, with a service charge of $50,000 for private booking. Aside from making money from his television contract, as a host for numerous cooking shows, Morimoto is also the founder of numerous restaurants as listed in his Biography section.