Competition Finalists
From traditional to fusion-style, California's sushi restaurants offer a wide variety of flavors and textures to satisfy any palate. We left it to the culinary experts to choose the best in California to compete in the 2006 SushiMasters.
Sushi restaurants in key California markets were given the opportunity to enter in hopes of being selected to compete at SushiMasters 2006. After reviewing entries submitted by many talented sushi chefs, our Chef Advisory Panel selected the following chefs to compete in the only statewide sushi competition in the U.S.
Congratulations to our 2006 finalists!
Los AngelesChef Tom Kanome SacramentoChef Taka Watanabe San Francisco/Bay AreaChef Wing Lam San DiegoChef Jeff Roberto |
Iroha Sushi of Tokyo/Sushi Hirosuke Taka's of Fair Oaks Ozumo Sushi on a Roll |
Chef Jerry Warner of Café Japengo, will return to defend his 2005 SushiMaster title. Honorable mention awards go to Chef Andrew Ma of Kabuki Restaurant and Chef Xin Zhou of Sushi Bistro (2005 Signature Roll winner) who will be alternates if a finalist(s) is unable to attend.