Masa Takayama
- January 10, 2024
- Chef
Quick Facts
Masa Takayama Biography
| Name | Masa Takayama |
| Birthday | May 1 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Kuroiso |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Masa Takayama is one of the most popular and richest Chef who was born on May 1, 1954 in Kuroiso, Japan.
Born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, a small town three hours north of Tokyo, Takayama’s parents owned a fish shop and a catering business. He began cutting fish as a child. His brother and three sisters all helped in the store, loading the fish into the display cases before school. After school, Takayama would get on his bicycle and deliver sashimi his father had made. In the spring, which is wedding season in Japan, the family catered celebrations, typically five- course dinners for 200 guests where he would help all day at the expense of school. In high school, he wanted to become a surgeon. After high school, he apprenticed for eight years at the famous Sushiko in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district. As per traditional culinary apprenticeship in Japan, he spent many of those years working on the mundane tasks of dishwasher and bathroom cleaner before rising to the level of sushi chef. In 1978, a vacation to Los Angeles convinced him to move to the United States. In 1980, Takayama opened his first restaurant in Los Angeles, Saba-ya. He planned to eventually open a restaurant that would be closer to what was available in Japan, a plan that he felt he fulfilled with his second restaurant, Ginza Sushiko.
Takayama married Hisako Ishii, a Japanese native studying English he met at an Orange County sushi bar where he worked, in 1979. Together they had three children before they separated. He plays golf, runs marathons and is also a potter who designed the plates at Masa, along with sake cups of wood and bamboo. He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Masa Takayama Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chef |
| House | Living in own house. |
Masa Takayama is one of the richest Chef from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masa Takayama 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Masayoshi “Masa” Takayama (高山 雅氏 , Takayama Masayoshi) (born 1 May 1954) is a Japanese chef and owner of Masa, a three-Michelin-starred Japanese and sushi restaurant in Manhattan, New York City. He is also owner of Bar Masa, with two locations: one adjacent to his New York City restaurant, and one in the Aria Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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Who is Masa Takayama Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Mason Ranked on the list of most popular Chef. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Masa Takayama celebrates birthday on May 1 of every year.
How much is Masa worth?
Net Worth: $10 Million
Place of Birth:| Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan
Is masa still alive?
Personal life He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Who owns Masa in NYC?
Chef Masa is also chef/owner of Bar Masa (located next door to Masa), and is the chef at Kappo Masa (located at 976 Madison Avenue) in partnership with famed art gallerist Larry Gagosian.
Do you tip at Masa NYC?
Tipping will not be accepted.
Can you wear jeans to per se?
By Forbes Travel Guide. Both dinner and lunch at New York City’s Per Se calls for the proper attire. That means to dine at the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star restaurant, gentlemen must wear a jacket and no jeans are allowed in the dining room.