Yūji Wakiya (脇屋友詞, Wakiya Yūji, born 20 March 1958, Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese chef famous for cooking Chinese cuisine. He began his career as a chef in 1973, at the age of 15, when he got a job in a Chinese restaurant in Ōsaka; he opened his own restaurant, Turandot, in the Yokohama branch of the Pan Pacific Hotel in 1995. He has also appeared on Fuji Television's Iron Chef several times. He opened a restaurant in New York City's Gramerc...
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Date of birth:
- 1958 (age 52 years)
