Shinichiro Takagi

Shinichiro Takagi

Chef, Japan


Asking the Winds of the Seasons | Shinichiro Takagi

Shinichiro Takagi is one of Japan’s leading chefs. His restaurant is Zeniya, in Kanazawa, where he cooks meals in the traditional kaiseki style. In this speech from MAD2, he talks about fierce adherence to seasonality.



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