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Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono has won three Michelin stars every year for more than a decade – he is the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries, and his art of sushi was featured in an award-winning film.
After all these achievements, the 100-year-old is not ready to fully retire.
“I plan to keep going for about five more years,” he said.
Ono is the founder of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a tiny, 10-seat sushi bar in the basement of a building in Tokyo’s Ginza district. He turned 100 last month.
Born in the central Japanese city of Hamamatsu in 1925, Ono began his apprenticeship when he was seven at the Japanese restaurant of a local inn. He moved to Tokyo and became a sushi chef at 25 and opened his own restaurant – Sukiyabashi Jiro – 15 years later in 1965.
He has devoted his life to seeking perfection in making sushi.
