Chris Jaeckle joins host Akiko Katayama this week on Japan Eats for a discussion about how he became a chef, and why he decided to cook so many different kinds of food. Chris and Akiko talk about the commitment and learning process that Chris went through that brought him to working at restaurants such as Eleven Madison Park and Morimoto, and how these experiences eventually helped open his restaurants All’Onda and Uma Temakeria. This program was brought to you by Karp Resources.

“Any entrepreneur who is trying to grow and get better will always be competing with themselves.” [5:00]

“We have young kids in high school and elementary school…we certainly didn’t think it would be like this, but were really pleased with the demographic [Customers at Uma Temakeria].” [34:00]

— Chris Jaeckle on Japan Eats