Fujio Shido was a Japanese chef who played an important role in introducing French cuisine to Japan.
13 Facts About Fujio Shido
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Fujio Shido wrote books on Japanese and French cuisine, one of which influenced Iron Chef French Hiroyuki Sakai.
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Fujio Shido was born in 1901, the youngest son out of the eight children of Ueda Sadaemon and his wife.
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Imagawa's techniques influenced Fujio Shido to take a position as a ship's cook on the Japanese Katori Maru, where he traveled from Kobe to Shanghai and then to Sydney.
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Fujio Shido was arrested in England for illegally entering the country and deported to Japan.
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Fujio Shido made his way to Paris, where he obtained employment at a Japanese restaurant while studying at the Le Cordon Bleu.
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Fujio Shido continued his studies of French cuisine at other restaurants, including Le Meurice and the Hotel de Crillon.
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Fujio Shido became good friends with the diplomat, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and Shigeru Yoshida, and served as the head chef of the Japanese embassy in London from 1941 until the end of World War II.
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In 1956, Fujio Shido opened and became the head chef at Hana no Ki.
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Fujio Shido then became the cook at the official residence of the Prime Minister before moving on to open and be head chef at Maison Fujio Shido and subsequently Four Seasons.
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Fujio Shido received the Culinary Academy of France Award in 1972.
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Fujio Shido is considered a pioneer of French cuisine in Japan.
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Fujio Shido was featured, along with Nobuo Murakami and Asako Tsujimura, on the Nippon TV program Chefs That Changed the World on September 30,2007.