Harutaka Kishi

Haru actually began his culinary career by working at a little place in Japan back in ’95 but was able to find his rhythm and build his skills working at TAGAWA, a restaurant started by his family in Paris serving Japanese cuisine. Having studied under some of the greats such as Joel Robuchon, Chef Propriétaire of LE CHATEAU, a French restaurant located in Tokyo, as well as famous television star Chef Gordon Ramsey at the CONRAD TOKYO hotel then TRIANON PALACE – a Waldorf Astoria hotel in Versailles, France. Lucky for Angelinos everywhere, Chef Kishi travelled to West Hollywood in 2008 with Ramsey to work at the LONDON HOTEL climbing his way up the ladder to executive sous chef. When joining the CHAYA family in Beverly Hills in 2010 as executive chef, Haru brought with him a seasonal Euro-Asia palette as a result of his worldly travels and experiences over the past 15 years.