Eiji Yamashita (Cooker (Japanese cuisine))

Last update date February 2, 2021

Eiji Yamashita Meister Face photo

Eiji Yamashita (Eiji)
Culinary (Japanese cuisine)

Selected for fiscal 2019 (24th term)
Lives in Naka Ward

1970 Born in Yokohama
Joined Umebayashi Corporation in 1995
Representative Director, Umebayashi Corporation
Managing Director of Yokohama Gastronomy Council
Served as a jury member of the national parent-child cooking contest in Kanagawa.

I want to make Yokohama's specialty dishes in cooperation with producers.

Yamashita says, "In recent years, the number of ingredients in Yokohama have been very good, so we would like to work with producers to spread Japanese cuisine that makes you feel Yokohama in cooperation with producers," says Yamashita.

Mr. Yamashita, who thinks, "The most important thing in cooking is whether customers will be happy and happy," always imagines the face of the person who eats food and is satisfied with cooking ingredients. I cook while being conscious of whether you can do it.

In addition to demonstrations of cooking using Yokohama vegetables at exchange meetings between producers and restaurants in Yokohama, Yokohama Gastronomy Council, promotion of local production for local consumption and food education activities at elementary and junior high schools as the Yokohama Gastronomi Council, we actively engage in activities to convey the culture of Yokohama.

Meister's skill

Eiji Yamashita's work on Meister

In the "Hama no Bairin Course", which is the signboard menu of the shop, bring seasonal ingredients purchased on the day in front of the customer, and then use the technology to cook without waste using the cooking method that is most suitable for the ingredients while alive. Has advanced skills.

We are also working hard to develop new products such as "ume sushi" and "okowa Cuisine", and are also selling them at department stores and the Internet.

Profile

Eiji Yamashita's cooking utensils

After helping with the family business and working part-time at Umebayashi Co., Ltd., a part-time job as a part-time job at Umebayashi Co., Ltd., he trained for three years at Yoshisei in Ningyocho.

After that, he joined Umebayashi Co., Ltd., and became the chef and shopkeeper in 1998, and became representative director in 2010.

Major awards

2008 Yokohama Tourism Convention Bureau Special Achievement Award
2014 Minister of State's Award
2017 Received Certificate of Appreciation from The Mayor of Yokohama ※All received awards from the Yokohama Gastronomy Council

Eiji Yamashita Meister's dish