Books by Luiz Hara

Born of Japanese and Italian parentage, LUIZ HARA was raised by his Japanese grandmother in Sao Paulo, Brazil, until the age of 19, when he moved to the UK. After working in the City for many years, he gave up a successful career in finance to go down a completely different path and indulge his passion for food.

After spending almost a year in Tokyo researching local cuisine and writing recipes, Luiz returned to London to train at Le Cordon Bleu, where he graduated with the Grande Diplome. He started The London Foodie blog in 2009 (regularly listed as one of the top 10 UK food blogs), and in 2012 launched the hugely popular London Foodie's Supper Club, serving Japanese, Nikkei and French food - every event has sold out since it started. He also teaches Japanese cookery and from January 2016 will teach Nikkei cooking at Divertimenti Cookery School in London.

Luiz enjoys a high profile in the UK and beyond. He has written for Time Out London, BBC Good Food Channel and many other online publications. The London Foodie Supper Club and Cooking Club have both been featured in a number of UK and international media, including NBC News. His supper club was filmed as part of a 45-minute Brazilian TV programme Diario do Olivier on GNT Channel. He works closely with Visit Sweden and the Norwegian Seafood Council and was recently invited to become one of the latter's spokespersons on the suitability of using sustainable and sushi-graded Norwegian fish for Nikkei cooking in the UK.

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