Hiromi Yamada
Japanese chef
Hiromi Yamada (山田 宏巳, Yamada Hiromi; born January 27, 1953, in Asakusa, Tokyo) is a Japanese chef specializing in Italian cuisine. Since the 1980s, he has worked as a head chef and owner-chef at several Italian restaurants in Tokyo. In later years, restaurants associated with him have received third-party recognition in major Japanese restaurant guides.
Early life and career
Yamada was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, in 1953. He entered the culinary profession as a teenager and later specialized in Italian cuisine. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked at several Italian restaurants in Tokyo, serving as head chef at multiple establishments during a period when Italian cuisine was gaining wider recognition in Japan."山田宏巳 シェフのプロフィール". ヒトサラ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-24.
Restaurants
Basta Pasta
In the mid-1980s, Yamada served as head chef at Basta Pasta, an Italian restaurant located in Harajuku, Tokyo. The restaurant has been referenced in food culture publications discussing the early development of Italian cuisine in Tokyo."原宿バスタ・パスタとイタリア料理の広がり".
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