Masako Morishita

Masako Morishita is the executive chef of Perry’s in Washington, D.C. She is the first Japanese-born woman to helm the restaurant’s kitchen and is winner of the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Emerging Chef award.


Masako Morishita of Perry's

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My Mother Taught Me Everything I Know

For Perry’s chef Masako Morishita, it all began when her mother Ryoko taught her how to fold gyoza at her family’s tiny restaurant in Kobe, Japan.

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