TETSUYA WAKUDA

Chef Tetsuya discovered a flair for cooking at 22, after he moved from Japan to Sydney. He opened his restaurant, Tetsuya’s, in the Australian city in 1989, and it has been consistently included in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

Chef Tetsuya also continues to win critical acclaim for Waku Ghin, his first overseas restaurant located in Marina Bay Sands.

Accolades

Awarded one Michelin star for Waku Ghin in 2024

Wakuda - Wine Spectator 2024 - Award of Excellence

Wakuda - Tripadvisor - Travellers' Choice 2024

Waku Ghin - Wine Spectator 2024 - Best of Award of Excellence

Waku Ghin - La Liste’s World’s Top 1000 Restaurants 2024

Awarded two Michelin stars for Waku Ghin in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023

Awarded Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2019 - No. 40

Forbes Travel Guide 2015 – 2021 (Five-Star Restaurant)

Meituan Dianping Most Popular Restaurant Award 2017

Received Lifetime Achievement Award – Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015

Waku Ghin made the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2012

Tetsuya’s was named Restaurant of the Year in Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food Guide in 2008