Morimoto's Sushi Master

Synopsis

Chef Masaharu Morimoto tests the sushi skills of eight expert chefs, alongside fellow judges J. Kenji-Alt and Dakota Weiss. The chefs create sushi platters, Omakase service and more, hoping to win a cash prize and the title of Sushi Master.

First Air Date: 2023-06-16

Last Air Date: 2025-04-25

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 12

Networks: The Roku Channel

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Top Cast

Lyrica Okano as Self - Host
Masaharu Morimoto as Self - Judge
Dakota Weiss as Self - Judge
Kenji López-Alt as Self - Judge

Seasons

Season 1 (2023)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Raw Talent (2023-06-16)

Our eight competing chefs meet the judges: Dakota Weiss, J. Kenji-Alt, and legendary head judge, Chef Morimoto. They’ll need to prove their mastery of fundamental sushi skills in the first challenge, because one chef will be eliminated.
Ep. 2: Into the Fire (2023-06-16)

Chef Morimoto turns up the heat with a spicy sushi challenge! The seven remaining chefs create decadent sushi rolls, then add heat to a Japanese style dish. But as the dishes get hotter, so does the competition, and one more chef goes home.
Ep. 3: Sushi A-Go-Go (2023-06-16)

The six remaining chefs compete in a three-round ‘conveyor belt sushi tournament’. In the end, two chefs will battle it out to see who keeps their place in the competition.
Ep. 4: Sushi for All (2023-06-16)

Chef Morimoto challenges the five remaining chefs to make their own versions of on-the-go Japanese street food, and to “think like Morimoto,” while using Japanese flavors and sushi techniques to reinvent American classics. Only four chefs remain.
Ep. 5: The Semi-Finals (2023-06-16)

The final four chefs must prove their storytelling skills in the kitchen, creating a dessert featuring candy flavors reminiscent of their childhoods, and a 3-tiered seafood tower that tells their own chef’s story. Guest judge Shota Nakajima joins.
Ep. 6: The Final Omakase (2023-06-16)

The 3 remaining chefs remake a failed dish from earlier in competition as they battle it out for the title of Sushi Master and $25K. One chef is eliminated, leaving two chefs to serve the final Omakase to the judges—but only one will be Sushi Master.