Nobu Matsuhisa

Nobu was born in Saitama, Japan, and trained as a sushi chef at Matsuei Sushi in Tokyo.

After running restaurants in Peru, Argentina and Alaska, Nobu opened his first restaurant, Matsuhisa, in Beverley Hills in 1987. Six years later, Robert de Niro persuaded him to open Nobu in New York.

There are now fourteen Nobu restaurants all over the world - in New York, Los Angeles, Malibu, Aspen, Las Vegas, London, Milan and Tokyo.