Chef Masaharu Morimoto on Gastro Tourism, Jazz FM Business Breakfast

Aug 01, 2018, 09:02 AM

With so many people away on holiday, what's most important to you in a destination?

Seeing new places, perhaps, or guaranteeing the sunshine? Well, for three fifths of us it's the food which makes our vacations worthwhile - a new wave of gastro tourists is spreading across the globe, trying and combining local cuisines and bringing them home.

Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s been developing Japanese fusion meals across the world for decades, including in top Michelin star restaurants like Nobu, and on television's Iron Chef series

He's now setting up a new eatery in Last Vegas, but Nick Howard spoke to him about how things are changing.