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Jun Tanaka was born on 18 November, 1971 in New York City, U.S., is a British television chef. Discover Jun Tanaka's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

Popular As Jun Tanaka
Occupation Chef
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 18 November, 1971
Birthday 18 November
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Nationality United Kingdom

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1971

Jun Tanaka (born 18 November 1971 ) is an American-born Japanese-British television chef, best known for presenting Channel 4's Cooking It as well as appearing in Saturday Kitchen on BBC One.

He was the third Grand Champion of the American competitive cooking show, Chopped.

On 18 November 1971, Jun Tanaka was born in New York City, US, to a chemical engineer and a housewife.

1978

When he was seven in 1978, his family moved from New York City to England.

1989

In 1989, his parents returned to Japan while Tanaka and his older brother, an orthopaedic surgeon, continued living in England.

Armed with a list of restaurants from his father, Tanaka approached each to gain a position as an apprentice.

At the top of the list were Le Gavroche, Chez Nico and Marco Pierre White’s restaurant Harvey's.

1990

In 1990, 19-year-old Tanaka's first apprenticeship was at Le Gavroche under the Roux Brothers, and went on to work and train at Chez Nico and The Capital as chef de partie under Philip Britten.

He then worked at Les Saveurs as chef de partie under Joel Antunes for two years.

He then worked at The Restaurant, Marco Pierre White, and The Oak Room as a sous chef under Marco Pierre White, before moving to The Square as junior sous chef under Philip Howard and onto Chavot under Eric Chavot as sous chef.

2004

In 2004, Tanaka became the executive head chef of the Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel's Pearl Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining establishment that specialises in French cuisine.

2006

Tanaka hosted the Channel 4 programme Cooking It in 2006, and has made appearances in BBC One's Saturday Kitchen, UKTV's Great Food Live, ITV's Saturday Cooks, and BBC Two's Food Poker as a resident chef in 2007.

He is currently a regular fixture on UKTV's Market Kitchen, and has made a regular appearance on ITV's Daily Cooks Challenge and BBC's MasterChef: the Professionals.

2009

In addition to his job as Pearl executive chef, Tanaka partnered with Notting Hill Brassierie's head chef Mark Jankel in 2009 to set up a venture using a street catering van, Street Kitchen, to produce and sell gourmet lunches, using 100% British produce, at various London locations.

In 2009, Simon & Schuster published Tanaka's book "Simple to Sensational", which offers recipes and guidance for beginners in fine-dining cookery.

2012

At the end of 2012, Jun left Pearl to open his own restaurant in central London.

2013

In 2013, Tanaka won the Grand Finale of Chopped Champions, which pitted 16 previous Chopped Champions against each other for $50,000.

He stated that his prize money would be invested in his new restaurant.

2015

Named 'The Ninth', it opened in November 2015 in Charlotte Street.

2017

It was awarded a Michelin star in the 2017 Michelin Guide, which it has retained every year since.