Mantenno Tsujinoya Executive Chef Tsuyoshi Tanaka Awarded the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Commendation for Distinguished Service in Cooking Operations in 2024
Tsujinoya Mantenno's Executive Chef Tsuyoshi Tanaka received the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Award for Distinguished Service in Cooking for the fiscal year 2024 as a Distinguished Contributor to Culinary Work (an individual holding a cook's license who is always on the front lines engaged in actual cooking duties and has made remarkable achievements in the development of cooking techniques and the improvement of cooks' qualities from a leadership position).
<Career>
Honed skills mainly in Ishikawa Prefecture at kappo restaurants, hotels, and multiple inns.
In 2000, joined Kenrokuen, Kenjotei in Kanazawa, founded in 1913 with a history of over 100 years.
In October 2017, after serving as cooking chief and deputy head chef, appointed head chef.
Since July 2021, appointed head chef at Mantenno Tsujinoya. Continues to the present.
Continuously honing skills while taking on new challenges in an unprecedented environment of regional and inn revitalization.
＜Main Awards and Work History＞
2007 - Participant in the National Skills Olympics, Instructor
2012 - National Cooking Skills Competition, President's Award from the National Association of Japanese Cooking Skills
2013 - 27th National Skills Grand Prix, Encouragement Award
2014 - Instructor for Fugu Processing Examination Training Course
2014 - Participant in the National Skills Grand Prix, Instructor
2018 - 60th Anniversary of the Enforcement of the Cook License Act, President's Commendation
2019 - Director of the Ishikawa Prefectural Cooking Association (Public Corporation)
2019 - Head of Technical Guidance at the Ishikawa Prefectural Association of Japanese Cooking Skills
2020 - Certified Japanese Cuisine Meister by the All Japan Federation of Skill Competitions
2021 - Practical Examination Committee Member or Supervisor for the Ishikawa Prefectural Fugu Processing Qualification Examination