Kengo Akabame
Pastry Chef
Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Kengo is the pastry chef at Imperial Hotel Tokyo since 2006. In 2009, he got the grand prix at International Junior Concours in Portgees. Also, in 2012, he won the Japan Bellecolade Award. He won many other domestic showpiece competitions in Japan. He is one of the most famous young chocolatier in Japan now.
Toshinori Akishiro
Pastry Chef
Imperial Hotel
Toshinori is the pasty chef at Imperial hotel since 1996. He has been working under the executive pastry chef Kanjiro Mochizuki. He won numerous sugar showpiece championships including “Japan Cake Show Top of Patissier 2006” and “International Patisseire Grand Prix 2009” both held in Tokyo. As for IPGP, he was a captain of Japan team and his sugar showpiece got the best sugar showpiece award and the team got the gold medal. Now, he is more interested in chocolate. He got the gold award at Utsumi Cup Chocolate showpiece category in 2011.