Pepi Anevski: World Sushi Champion & World’s most creative sushi master
- World sushi cup champion
- Most creative sushi chef
- Kuroobi exam
- Certified Head sushi chef
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With more than 20 years of experience in the branch, chef Pepi Anevski’s achievement in winning the first ever held competition; The World Sushi Cup in Tokyo Japan in March 2013 speaks of his devotion and deep understanding of products and balance within the world of sushi art and craftmanship. The following year he was awarded with the title “World’s most creative sushi master”. Moreover, Pepi Anevski is educated in classic Japanese sushi in Chiba, Japan by Mr Kazato and became certified sushi Head chef by the AJSA(All Japan Sushi association) and from the World Sushi Skill Institute. So how did a chef from Europe take the title?
“I often hear this question and answer that a person cooks and creates food from the heart and not from what background they have,” he explained. “My ethnicity often clashes with people’s generalisation of how a Sushi Master should look like.
“But the beauty in it is that nothing is impossible and a person’s ethnicity shouldn’t hinder his or her goals in life.”
Furthermore, he has been working in Copenhagen, Denmark as Head Sushi Chef where he also learned and honed in on his skills in the beautiful art of sushi. Indeed, after winning the World sushi cup he got the offer to work as Executive sushi manager for Attic Salt group with the aim and ambition to raise the sushi awareness globally and spread the art of sushi to people that are willing to learn. This took him to places all around the globe; from Hongkong to South Africa, Oman, Kazakhstan, Maldives and more, and with his humble approach to culture and local products, his cooking is continuously representing the respect for the traditional way of sushi making but always with a local and unexpected twist and elegant surprise, a new perspective of flavors and combinations.
Finally, in 2019 he laid the groundwork to open his own restaurant; Sushi Rebellion, with the intention to serve high quality sushi with a rebellious touch in a casual, street like urban environment, the concept was successful and grew fast. Today it consists of five units in Sweden and was recently voted to be one of the top 10 best Sushi Restaurants in Sweden.
His creativity originates from his innate curiosity about combining new flavours and developing recipes. “What I bring to the table is a solid understanding of cultural differences, a strong track record of working cross functional and understanding of the whole value chain from raw product to the customer’s plate”.
Discover chef Pepi Anevski’s most achievments
- Sweden: Co-founder and owner of Sushi Rebellion
- International: Sushi consultant to Viking Cruises #1 boat cruise globally
- Japan: First Place Tokyo World Sushi Cup 2013 World’s most creative sushi master Japan: Tokyo
- Certified Head Chef by AJSA(All Japan Sushi Association) and from World Sushi Skill Institute
- Japan: Most creative sushi chef Tokyo World Sushi Cup 2014
Europe: Second Place Nordic sushi championship 2007
“Sushi is much more than a food creation. Its more of an art which by understanding and respecting the core products gives you amazing results,” he says.
He’s certain about his favourite sushi – Nigiri saying, “That’s the best taste you can get when eating sushi. A Nigiri that’s perfectly balanced with the fish, rice and wasabi is a must for me. It looks easy to make but in reality it’s so hard to get it perfect.”
His creativity originates from his innate curiosity about combining new flavours and developing recipes. “I always strive to be better than I was yesterday.”
Discover chef Pepi Anevski’s most achievments
Japan: First Place Tokyo World Sushi Cup 2013
World’s most creative sushi master Japan: Tokyo
Certified Head Chef by AJSA( All Japan Sushi association) and from World Sushi Skill Institute
Japan: Most creative sushi chef Tokyo World Sushi Cup 2014
Europe: Second Place Nordic sushi championship 2014
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