Ryohei Hieda
- Ryohei Hieda, featured presenter at the International Chefs Summit Asia 2017 and 2018, a bellwether of fine dining industry in Taiwan, and winner of Michelin 2 Star.
- Chef Hieda‘s career began from the prestigious Kyoto restaurant Gion Nakagawa, where he acquired fundamental traditional Japanese cuisine knowledge and techniques.
- Hieda mastered the making of artisanal salt and gained deep appreciation of using the freshest produce and ingredients directly sourced from local farms when working at the famed restaurant Itaru.
- Joined Michelin three-starred restaurant Nihonryori RyuGin under founder Chef Seiji Yamamoto, and after returning from the US to broaden his knowledge and skills in 2014, was appointed as Chef de Cuisine of Shoun RyuGin.
- Hieda has developed a network to produce unique, world-class ingredients for Shoun RyuGin with his local-sourced movement, where he traveled extensively throughout Taiwan to build personal relationships with small-scale farms, fishermen and wineries.