Chef

Hideaki Sato

Affiliation

Ta Vie

Franco-Japanese fusion cuisine blending French techniques with Asian ingredients[1]

i. Biography

Hideaki Sato is a Japanese chef born in 1976 in Nagano Prefecture who founded the three-Michelin-starred Ta Vie restaurant in Hong Kong in 2015. After training in French cuisine for over a decade, he made a pivotal career shift at age 32 to study Japanese culinary traditions under Chef Seiji Yamamoto at Tokyo's three-Michelin-starred Nihonryori RyuGin for three years. In 2012, he moved to Hong Kong as head chef of Tenku RyuGin, where he earned two Michelin stars within six months before opening Ta Vie, which achieved its third Michelin star in 2023.

The Archive

Selected Works & Focus Areas

Focus 01

Franco-Japanese fusion cuisine blending French techniques with Asian ingredients[1]

Focus 02

Founder and executive chef of three-Michelin-starred Ta Vie in Hong Kong[1][2][3]

Focus 03

Culinary philosophy centered on 'pure, simple and seasonal' approach[3]

Focus 04

First overseas chef invited to lead La Table des Chefs in Reims, France (2025)[4]

Focus 05

Rapid elevation of Tenku Ryugin to two Michelin stars within six months (2012)[2][5]

Chef

Hideaki Sato

Affiliation

Ta Vie

Franco-Japanese fusion cuisine blending French techniques with Asian ingredients[1]

i. Biography

The Archive

Selected Works & Focus Areas

Focus 01

Franco-Japanese fusion cuisine blending French techniques with Asian ingredients[1]

Focus 02

Founder and executive chef of three-Michelin-starred Ta Vie in Hong Kong[1][2][3]

Focus 03

Culinary philosophy centered on 'pure, simple and seasonal' approach[3]

Focus 04

First overseas chef invited to lead La Table des Chefs in Reims, France (2025)[4]

Focus 05

Rapid elevation of Tenku Ryugin to two Michelin stars within six months (2012)[2][5]