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Chef says Japanese cuisine being enjoyed in Europe

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo taken Feb. 28, 2014 in St. Moritz shows Yoshihiro Takahashi, a chef at Hyotei, an established restaurant in Kyoto serving traditional Japanese cuisine, who took part in St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2014, a food event that brought together top-class chefs from around the world in the Swiss resort town in January.

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Gourmet festival in Switzerland

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Takuji Takahashi (center L), master chef at Kinobu, and Yoshihiro Takahashi (center R), 15th-generation chef at Hyotei, which has been awarded three Michelin stars, speak to guests after serving up traditional Japanese cuisine at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, 2014. They became the first Japanese chefs invited to the gourmet festival.

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Kyoto intangible cultural heritage holder

KYOTO, Japan - Eiichi Takahashi, the 14th generation owner and chief cook of Hyotei, prepares a fish at his traditional Japanese cuisine restaurant in Kyoto on March 1, 2013. He has been recently designated as part of an intangible cultural heritage by Kyoto Prefecture.