DECEMBER 29, 2019
Chef Jeff Osaka
For the next in our series of chef collaborations, Chef Jeff Osaka will join us Sunday, December 29 for an evening of traditional Japanese drink and dishes to celebrate Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year. Jeff will bring family recipes to the table, serving the festive food from his childhood and of his ancestors that marked the hope and promise of a new beginning. We are over the moon with excitement to welcome Jeff to our kitchen and hope you will join us for a night of friends and celebration!
Chef Osaka’s menu offers eight courses. Please allow two-and-a-half hours for your dining experience.
To hold true to the traditional nature of this evening's menu, dietary restrictions and dietary allergies will regrettably not be accommodated. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.
ABOUT CHEF OSAKA
Born in Los Angeles, where the food is as diverse as the city’s culture, chef and visionary Jeff Osaka has always been fascinated by the restaurant industry and has garnered praise from critics and peers alike for his indelible contributions to the culinary world.
Throughout his 25 years of experience, Osaka has worked as a private consultant, cooking and catering for some of the most notable names in Hollywood (including Steven Spielberg) and alongside Chefs Bradley Ogden at One Market and Wolfgang Puck at Chinois Las Vegas. While at Chinois, Chef Osaka refined his cooking technique to deftly implement Puck’s concept of marrying Asian cuisine with French influences. Following his time in Las Vegas, Osaka moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where he, alongside friend and Wine Director Ken Fredrickson M.S., opened Restaurant Terroir in 1998 which was followed by Asian-influenced Koshu in 2000.
In November of 2008, Osaka brought his experience and passion to Denver, Colo. where he opened twelve, a restaurant intensely inspired by the changing seasons as the restaurant’s entire menu changed every month. By the time twelve closed in August 2014, Osaka had featured more than 70 different menus and 1,000 different dishes during the restaurant’s highly successful six-year reign.
In 2014, Chef Jeff Osaka received a James Beard Foundation Best Chef Southwest semifinalist nomination.
In 2015, Chef Osaka opened Osaka Ramen, his interpretation of a traditional ramen shop as well as Sushi-Rama, a conveyor-belt sushi concept, both located in the heart of the RiNo Arts District. In fall 2016, Osaka, alongside business partner Ken Wolf, introduced Denver Central Market and later that year, Chef brought back his critically-acclaimed twelve concept with 12@Madison in the Congress Park neighborhood. In 2018, Sushi-Rama expanded with locations in DTC, Lone Tree, and Denver International Airport and a fifth location opened in April 2019 in Aurora, Colorado. Most recently, Chef Osaka took over operations and is revamping The Empire Lounge & Restaurant in Louisville, Colo., a main street favorite for classic American fare.