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Chef Akira Back: ‘I want to be the first Korean guy to have a brand of hotels’

Chef03 Mar 2025by Jungmin Seo

Despite operating a 27-strong restaurant and bar global empire, Korean-American chef Akira Back has another ambition: to open hotels just like his mentor, Nobu Matsuhisa

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