Three Japanese knife masters from Sakai City will demonstrate steel knife forging, assembling, sharpening and engraving at two upcoming classes at The Cook’s Warehouse. Sakai City, which has been known for its samurai swords for centuries, has now become Japan’s center for fine kitchen cutlery.
The knife masters – Tadashi Enami, Akimasa Oe and Yuzo Tani – will have an interpreter to explain each step to the audience. After the demonstration, attendees will have a sampling of Japanese hors d’oeuvres and a sake tasting with Mary S. Moore, founder and CEO of The Cook’s Warehouse, and Don Hackett, manager of the Decatur store and resident senior wine educator.
“I visited Sakai City recently and was amazed at how the Japanese Forge Masters handcraft one of the most important tools in the kitchen. Their expertise and care is incredible. Through the courtesy of J-CAN and these Japanese Forge Masters, we can now show this process right in our stores at these two classes. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Moore.
The Cook’s Warehouse, located in the Atlanta area, is a premier gourmet cookware store and cooking school with stores in the Midtown, Decatur and Brookhaven areas in the city, and the East Cobb County area of the suburbs. It offers more than 15,000 products for the kitchen and operates the largest avocational cooking school in the Southeast, conducting more than 800 classes yearly.
