1x1 - Raw Talent

June 16, 2023

Our eight competing chefs meet the judges: Dakota Weiss, J. Kenji-Alt, and legendary head judge, Chef Morimoto. They’ll need to prove their mastery of fundamental sushi skills in the first challenge, because one chef will be eliminated.

1x2 - Into the Fire

June 16, 2023

Chef Morimoto turns up the heat with a spicy sushi challenge! The seven remaining chefs create decadent sushi rolls, then add heat to a Japanese style dish. But as the dishes get hotter, so does the competition, and one more chef goes home.

1x3 - Sushi A-Go-Go

June 16, 2023

The six remaining chefs compete in a three-round ‘conveyor belt sushi tournament’. In the end, two chefs will battle it out to see who keeps their place in the competition.

1x4 - Sushi for All

June 16, 2023

Chef Morimoto challenges the five remaining chefs to make their own versions of on-the-go Japanese street food, and to “think like Morimoto,” while using Japanese flavors and sushi techniques to reinvent American classics. Only four chefs remain.

1x5 - The Semi-Finals

June 16, 2023

The final four chefs must prove their storytelling skills in the kitchen, creating a dessert featuring candy flavors reminiscent of their childhoods, and a 3-tiered seafood tower that tells their own chef’s story. Guest judge Shota Nakajima joins.

1x6 - The Final Omakase

June 16, 2023

The 3 remaining chefs remake a failed dish from earlier in competition as they battle it out for the title of Sushi Master and . One chef is eliminated, leaving two chefs to serve the final Omakase to the judges—but only one will be Sushi Master.

Lyrica Okano

Self - Host

Masaharu Morimoto

Self - Judge

Dakota Weiss

Self - Judge