About this season
Chef Masaharu Morimoto tests the sushi skills of eight expert chefs, alongside fellow judges J. Kenji-Alt and Dakota Weiss. The chefs create sushi platters, Omakase service and more, hoping to win a cash prize and the title of Sushi Master.
Episodes (6)
1. Raw Talent
Aired 16 June 2023 • 49 min
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.
2. Into the Fire
Aired 16 June 2023 • 47 min
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.
3. Sushi A-Go-Go
Aired 16 June 2023 • 48 min
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.
4. Sushi for All
Aired 16 June 2023 • 45 min
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.
5. The Semi-Finals
Aired 16 June 2023 • 48 min
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.
6. The Final Omakase
Aired 16 June 2023 • 49 min
The 3 remaining chefs remake a failed dish from earlier in competition as they battle it out for the title of Sushi Master and $25K. One chef is eliminated, leaving two chefs to serve the final Omakase to the judges—but only one will be Sushi Master.