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Tetsuya Wakuda

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Tetsuya Wakuda is one of Australia's most successful culinary stars. His restaurants have ranked among the top 10 in the world several times. Yet he started cooking almost by accident when he decided to move from Japan to Australia over three decades ago. Lucy Chen has the story of that life-changing moment as part of SBS's First Day series following migrants and refugees who have made a difference to their communities, starting from day one.


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Tetsuya Wakuda is one of Australia's most successful culinary stars. His restaurants have ranked among the top 10 in the world several times. Yet he started cooking almost by accident when he decided to move from Japan to Australia over three decades ago. Lucy Chen has the story of that life-changing moment as part of SBS's First Day series following migrants and refugees who have made a difference to their communities, starting from day one.



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