Female Sushi Chef's in Chicago?

Does anyone know of any? I'm looking to do a story on the scarcity of women within this particular realm of the industry.

I cannot think of any; I am sure there is a binder full of qualified women - but offhand I do not know of any actually working as local sushi chefs.

There is a female sushi chef who works at Katsu. She is the daughter of a noodle master of some sort. I can't remember the specifics of her father's specialty.

I recall a story about this and a hullabaloo about it from my days in El Lay; it seems there is sometimes an impression in Japanese culture that women's hands are too warm to make sushi.

Here is a link to an archived story in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/dinin ... all&src=pm

Long time loud topic. Google is your friend.


http://www.google.com/search?q=women+su ... ent=safari

Geo