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Ristorante Al Porto NAGASAKI has been selected as the first restaurant at Stadium City Hotel Nagasaki!

2023.06.09
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Regional Creation Nagasaki Co., Ltd. (Head office: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture / CEO: Hideki Iwashita), a group company of Japanet that handles regional revitalization projects, is pleased to announce that Ristorante Al Porto Nagasaki has been selected as the first restaurant in the STADIUM CITY HOTEL NAGASAKI, the hotel building of the Nagasaki Stadium City Project, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2024. The Italian restaurant will be overseen by Chef Kataoka, who is said to have sparked the Italian cuisine trend in Japan.

■ Ristorante Al Porto NAGASAKI
 Ristorante Al Porto, an authentic Italian restaurant run by chef Mamoru Kataoka, a pioneer of Italian cuisine in Japan, will open its first store in Nagasaki. Chef Kataoka, a master of Italian cuisine, will use ingredients unique to Nagasaki to create an unprecedented restaurant at Nagasaki Stadium City. Located on the 7th floor of Stadium City Hotel Nagasaki, the restaurant will provide guests with a superb experience with a view of Nagasaki.

■ Profile of Chef Mamoru Kataoka

Born in 1948. In 1968, he moved to Milan, Italy as a chef for the Japanese Consulate General. Before leaving, he trained in Japanese cuisine at Tsukiji Tamura. In Italy, he continued to train at famous restaurants around the country. After returning to Japan in 1973, he worked at Ogawaken in Daikanyama before becoming head chef at Marie in Minami-Azabu.
In 1983, he opened Ristorante Al Porto in Nishi-Azabu, and gained recognition as a pioneer of authentic Italian cuisine in Japan.
His authentic Italian cuisine has been praised as "a plate of art," and he is also renowned as a master of pasta cooking. He has gained many fans not only for the taste of his food, but also for his kind and friendly personality. He is currently active in many areas, including producing restaurants around the country, appearing on television, in magazines, at cooking classes, giving lectures, and at various events, and has published many books.
In 2001, he was certified as an Italian chef by the F.I.C.
In 2007, he was awarded a silver medal for Western cuisine by the Japan Chefs Association.
In 2014, he was awarded the Achievement Award by the Italian Chamber of Commerce.
In 2015, he was awarded the "Contemporary Master Craftsman" award.
In 2017, he became chairman of the general incorporated association ChefooDo.
In 2018, "Ma-Gohan" published by Kirakusha Publishing won the 2018 Grand Prix in the Italian Gourmet World Cookbook category.
In 2020, he became the chairman of the Japan Italian Cuisine Association (General Incorporated Association).
In 2021, he was awarded the Yellow Ribbon Medal.

■Comment from Chef Mamoru Kataoka
 Nagasaki is attractive because of its abundance of fresh ingredients, and we are honored to be able to serve Italian cuisine that makes the most of these ingredients at Stadium City. It is said that the French missionary Father de Rotz first introduced pasta to Japan in the Sotome district of Nagasaki Prefecture, where it was called "Oro pasta." Oro means "gold" in Italian, so this is golden pasta. We would like to work hard to make Al Porto a golden Italian restaurant in Nagasaki. We look forward to your continued support.

■Comment from Hideki Iwashita, President and CEO of Regional Creation Nagasaki Co., Ltd.
 The renowned Italian restaurant "Al Porto" will participate as the hotel's first restaurant. We are very pleased to be able to serve the best Italian cuisine using plenty of ingredients from Nagasaki together with Chef Kataoka Mamoru, who has made a major contribution to the development of Italian cuisine in Japan. We will be preparing to provide hospitality that will excite the local Nagasaki people and all visitors. We will continue to refine various plans in the future, aiming to be a hotel that offers the best experience for our guests, so please look forward to future announcements.

■We are looking for people to work with us!
 Stadium City Hotel Nagasaki is currently recruiting chefs and service staff to work at the hotel restaurants, including Ristorante Al Porto NAGASAKI, and at various restaurants in Stadium City. Some of the positions will also be trained by Chef Mamoru Kataoka. For information on available positions, please visit the Nagasaki Stadium City special recruitment site. (https://corporate.japanet.co.jp/recruit/lp/career/l0002/) *We will continue to add new positions as we approach our opening.

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