IRISH CHEF Alan Fisher – BIOGRAPHY, WIKIPEDIA, AGE, NAME OF RESTAURANT IN JAPAN, MARRIED, NET WORTH AND RELIGION

IRISH CHEF Alan Fisher – BIOGRAPHY, WIKIPEDIA, AGE, NAME OF RESTAURANT IN JAPAN, MARRIED, NET WORTH AND RELIGION.

RELIGION – CHEF Alan Fisher is a Christian, but based in Japan.

NET WORTH: According to Japanese bloggers, Alan Fisher, is worth $450K.

NAME OF CHEF Alan Fisher RESTAURANT IN JAPAN: Kyojin Stewhouse

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Alan Fisher is a married man with children. 

CAREER IN Recreating Irish culture in Japan

On the year of his graduation from Dublin City University in 2008, Alan was looking for a challenge. By going through an overseas graduate programme, which introduced Irish graduates to companies in Asia, Alan received a job offer at a company in Tokyo. 

About six years later, Alan had established himself well in Tokyo, and also met his wife (and to-be business partner). But something didn’t feel right for him.

“After the wedding, saying goodbye to 30 friends and family who came over, I remember a feeling of being trapped, thinking to myself, ‘Is this it? Is this my life now, to have kids and work in the same company?’ It was time for the next challenge.”

His feat came almost five months after the Guinness World Record confirmed Hilda’s adventurous cooking. The Nigerian broke the 87 hours and 45 minutes record held by India’s Lata Tondon since 2019.

Hilda says her move was inspired by the desire to “put Nigerian cuisine on the map” and “to inspire young African women to chase their dreams”.

“I also decided to break this record to truly push my limits and test my abilities,” she said.

Breaking records

Alan learned about the longest cooking marathon record in March while he was participating in the “I Love Ireland” festival in Tokyo. During this festival, Alan stood inside a rented kitchen car and stayed overnight twice. 

During a break, he searched on the internet to find out that the record at the time was held by Lata Tondon (India) with a time of 87 hours 45 minutes. Then in May, Alan realized that Hilda Baci had extended the record to 93 hours and 11 minutes.

From Tokyo to the Guinness Book

Fisher’s record-breaking journey traces back to 2014 when he opened his restaurant, Kyojin Stewhouse, in Tokyo. The eatery, celebrating Irish cuisine and culture, offers traditional dishes such as stews, soups, homemade breads, and potatoes. Fisher’s aspiration extended beyond culinary delight, aiming to create a home-like ambiance resonating with the Irish spirit.

Towards the end of the longest cooking marathon (individual) record attempt, Alan had to endure fatigue and sleepiness. “I peeled roughly 300 kg of potatoes during the cooking marathon. For the first few days, I would look forward to this each evening as it gave me a chance to sit down.”

“Towards the end of the cooking marathon however, as fatigue started to take hold I would find it more and more difficult to stay awake whenever I sat down to start peeling. The rhythm of the peeling would almost hypnotize me. I had one hallucination on the second-to-last day. I turned to ask someone to pass me something, like I would on any normal day only to realize there was no one there.”

“When Omicron spread, a sudden dining out advisory from the local Government meant I lost all my reservations for the month of July 2022 and needed to take out a pandemic support loan just to pay bills,” he said.

“I was broke and heartbroken. To have worked so hard for so long, to give up your own savings, your own salary and then still need a loan simply to stay in business with no guarantee things will recover. That was a tough pill to swallow.”

Despite the recent easing of restrictions, Alan continued to carry this negative energy as he continued with his work. “Lata and Hilda’s achievements served as an inspiration,” he said.