Even today, it has an old-school feel, where the sushi chefs wear ties and playfully chat with customers, and smooth jazz wafts through the air. A small sushi bar and a few tables fill the main room, while tatami rooms offer a private, peaceful place to enjoy a meal. You can't go wrong with a chef's selection of sushi. Advertisement. Sashimi, perhaps, is one of the most difficult technique a sushi chef must learn. I learned how to fillet fish after one year into my training. You may have heard or read that The documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a good insight into the world of dedicated sushi chefs. It doesn't take that long to learn, but it does take a lot of practice. The Japanese have a long history of turning everything into an 'art' that requires years to master. Those who train in sushi preparation (or any discipline) study and practice it "Sushi chefs are not supposed to wear gloves," Bouhadana maintains, which is absolutely correct; making sushi - from making sure that the rice is at the right temperature to slicing the fish perfectly - is an incredibly tactile art form, far different from, say, making a sandwich, and it requires that the sushi chef have nothing between Set aside enough time for the experience. 9Air/Shutterstock. If you've decided to try out the omakase experience but only have an hour between dropping off the kids and picking them up again, you 5. Cast-Iron Pan; $30. In addition to your one non-stick pan, you'll want to get a cast-iron pan. "Cast iron is an inexpensive way to get a pan that really conducts the heat really well, so it anywho, when I'm breaking down fish I usually have my 180mm deba,240mm gyuto, 270mm sujihiki and, this comes in handy a lot, a 180mm petty, Chinese cleaver, a fish scaler, scissors for taking off fins, a GOOD set of fish tweezers (cheap ones suck, global and tojiro make nice ones around $20) and needle nose pliers for boning, a bench scraper What Do Chefs Wear? The Uniform Overall. Today's chef's uniforms come in a variety of colors and fabrics; however white cotton is still the standard due to tradition and the appearance of cleanliness. Hence the name "chef whites." Chef hats. Matt has witnessed a variety of chef hats throughout his career, from tall white hats to skullcaps. The smaller pillbox hats, known as commis hats, are often worn by beginners or commis chefs. However, Matt prefers a more nontraditional approach, opting for a baseball cap or classic skullcap. At Boqueria, many of the chefs wear one Sushi chefs or chefs in general and their apprentices would also wear geta during work hours. The geta they wore would often be exaggerated in height. This serves a few purposes. The oiran were known to wear a special type of geta called the koma- geta, also known as the mitsu-ashi which means three legs. The koma-geta were taller than most gf3yOPK.