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THE JUDGES
Emi Ostrander
43, Virginia Beach
Occupation A chef at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel & Conference Center
Nominated Myself! I roll sushi for our Sunday brunch at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel & Conference Center.
On sushi “I was born in Okinawa, Japan. It was one of the staples in what I ate growing up. I loved how fresh it tasted and how pretty it was.”
Ron Basso
55, Virginia Beach
Occupation Sales, commercial swimming pool equipment for Harper and Company, Inc., in Newport News
Nominated Sapporo East, Virginia Beach
On sushi “Sushi is very nutritious and one of the most versatile of all foods. Depending on how it’s prepared, it can be a snack, an appetizer, your main entree or a novel art form almost too stunning to eat.”
Judy Le
32, Norfolk
Occupation News editor for The Virginian-Pilot
Nominated Daruma Japanese Restaurant, Virginia Beach
On sushi “Sushi is the embodiment of freshness and simplicity.”
Bill Mitchell
66, Virginia Beach
Occupation Retired from the engineering department at AT&T headquarters in New York and later, New Jersey.
Nominated Shogun Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar, Virginia Beach
On sushi “I have been a sushi aficionado since the early 1980s. We once announced a computer product at a trade show in Chicago and I took the team to a local sushi restaurant. It was a new food back then. I ordered enough for 30, but only about eight liked it. It was a while before I could eat sushi again.”
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