How One Chef Uses Japanese Principles of Mastery to Shape His Work

‘It’s just the care, even the idea of doing one thing your whole life’

Kaki Okumura
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6 min readMay 17, 2020

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Photos: Greg Proechel via Instagram

Greg Proechel has a crazy big beard and a long octopus tattoo running up the length of his arm, but underneath his guise of being a wild artist, there’s a disciplined and meticulous man who is unafraid of hard and demanding work.

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Kaki Okumura
Heated
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Born in Dallas, raised in New York and Tokyo. I care about helping others learn to live a better, healthier life. My site: www.kakikata.space 🌱