Yoji Tokuyoshi

22nd – 26th June | One sitting from 7pm | £95

Yoji Tokuyoshi is one of our culinary heroes.

After making his name at Osteria Francescana, Yoji opened the eponymous Tokuyoshi in Milan in 2015, earning instant global acclaim and a Michelin star that same year. The restaurant quickly became an institution, effortlessly weaving together Italian ingredients and Japanese techniques to create an endlessly compelling culinary language of its own.

Few chefs possess Yoji’s capacity for reinvention, and after opening Alter Ego in Tokyo, he was one of the first of the European greats to call time on fine dining as we knew it. Tokuyoshi was reborn as the more easy going Bentoteca and a growing empire of sister spots followed, from must-try hole in the wall Katsusanderia and Japanese bakery Pan to the ambitious Hi-Fi bar and dining concept, Mogo, which he opened with partner Alica Yamada.

After a cameo at {PAIRED} in 2024 alongside Gilles Peterson, Yoji is back for a full week (Monday to Friday) with a suitably epic menu. Think ‘Chawanmushi, Toasted Katsuobushi, Grilled Corn, Red Prawn Crudo’; ‘Katsu Sando, Bone Marrow’; and ‘Wagyu, Peach, Umeboshi’. 

Yoji is openly eyeing up a potential London outpost for Bentoteca. This is your chance to experience why that is really big news.

Yoji’s week at Carousel is the latest instalment of Murra, an Italian love affair in partnership with Cultivar Studio