Born in Korea and raised in Aspen, Colorado, Chef Akira Back brings a sense of adventure and boundless creativity to his culinary creations. From extreme sports athlete to Michelin Star award-winning chef, Akira Back’s journey to culinary success has been anything but dull. For over 20 years, Chef Back has enticed the culinary world with his bold interpretations of Asian fare with American influence. After 7 years on the pro-snowboarding circuit in Colorado, appearing in extreme movies and garnering praise from the sport’s top trade publications, Back realized that he felt the same thrill in the kitchen as he did on his board, shaping his decision to pursue a fulltime culinary career.

Chef Akira’s success also translates into operational excellence, overseeing all of the company’s locations across the globe while creating standard operating procedures and service standards to ensure a customer experience that is of the highest quality. Chef Back’s famed restaurant DOSA has been awarded a Michelin Star. With 28 locations currently open worldwide in cities such as Paris, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Dubai, Singapore, Toronto, and Seoul, and another 16 locations set to open in the next three years in cities such as London, San Francisco, Rome, and Florence, Chef Akira Back has a global reach that is unmatched.