Bunny Awchat, 45, attended culinary school in Paris and worked at several distinguished restaurants in Europe before moving to Japan over two decades ago. He is the owner-chef at Indigo Asian Bistro by Bunny’s in Osaka, which he opened in 2018

1. Where did you grow up? I’m Dutch and Indian. I lived in India until the age of 10 and moved to Switzerland to go to boarding school.

2. When did you decide to become a chef? I started cooking at 17. I’ve always loved food but living at a boarding school and eating cardboard bread and food with no flavor made me more passionate about cooking.