Background
On 18 November in 1971, June Tanaka was born in New York City, United States.A., to a chemical engineer and a housewife.
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Until then, the Tanaka brothers attended Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire, but Tanaka did not have a distinguished academic career and his A levels experience suggested the University route wouldn"t be a successful option.
Career
When he was seven in 1978, his family moved from New York City to England. He asked his Business Studies teacher whether setting up a restaurant would be a good idea, but he didn"t receive a particularly encouraging response. While considering career options at 19, Tanaka asked his father, a regular restaurant diner, to list London restaurants he rated the most.
Top of the list were Le Gavroche, Chez Nico and Marco Pierre White’s restaurant Harvey"son
Armed with his father"s list, Tanaka approached each on the list to gain a position as an apprentice. In 1990, 19-year-old Tanaka"s first apprenticeship was at Le Gavroche under the Roux brothers., and went on to work and train at Chez Nico and The Capital as Chef de Partie under Philip Britten.
He then worked at Les Saveurs as Chef de Partie under Joel Antunes for two years. He then worked at The Restaurant Marco Pierre White and The Oak Room as a Sous Chef under Marco Pierre White, before moving to The Square as Junior Sous Chef under Philip Howard and onto Chavot under Eric Chavot as Sous Chef.
In 2004, Tanaka became the Executive Head Chef of the Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel"s Pearl Restaurant and Bar, a fine-dining establishment that specialises in French cuisine.
In addition to his job as Pearl executive chef, Tanaka partnered with Nottinghill Brassierie"s head chef Mark Jankel in 2009 to set up a venture of using a street catering van, Street Kitchen, to produce and sell gourmet lunches, using 100% British produce, at various London locations. At the end of 2012, June left Pearl to open his own restaurant in central London. The long awaited opening is slated for November 2015.
The name is "The Ninth", and it is located in the Fitzrovia neighborhood of London.
Surrounded by great attractions, the location seems ideal. To the north-west is Madam Tussaud"s London, Regents Park and ZSL London Zoo, to the north-east is University College London, to the south-east is the British Museum, and just a short trip to the Royal Opera House, and to the south-west is the London Palladium.
The actual address is 22 Charlotte Saint, Fitzrovia, London W1T 2NB. There are many other great restaurants nearby as well.
