A Japanese wagashi master is offering classes in Toronto this spring

Wagashi master Junichi Mitsubori is landing in Toronto this spring to impart his beautiful sweet-making style on Toronto chefs!

The third generation wagashi artisan and President of Japanese Sweets Association Board is famous for his artistic Japanese-style confections. Come learn about the complicated beauty of an upcoming trend in the western world of sweets.

Mitsubori will host a series of classes over a week in April covering basics like nerikiri dough making, and how-tos on cooking various bean pastes from scratch, aduki bean filling production, colour, nerikiri wrapping techniques, and shaping and forming techniques.

Meanwhile, intermediate sessions will introduce traditional and innovative wagashi tools, advanced shaping and colouring techniques, expressing wagashi aesthetics, special recipes, and more.

Specific designs can also be learned in single day workshops devoted to scissors-work or needle-work.

The hands-on, instructional classes aren’t cheap to attend and while hobbyists and enthusiasts are welcome, the masterclasses are billed as a way to “raise attention in the professional chef industry.”

Registration for classes opens on March 13, 2018.

Two Day Basic Class

When: April 14 and 15, 2018
Where: Gusta Cooking Studio, 28 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 16, Markham
Price: $1295

Two Day Intermediate Class

When: April 17 and 18, 2018
Where: Gusta Cooking Studio, 28 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 16, Markham
Price: $1195

One Day Scissors-work Advanced Class

When: April 19, 2018
Where: Gusta Cooking Studio, 28 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 16, Markham
Price: $895

One Day Needle-work Advanced Class

When: April 20, 2018
Where: Gusta Cooking Studio, 28 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 16, Markham
Price: $895

Six Day Wagashi Course

When: April 14 to 20, 2018
Where: Gusta Cooking Studio, 28 Crown Steel Drive, Unit 16, Markham
Price: $3880

See also

• The Coffee & Tea Expo returns to Toronto this spring
• Malaysian coffee bun chain PappaRoti is finally opening first Toronto store
• 15 photos from Toronto’s Sustainable Dum Sum food fest

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