Clients

We are privileged to work with some of the most exciting authors, chefs, illustrators and personalities in the world. Below you will find a sample of our clients which can be searched by first name, last name or title. For our full client list select, “Find by Name.”

Ivan Orkin

Owner Ivan Orkin was born in Syosset, New York and moved to Japan in the 1980s to teach English after graduating from university. In 1990, he returned to the United States with his Japanese wife, Tamie, and attended the Culinary Institute of America from 1991 to 1993. He subsequently worked as a chef in New York at the Mesa Grill and Lutece. He opened Ivan Ramen in 2006, a Japanese ramen noodle restaurant in Setagaya, Tokyo.