Kicked Out Of College, Michelin Restaurant Fire, Stage 3 Cancer | The Life of Jun Tanaka

<p>Jun Tanaka got kicked out of college at 19. The letter that told him so is where his career in food started.</p><p><br></p><p>From there, Le Gavroche, Chez Nico, Marco Pierre White&#39;s three-star kitchen, and eventually his own restaurant, The Ninth, where he won a Michelin star he never set out to chase. </p><p><br></p><p>He opens up about the two hardest years of his life, a 3am call about a fire at his restaurant, and a stage 3 cancer diagnosis in the middle of running it.</p><p><br></p><p>Whilst holding the same mindset got him through all of it… Focus on today, not the thing you can&#39;t control.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Welcome, Jun Tanaka 
</p><p>01:37 Childhood: New York, Tokyo, and moving to London at 7 
</p><p>05:03 Kicked out of college 
</p><p>08:56 First day at Le Gavroche 
</p><p>13:13 Life inside a 1990s three-Michelin-star kitchen 
</p><p>21:45 The hardest kitchen he worked in 
</p><p>31:13 Joining Marco Pierre White 
</p><p>43:38 The Square, The Pearl, and starting a food truck 
</p><p>1:03:04 Opening The Ninth and winning a Michelin star 
</p><p>1:17:26 The fire at The Ninth 
</p><p>1:31:48 Diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer 
</p><p>1:41:21 Life’s lessons and what&#39;s next</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Jun:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/chefjuntanaka/?hl=en</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/theninthlondon/?hl=en</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Olly: </p><p>https://www.instagram.com/olly.303/</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@ollyfawcett303?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/olly-fawcett-668566177/</p><p>Get frequent behind the scenes updates from Olly: https://whatittakes.kit.com/51cd36dc35</p>