Masaharu Morimoto's first lesson on the job at a restaurant in Hiroshima was how to wash a dish. He moved up the ladder gradually, becoming a busboy, then delivery boy, cooking help, etc. He went on to work with some of New York's finest chefs, including Nobu Matsuhisa. In 1998, he was selected for Iron Chef, a Japanese television show produced by Fuji Films. Later, it got an American version that continues to be on air. In 2001, Morimoto left Nobu to open his own restaurant. Wasabi, one of Mumbai's first contemporary Japanese restaurants, happened in 2004, when the Taj approached him. The chef is coming down to present an Omakase menu to ring in its 14th anniversary.