Honami from House of Sake was a Sake Panel Chair (Senior Judge) at IWC Yamagata 2018.
Here are some photos from the long, full-on sake judging event in Tendo, Yamagata.
She has been working with sake for nearly 15 years and is a Kikisakeshi-qualified sake sommelier, WSET-certified educator and an International Wine Challenge(IWC) Panel Judge in the sake category.
Having trained at Leith’s School of Food & Wine and Le Cordon Bleu, Honami is a qualified sommelier and has worked at some of London’s world-renowned restaurants, including Le Gavroche, as well as luxury wine and spirits merchant Hedonism Wines.