Hiring guides for Japanese restaurants abroad

Hiring

How to Hire a Japanese Chef: A Practical Guide for Restaurant Owners

The order that actually works: define the role, confirm the visa route, price the offer against official wage data, then start talking to candidates.

Pay

Sushi Chef and Japanese Chef Salary Benchmarks by Country

Official wage statistics for chefs in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia and Japan — plus the visa salary floors that often matter more than the market rate.

Visas

Visa Sponsorship for Japanese Chefs: Six Markets Compared

Australia, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and the United Kingdom — which routes are open, what they cost, and the two that changed in the last eighteen months.

Templates

Sushi Chef Job Description Template, With Hiring Checklist

A copy-and-edit job description for a sushi chef, plus the variations for head chef, teppanyaki and ramen roles, and what to change to reach applicants in Japan.

Singapore

Hiring a Japanese Chef in Singapore: Pay, Passes and Practicalities

Why the Work Permit route is closed to Japanese nationals, what COMPASS does to a chef application, and why the median local chef salary sits below the Employment Pass floor.

Malaysia

Hiring a Japanese Chef in Malaysia After the 2026 Employment Pass Changes

Salary thresholds roughly doubled on 1 June 2026, allowances no longer count, and Category III pass holders can now bring dependants. What that means for a restaurant budget.

Channels

Chef Recruitment Agency vs Job Board: What Works for a Japanese Restaurant

How the four hiring channels compare structurally, what the cost evidence actually supports, and where a specialist audience beats a large one.

Reference

Japanese Kitchen Roles Explained: Itamae, Nikata and Who You Actually Need

A guide to reading a Japanese chef CV: the station ladder, sushi counter ranks, specialist trades, and how the title you use changes the visa classification.

Retention

Restaurant Staff Turnover: The Real Numbers, and What They Cost

Official quits and resignation data from the US, Singapore and Japan — including why the widely quoted UK turnover figure has no official source behind it.

採用の進め方

海外の和食店が日本人料理人を採用する方法

役割の定義、ビザ経路の確認、給与の比較対象、チャネルの使い分け、遠隔選考、定着まで。公的統計の出典つきで実務をまとめました。

市場データ

海外の日本食レストラン数は18.1万店：農水省2025年調査で初の減少

2013年からの推移、国別トップ10、地域別の増減、海外在留邦人数、和食調理人の認定者数。よく出回っている「18.7万店」は2023年の数字です。

ビザ

調理師・寿司職人の就労ビザ 国別まとめ

豪州・カナダ・シンガポール・マレーシア・米国・英国。直近1年半で3か国が変更、うち1か国は事実上閉鎖しました。各国政府の一次情報から。

採用コスト

海外和食店の採用コストと採用難：数字で見る現在地

有効求人倍率、離職率、採用単価。公的統計で確認できたものだけを出典つきで並べ、存在しないものは存在しないと書いています。