When people ask me about sushi, the question almost always starts the same way:
“Do you have a good recipe?”
It makes sense. In most kitchens, the recipe is the starting point. But sushi works differently. Sushi is far more about technique than about recipes.
You can have the best ingredients in the world, perfect fish and beautiful vegetables and still end up with a result that doesn’t quite feel right.
The grains of rice don’t hold together as they should. The roll becomes loose. The flavor lacks balance. It’s rarely the ingredients. It’s the technique.
With sushi, much of what matters can’t be found in a recipe.
How the rice is washed and handled.
How to choose fish that is suitable for sushi.
How the rice is folded without being crushed.
How to roll maki tightly—yet lightly.
It’s about small movements, timing, and the feeling in your hands.
That’s why many people find sushi frustrating to learn on their own at home. You can follow a recipe step by step and still feel that something is missing.
When I teach sushi, we focus exactly on the technique behind it. Not just what to do, but how and why. That’s often where the biggest difference happens.
Suddenly the rice makes sense. The rolls become clean and precise. And sushi starts to feel simple rather than complicated.
Sushi may look advanced from the outside, but in reality it’s about learning the right movements.
And once the technique is in your hands, a whole new world of possibilities opens up in the kitchen.
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Zoë has held sushi courses and cooking classes for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.