Tomono Sushi Party

Tomono Sushi Party is a mobile sushi-making masterclass and events business based in South East England. It was founded and is owned by Tomono, a Japanese-born teacher who grew up in Kochi on the island of Shikoku and moved to the United Kingdom around 26 years before the business launched to the public. The brand's core proposition is hands-on, authentic Japanese sushi making delivered at the client's chosen venue — a "mobile sushi making class" model — combined with public workshops and masterclasses hosted at partner venues. The business serves three main customer groups. For private clients it stages sushi making parties and celebrations, with an optional kimono dress-up element for added cultural authenticity. For companies it runs corporate sushi making events, team-building workshops, office socials, Christmas parties and client entertainment, handling the chef, fresh ingredients and equipment so that the host venue is transformed into a professional sushi kitchen. For the general public it hosts open workshops and masterclasses in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, offering a social atmosphere for learning new skills. Tomono Sushi Party positions itself on authenticity, warmth and accessibility. The founder's stated aim is to bring together Japanese food culture and fresh British local ingredients, making sushi making at home approachable for everyone. The brand emphasises a friendly, fun teaching style and has built its early customer base largely through word of mouth, having taught thousands of people across the UK before formally launching to the public in February 2022. The company is a small, founder-led private business rather than a restaurant chain or retail brand. Its scale is reflected in the corporate offer, which ranges from intimate executive sessions of around 15 people to large events of up to 200 staff in London. Its identity is closely tied to its founder's personal story — a Japanese mother of two who missed the food of her homeland and began improvising sushi at home with local ingredients before turning that passion into a teaching business.

Tomono Sushi Party grew out of its founder's personal experience of food and migration. Tomono was born and raised in Kochi, a south-western part of Japan lying between the Shikoku mountains and the Pacific Ocean, an area known for abundant fresh rice, fruit, vegetables and fish. She has described her mother's dedication to cooking — waking at 5am to prepare breakfast and Obento, and driving home during lunch breaks to start dinner — as a tradition she now wants to pass on to the next generation. After moving to the United Kingdom, Tomono greatly missed Japanese food, especially sushi. At that time Japanese ingredients had not widely crossed the oceans, so she began making sushi at home using local ingredients and without special equipment. Although sushi is not typically made at home in Japan — it is usually a takeaway for celebrations or restaurant food — she found that necessity led her to invent a new approach. After many failed attempts, she concluded that keeping it simple while staying authentic was the best way forward. Her stated mission became to bring out the best of both cultures: Japanese food made with fresh British local ingredients, presented in a fun and easy way so that sushi making at home is accessible to all. Over time she taught thousands of people across the UK, building her customer base largely through word of mouth alone. As she wrote in February 2022, she was then ready to launch the business to the public. The resulting brand, Tomono Sushi Party, is a mobile sushi masterclass business based in South East England. Rather than operating a fixed restaurant, it travels to clients, leading hands-on classes at private homes, offices and partner venues. Its offer expanded into three distinct streams: private sushi making parties, corporate sushi making events and team building, and public workshops and masterclasses in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. An optional kimono dress-up element was added to give classes a distinctive cultural flavour. The corporate side became a significant part of the business, with the brand handling the chef, fresh ingredients and equipment for events ranging from around 15 executives to as many as 200 staff in London. Customer testimonials from private hosts and corporate clients, such as a Head of Office Management at Target Global in London, are featured in its marketing. The business remains founder-led and privately owned, with its identity closely bound to Tomono's personal story and teaching style.

• 2022

  Founder Tomono announces the business is ready to launch to the public, as written in February 2022, after teaching thousands of people across the UK by word of mouth.

• Tomono moves from Kochi, Japan to the United Kingdom, later missing Japanese food and beginning to make sushi at home with local ingredients.

• Public sushi making classes are hosted in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire at partner venues.

• Corporate sushi making events and team building workshops are offered for London and South East businesses, handling up to 200 staff.

Authentic, hands-on Japanese sushi making brought to the client's venue, blending Japanese food culture with fresh British local ingredients; warm, fun and accessible for private, corporate and public audiences.

• Mobile Sushi Making Class

  The team comes to the client or a chosen venue, leading hands-on classes where participants learn to create a variety of authentic Japanese sushi.

• Private Sushi Making Party

  Private celebrations and parties with hands-on sushi making, optionally including traditional kimono dress-up for a cultural touch.

• Corporate Sushi Making Events & Team Building

  Interactive corporate events, office socials, Christmas parties and client entertainment; the brand supplies the chef, fresh ingredients and equipment.

• Public Sushi Making Workshops & Masterclasses

  Open classes at partner venues in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire for the general public.

1. 1Tomono Sushi Party | Sushi Making Classes & Events in London & South Easttomono-sushi.co.uk
2. 2About Us | Tomono Sushi Partytomono-sushi.co.uk
3. 3All Products | Tomono Sushi Partytomono-sushi.co.uk
4. 4Corporate Sushi Events & Office Parties | Tomono Sushi Partytomono-sushi.co.uk
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