The owner of an artisan sushi business organising fun sushi parties for groups of friends is ready to share the beauty of Japanese culture after the pandemic slowed everything down.

Tomono Davies set up her business Tomono Sushi Party in High Wycombe at a historical time, just before the onslaught of the Covid pandemic in January 2020.

She strongly believes homemade sushi should be more accessible for more people, and she loves advocating for Japanese culture, where she’s originally from.

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She said: “People have such hectic lives and it is so easy to reduce cooking time to work around the busy schedule, but making Sushi definitely brings people together and is the perfect way to involve all generations to appreciate foods.

“I also found buying sushi could be costly and not really fresh or authentic."

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When the pandemic kicked in, she was “petrified with uncertainty when my clients started cancelling bookings”, but the business community on the exclusive app Clubhouse encouraged her to start online lessons.

Now, she uses TikTok to teach about sushi and Japanese cooking.Unlike in the pandemic, her classes are nearly fully booked, and she’s made contact with a premier league footballer.

“My children were so impressed,” she said.

“One day, I was in the kitchen preparing for one Sushi Party, and my 10-years-old daughter came to me "mummy, you are so lucky to do something you love and also getting paid for that!" .

“I think that sums up why I set up my business.

"I'd like for there to be Tomono Sushi Parties held all over the south east - and beyond!"