Kevin Seo was born in Busan, a city surrounded by Oceans and famous for fresh seafood, in South Korea and then immigrated to Australia in 1995.

After attending high school here, he enters the world of Japanese Cuisine at the age of only 16 as an apprentice at 'Masuya' Japanese restaurant in Sydney where he starts off as a dishwasher and eventually gains his status as a chef. Despite the busy and strictly disciplined working environment, his passion for cooking and good food grew bigger.

After accomplishing his apprenticeship, he joined the 'Musashi' Dining Bar in Sydney as a chef de Partie in charge of the Sushi bar as well as kitchen, which gradually built up his cooking and leadership skills.

Kevin then moved to Sydney's renowned Japanese restaurant 'Yoshii' as a sous chef, where he meets his mentor Yoshii who is well known as one of the best sushi chefs in Australia.

Here he learns all about the 'Real Edomae Sushi' through hard training from his strict master Yoshii, yet receives alot of encouragement not to give up and often have been told by his master that "If I can do it! You can do it too!".

After four years at Yoshii, Kevin takes another step in his career by reopening the doors of the fine dining Japanese restaurant 'Rise' in Darlinghurst as its third owner.