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The identity of the creator of the California roll is disputed. Several chefs from Los Angeles have been cited as the dish's originator, as well as one chef from Vancouver, British Columbia. The earliest mention in print of a 'California roll' was in the Los Angeles Times and an Ocala, Florida newspaper on November 25, 1979. [8]
Hidekazu Tojo (東條 英員, Tōjō Hidekazu) (born February 8, 1950, in Kagoshima, Japan) is a Japanese-born chef based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is often credited with inventing the California roll and the B.C. roll.
Although the true origin is disputed, it's widely believed that Chef Hidekazu invented the California roll (originally called "Tojo-maki") in Vancouver, by inverting the roll and putting rice on the outside to make it more accessible to Western tastes, and adding non-traditional ingredients like avocado. [59]
I live in Vancouver myself. I think I'm going to do a little research and try to find the earliest mention of the "Tojo Maki", while someone from LA researches the "California Roll" and we can see which chef truly invented the dish. Vancouver had quite a vibrant food culture in the 70s so I assume at least one food critic would have written ...
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B.C. roll – a type of sushi invented in Vancouver in 1974 by chef Hidekazu Tojo. [1] Beaver tails and touton – fried dough pastry that is sold in a variety of flavours. Butter tart – a filling of butter, sugar, syrup, and egg, baked in a pastry shell. Caesar (cocktail) – invented by Walter Chell in Calgary in 1969. [2]
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