ABOUT
Andrea Fazzari is a James Beard Award-winning photographer, author, creative director and dining consultant with a background in fashion and film. She began her career in public relations for Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, and Miramax Films. Fazzari is originally from Manhattan and has expxlored over ninety countries. Before moving to Japan in 2015, she lived - on her own - in Italy, France, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Spain.
Fazzari's newest luxury coffee table book TOKYO CHIC was released on September 23rd, 2023 (published by Assouline). Imagined, photographed, written and co-designed by Fazzari, it presents the stylish and creative side of Japan's capital. Architects, designers, artists, fashion designers and chefs are featured on its 310 pages. SUSHI SHOKUNIN: Japan's Culinary Masters was released on September 24th 2020 (published by Assouline). Fazzari wrote, photographed and co-designed this silk-bound monograph, the first of its kind. James Beard Award finalist. Read more about it here. Her previous book, James Beard Award winner TOKYO NEW WAVE: 31 Chefs Defining Japan’s Next Generation (2018), is Fazzari's love letter to this city's distinct and electrifying gastronomic world. It includes 435 photographs, 31 essays and interviews. Collaborating regularly with Japan's many esteemed chefs and shokunin (artisans) has afforded Fazzari a more profound understanding of Japan, knowledge she shares with great passion. Listen to her insightful interviews on the podcast Japan Eats.
Photography was a hobby until PDN (Photo District News) named Fazzari one of "30 Photographers Under 30” in 2004; she went on to win the Lowell Thomas Gold Travel Photography Award for her work in Argentina for Departures Magazine. Fazzari has photographed and directed campaigns and projects for such companies as Cathay Pacific Airlines and Four Seasons Hotels, and magazines such as Travel + Leisure, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest and Departures. Four Magazine and Fine Dining Lovers - among others - have done features about Fazzari, and Photo District News selected her as one of the year's best food culture photographers in their 2017 food issue. She has written articles about food culture to accompany her photographs, including An Obssesive's Ode to Onigiri! For more press, check this page. Andrea Fazzari is Starwood Hotel Group’s first Luxury Collection Global Explorer. Her photographs, journal entries and audio narrations describing her travels on six continents were featured in the Luxury Collection Destination Guides (Assouline). She is also a tastemaker in Hotel Stories (Assouline), a travel book showcasing unique luxury properties, and the photographer and stylist of Aperitivo (Rizzoli), shot on location throughout Italy. Fazzari is the featured photographer of the book BVLGARI Il Ristorante (Assouline) made for BVLGARI Japan.
As a dining consultant, Fazzari represents large companies and luxury restaurants to recruit chefs and Japanese shokunin interested in opening additional restaurants outside Japan. Her unique knowledge of Japanese culture and Japan's culinary world affords her unique expertise in the dining and hospitality fields. Fazzari is involved in most areas of opening an top tier restaurants including design, food, service and branding.
Please feel free to contact her!
Advertising + Editorial Clients Include:
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Starwood Hotels Luxury Collection Global Explorer
St. Regis Hotels
Bvlgari
Cathay Pacific Airlines
HSBC
Four Seasons Hotels
The Rittenhouse Hotel
Kitchen Aid
Anolon Cookware
Rizzoli
Saveur
Travel + Leisure
FOUR Magazine
Vanity Fair
GQ
Wall Street Journal Magazine
Men’s Journal
Departures
Kateigaho International
Food + Wine
Time
Architectural Digest
“O” The Oprah Magazine
Four Seasons Magazine
Virtuoso Travel
Conde Nast Traveller
Vogue Brazil
British Airways
Penguin Random House
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