St Pierres Sushi
Shota Shirai is a data analyst and IT support engineer currently employed at St Pierres Sushi since May 2022. Previously, Shota held the position of software and data engineer. From June 2016 to March 2020, Shota worked as a postgraduate researcher at the University of Canterbury, focusing on the fabrication and characterization of brain-inspired computer chips, and completed a thesis on neuromorphic behavior in nanoparticle films under the supervision of a professor. Additionally, Shota served as a teaching assistant, aiding first-year physics students and grading their lab reports. A government internship with the Ministry for the Environment occurred from November 2019 to February 2020, facilitated by the MacDiarmid Institute. Earlier research experience includes an internship at UNSW, where Shota conducted an experimental study on hole-nuclear spin interaction in a two-dimensional hole system. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Physics from the University of Canterbury, a Master of Science in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics from Tohoku University, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics, also from Tohoku University.
St Pierres Sushi
“To improve the quality of life of people through new exciting tasty & healthy foods" - Its why we do what we do! St Pierre's began in Wellington by three brothers in 1984 as a seafood delicatessen. With a range of products included Beluga Russian Caviar, sushi, smoked and fresh salmon it was very innovative for it's time. In 1993 St Pierre's formed an alliance with one of Japans largest food exporters, The Tokyo Mutual Trading Company. They had been the pioneers of Japanese food in the USA and had provided superior cooking condiments and expertise to St Pierre's . From that time St Pierre's started to import all its own products used for making sushi from Japan, to make the most delicious sushi possible. Fresh salmon arrives daily from the Marlborough Sounds and is skinned and boned on premises. The rice is freshly cooked California short grain rice. The fresh chicken for Teriyaki Chicken arrives daily and is marinated and cooked fresh every day. All the cucumbers, avocados and other vegetables are cut daily for super freshness. If a sushi flavour has sold out, we encourage customers to ask our sushi chefs to make up a fresh sushi roll! And special requests are always welcomed. The name St Pierre's is the French the famous New Zealand fish; the John Dory it also translates to St Peter, who was the Patron Saint of Fisherman.