After our support ends,
the restaurant runs without us.
That is our finished product.

POLICY

One restaurant at a time,
building the standard that runs it.

Every day on the floor is a string of decisions — what to buy, how to staff, how much to prep, what to recommend to this guest. The quality of those decisions comes straight back as profit and reputation.

Our work is to leave your restaurant with the standard that supports those decisions. The service level taken for granted at the world’s best restaurants, profit management that speaks in numbers, and labor savings through AI — we translate all three into a form that fits your restaurant.

We don’t produce flashy proposals. We stand in the kitchen and dining room, and work alongside you.

Hideki Watanabe Founder, Mysoul Inc.
CAREER

Career

Seven years in Italy’s starred dining rooms.
The standard learned at the very top,
rebuilt as the system that runs your restaurant.

Some twenty years in hospitality, about seven of them in Italy, working the floor as a sommelier at four restaurants — from a wine bar to a three-Michelin-star dining room. Back in Tokyo, chef sommelier at a three-star Japanese restaurant, then general manager of a restaurant from its opening. Floor, cellar, and management — all seen from the inside.

  1. 2017

    Osteria Francescana

    Modena, Italy

    Chef de Rang & Sommelier

    Three Michelin stars. No. 1, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants (2016, 2018). Chef Massimo Bottura

    Named Servizio dell’anno (Service of the Year) by Guida Espresso during his tenure

  2. 2015 – 2016

    Villa Crespi

    Orta San Giulio, Italy

    Sommelier & Responsabile dei formaggi

    Two Michelin stars at the time (now three). Chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo

    Guida Espresso award for best cheese trolley

  3. 2012 – 2015

    La Ciau del Tornavento

    Piedmont, Italy

    Sommelier

    One Michelin star. A cellar of 60,000 bottles and 1,800 labels

  4. 2011 – 2012

    Enoteca al Donizetti

    Bergamo, Italy

    Staff

    Gambero Rosso best wine bar five years running. 1,500+ labels

  5. 2019 – 2021

    Nihonryori RyuGin

    Tokyo

    Chef Sommelier

    Three Michelin stars. Chef Seiji Yamamoto

    During his tenure: joint No. 1 in the world, La Liste 2020; No. 24, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2020

  6. 2021 – 2025

    GUCCI OSTERIA

    Tokyo

    General Manager

    Ran the restaurant for four years from its opening

  7. 2025 –

    Mysoul Inc.

    Tokyo

    Founder & CEO

    Restaurant consulting and AI-driven operations

Qualifications
  • AIS (Associazione Italiana Sommelier) Sommelier Professionista
  • Sake Sommelier Association, Sake Sommelier
OVERVIEW

Overview

Company Name Mysoul Inc.
Representative Hideki Watanabe
Address 5-11-23 Mizumoto, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founded February 2025
Business Restaurant consulting / Menu development / Cost & profit improvement / Operations & manuals / Talent development & hiring / Restaurant turnaround / Wine service & beverage design (selection, management, price negotiation)
Service Area Nationwide (on-site and online)