Michelle is applying finishing touch to her sushi's creation

(Photo credit: Simon Jacobs/PinPep)

To celebrate World Sushi Day 2024, Michelle, in collaboration with Yutaka, has unveiled a stunning collection of edible portrait sculptures of British celebrities and TV personalities, all made from sushi ingredients.

She dedicated approximately 120 hours to sculpt these portraits using sushi rice, konbu, seaweed, roe, and soy sauce for colouring. Her impressive creations include: (excuse the pun):

• Singer-songwriters: Eelton John and Edamame Sheeran

• Footballers: Bukayo Saké and Herring Kane

• This Morning hosts: Alison Salmond and Dermot Roe’Leary

• British TV host Lorraine Kelpy, made from dash konbu and fukujinzuke

• Academy Awards winner actor: Benedict Cucumberbatch

These remarkable artworks were exhibited in a London gallery as part of the #SushiMe campaign by

Yutaka

- one of the leading brands of Japanese food ingredients in the UK, inviting Brits to get creative with their food by make their own sushi self-portraits.

On the press:

• BBC: Artist creates celebrity heads from sushi

• Sussex Express

• CNN Travel

• Yahoo News