Makiko is a Japanese chef, cookbook author and founder of The Suzu House, a Japanese cooking school and cultural centre in London. She moved to London in 1993 and brings over 25 years of culinary experience in the UK, including a significant tenure at Selfridges.

She has published seven cookbooks and specialises in adapting traditional Japanese cuisine for British audiences, creating accessible recipes using ingredients readily available in UK supermarkets. Her approach bridges Japanese culinary traditions with Western cooking preferences, making authentic Japanese food achievable for all.

Her books include SushiSlim (2013, translated into 16 languages), which won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award, and Shoku-iku: Japanese Conscious Eating for a Long and Healthy Life (2016, translated into 8 languages), Welbeck's Ramen (2023) which topped the charts, and most recently Rice (2025).