However, on his trip back to Japan, he escaped the ship when it stopped in Marseilles, eventually making his way to Paris.
[1][2] Imagawa's techniques influenced Shido to take a position as a ship's cook on the Japanese Katori Maru (香取丸), where he traveled from Kōbe to Shanghai and then to Sydney.
[1] He continued his studies of French cuisine at other restaurants, including Le Meurice and the Hôtel de Crillon.
[1][2][3] He became good friends with the diplomat, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and Shigeru Yoshida, and served as the head chef of the Japanese embassy in London from 1941 until the end of World War II.
[1][2] The wedding reception of celebrities Hideko Takamine and Zenzo Matsuyama was held at Maison Shido.
[1] He was featured, along with Nobuo Murakami and Asako Tsujimura, on the Nippon TV program Chefs That Changed the World (世界を変えた料理人, Sekai o Kaeta Ryourinin) on September 30, 2007.