Full Name Mehmet Gurs Name Mehmet Gurs | Role Chef | |
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Education Johnson & Wales University | ||
Mehmet Gürs “Türk Mutfağına Dünyada İlgi Giderek Artıyor"
Mehmet Gürs Anatolia en San Sebastián Gastronomika 2016 - Pasado, presente y futuro
Mehmet Gürs (born 13 December 1969) is a Turkish celebrity chef, television personality and restaurateur. He is considered to be Istanbul's most recognizable chef.
Contents
- Mehmet Grs Trk Mutfana Dnyada lgi Giderek Artyor
- Mehmet Grs Anatolia en San Sebastin Gastronomika 2016 Pasado presente y futuro
- Biography
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Biography
Gürs was born in Finland to a Turkish father and a Finnish-Swedish mother and grew up in Stockholm and Istanbul. He spent eight years training and working as a chef in the United States; from 1990 to 1993 he studied "Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management" at the Johnson & Wales University. In the mid 1990s, he returned to Turkey to start his first restaurant called Downtown; six years later he opened "Lokanta and then "Mikla" in 2005.
Gürs's Istanbul Food & Beverage Group now consists of Mikla, the numnum café & restaurant, Trattoria Enzo, Kronotrop, Terra Kitchen chain and the groups research lab, the workshop.
Awards
Personal life
Gürs is married and has a son named Bora. He speaks Swedish, Turkish, French, and English.
