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RussiaExecutive Chef Leadership & Kitchen Operations

Chef Dmitry Valeryevich Kirillov

International Member

Executive Chef working within a small network of canteens including Stolovaya 21 in Cheboksary, Russia. His professional journey developed from culinary school and kitchen apprenticeship to hot kitchen work, dish development, team leadership, and responsibility for day-to-day kitchen organization and consistency.

Italy / RussiaItalian Pizza & Natural Fermentation

Chef Giuseppe Guercio

International Member

Italian culinary professional and Master Pizzaiolo, also known as Pino Guercio, with 12 years of professional culinary experience. He currently works at Mozzarella Bar Restaurant in St. Petersburg, combining Italian pizza craftsmanship, natural fermentation, dough development, traditional wood-fired oven knowledge, music, performance, and creative expression.

RussiaRussian, French & Mediterranean Cuisine

Chef Kirill Stanislavovich Mironov

International Member

Brand Chef and Executive Chef with 41 years of professional culinary experience, including approximately 30 years in senior leadership. His expertise spans Russian, French, and Mediterranean cuisine, restaurant concept development, government and VIP hospitality, operational restructuring, culinary competitions, and professional judging.

RussiaRussian Cuisine & Culinary Heritage

Chef Vadim Vladimirovich Diyazhev

International Member

Executive Chef of Aurelia Restaurant in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, with 24 years of professional culinary experience and 11 years in executive kitchen leadership. His career includes Russian cuisine, culinary heritage research, diplomatic-kitchen training, professional associations, and recognized culinary competitions.

RussiaRussian Culinary Heritage & Volga Merchant Cuisine

Chef Mikhail Yuryevich Klyuenkov

International Member

Executive Chef of the historic NIKITIN Hotel & Restaurant in Nizhny Novgorod, with a professional culinary career beginning in 2011. His work focuses on Russian culinary heritage, historical recipe reconstruction, and contemporary interpretations of 19th-century Volga merchant cuisine.

RussiaFermentation & Food Preservation

Chef Arkady Nikolaevich Zorin

International Member

Executive Chef of “Vstrecha Druzey” Restaurant in Moscow with 17 years of culinary experience and eight years in executive kitchen leadership. Inspired by his mother’s cooking, he explores fermentation and traditional food preservation and participates in culinary competitions.

RussiaRussian, Italian & Turkish Cuisine

Chef Igor Yuryevich Sudarkin

International Member

Executive Chef with 16 years of professional culinary experience, including six years in executive kitchen leadership. His background spans Russian, Italian, and Turkish cuisine, family restaurant operations, resort and sanatorium hospitality, catering, gastronomy forums, and children’s culinary masterclasses.

RussiaRussian Culinary Heritage

Chef Morozov Nikolai Nikolaevich

International Member

Executive Chef of Restoratsiya “Shalyapin” with 15 years of culinary experience, specializing in the revival and reinterpretation of high Russian cuisine from the Silver Age. His work combines historical research, authentic early 20th-century recipes, modern technique, refined presentation, and the preservation of Russian culinary heritage.

RussiaRestaurant Leadership & Hospitality

Tatyana Yuryevna Yukhimishena

International Member

Restaurateur, entrepreneur, business leader, and co-founder of the family restaurant project “Bulba & Borsch.” Her professional approach combines restaurant operations, team leadership, guest experience, national cuisine, cultural preservation, financial discipline, and continuous business development.

RussiaCatering & Culinary Education

Chef Lilia Vladimirovna Gilfanova

International Member

Chef and catering professional with more than 15 years of experience in gastronomy and over five years working professionally as a Chef. Her work includes catering, private functions, off-site events, traditional plov prepared over an open fire, culinary storytelling, and children’s culinary masterclasses.

RussiaGluten-Free Gastronomy

Chef Andrey Evgenyevich Lodygin

International Member

Executive Chef of the gluten-free café and bakery Emerald City in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, with 23 years of culinary experience. His professional journey spans Japanese, Russian, Italian, French, Chinese, Russian Northern, and gluten-free gastronomy, reflecting a career built through craft, discovery, reinvention, and continuous professional development.

RussiaFood Service Technology

Chef Ilya Alexandrovich Koptelov

International Member

Russian culinary professional and Food Service Technology Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in culinary operations, food production, menu development, and modern food-service technology. His career is built on family culinary heritage, professional restaurant experience, technological discipline, and the development of structured food-service systems.

Italy / RussiaItalian-Mediterranean Cuisine

Chef Gaetano Zambito

International Member

Italian chef, restaurateur, brand chef, culinary educator, and Ambassador of Taste with extensive international experience across Italy, Germany, Spain, Iran, and Russia. His career is rooted in authentic Italian and Mediterranean cuisine, entrepreneurship, hospitality leadership, culinary education, and professional gastronomy.

RussiaCulinary Competition

Chef Pavel Sergeyevich Belyanin

International Member

International Member representing Russia, recognized for competition achievements including Silver Medalist at the Battle of Restaurateurs in Ulyanovsk, participant in the Battle of Chefs, Bronze Medalist in a Barbecue Battle, and meaningful community involvement through culinary master classes for children with disabilities.

RussiaHospitality Leadership

Chef Ivan Antonov

International Member

Executive Chef within the AMAKS Hotels & Resorts network, with 18 years of hospitality experience, five years of Executive Chef leadership, and participation in two Russian national culinary records.

RussiaExecutive Chef Leadership

Chef Alexey Alexandrovich Zhigulin

International Member

Executive Chef at Ikorets Country Park Hotel, with 27 years in the culinary profession, more than 15 years in executive culinary leadership, and a career shaped by discipline, naval culinary service, professional training, and long-term commitment to the craft.

North MacedoniaFive-Star Hotel Kitchen

Chef Mark Lester Morales

International Member

International Member representing North Macedonia and Chef de Partie with 14 years of experience in the five-star hotel industry. Skilled in professional kitchen operations, food preparation, cooking, plating, food safety, HACCP principles, mise en place, portion control, teamwork, cleanliness, and consistent high-quality food standards.

GCC — Middle EastModern Gastronomy

Chef Noor

International Member

Representing the new wave of modern Middle Eastern gastronomy from the GCC, with a focus on culinary excellence, cultural identity, and professional recognition.