Has Chef (coordinator chief) Ahmet Ozdemir; Born in 1974 in Antalya Gazipaşa, he was born as the 4th and last child of a civil servant family. He completed his primary education in Oba Primary School and started his cooking profession in 1989 after secondary school education. Between..
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Born in 1974 in Antalya Gazipaşa, he was born as the 4th and last child of a civil servant family. He completed his primary education in Oba Primary School and started his cooking profession in 1989 after secondary school education. Between 1992 and 2004, he developed his professional experience by working as the kitchen chef of Turkey's leading 4 and 5 star touristic facilities.
Özdemir, who used the title of "chief cook" for the first time in the Turkish cuisine of the Republican era and wanted to be mentioned with this title in his professional life, adopted the principle of keeping the Ottoman palace cuisine and Turkish cuisine promotions alive in his professional work and restaurant menus.
In his professional career, as a head chef, he started to work as a gastronomic consultant on Mediterranean cuisines, Ottoman palace cuisine, Ottoman and Turkish cuisine, Anatolian folk cuisine and old Istanbul cuisine, as well as restaurant concept design and restaurant consultancy for new restaurant openings with international standards.
He became one of the most sought after chefs, especially in the openings of VIP restaurants, 5-star and boutique hotels and Holiday Villages in America, European countries and Asia, by establishing the first system and putting it into service.
As the inventor of the head chef, he has 2 unique dishes in his professional life. One of their patented dishes is Topuz Kebab and the other is Saltanat Sahan. The famous chef, who is also known for the dishes he developed and inventor for the promotion of new restaurants in the field of culinary consultancy in the international gastronomy sector ; He can speak English, German and Spanish languages professionally.
Özdemir left behind his 32nd year in his culinary adventure.
The famous chef, who personally wrote the " cooking oath " for the first time in Turkey, created a virtual cookery library for his young colleagues in the culinary profession, within his own means, on his website.
He founded the non-profit Turkish Chef News, again with his personal means, so that Turkish cuisine chefs are better equipped with information from Turkish culinary history. He realized the "local flavor carriers" project in order to bring local dishes to light in the culinary profession.
Turkish cook news was instrumental in giving Turkish cuisine success certificates to the chefs who contributed to the promotion of Turkish culinary culture, with the decision of the management and advisory board.
Known for his new restaurant projects in different restaurant concepts, Has Chef Basi has traveled 410,000 km in 27 countries in 3 continents, within the scope of his current opportunities, as an Ottoman and Turkish Cuisine World Volunteer Ambassador in his professional life.
He made professional presentations to 16 national, domestic and foreign television channels. In addition to his Social Studies, he also made news in 146 local and foreign newspapers and magazines with his professional studies.