TUBA ŞATANA

Tuba Şatana was born in 1972, to a Thessaloniki and Mardin compound family. Being raised by a refined grandmother and a true gourmet mother, not to forget her father's heritage of the gorgeous southeast tastes of Turkey, she took the best of each cultures. While cooking with her granny, learned all about fundamentals of cooking and kitchen. Her mother, living on the coast of Aegean sea, garnished her with all the produce available and unavailable. She started cooking solo in early years, not only copying the recipes from her mother's books, but adding from herself and creating new ones.

She is a cook, a gastronome, a perfectionist, a traveler, a reader, a dreamer, an amateur photographer, a food writer, a wife and a human.

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After her graduation from Bilkent University, she worked in kitchen and service department in many hotels as part of her training, starting her way through a successful career in Food and Beverage industry. Tuba participated in pre-opening of an international chain hotel, an international restaurant as well as a university. Tuba was one of the first female F&B managers in an international chain hotel, passing her enthusiasm to the younger generations. She still leads the way to a successful career, being a guest lecturer and an instructor. She is a freelance consultant for a prestigious organization in tourism industry, and an advisory committee member for gastronomy board in one of the new and prestigious universities in Istanbul. She is a member of Chaine des Rotisseurs, L'Ordre Mondial Gourmets Dégustateurs and Slow Food. She also is the founder and owner of www.yiyecekveicecek.com and www.istanbulfood.com websites. She writes about food on Babylon Dergi and on the monthly French newspaper Ajourd'hui la Turquie.

She takes photographs with a manual Pentax KX and Canon 5D with various lenses. Nowadays she is designing this website.

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