Fatih Tutak

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Fatih Tutak
Sef Fatih Tutak.jpg
Born (1985-08-31) 31 August 1985 (age 38)
Culinary career
Cooking styleTurkish Food
Current restaurant(s)
  • Turk Fatih Tutak
Award(s) won
  • Michelin Plate [1]
Website turkft.com

Fatih Tutak (born 31 August 1985 in Istanbul), chef and owner of two Michelin star restaurant Turk Fatih Tutak which has been listed by the CNN Travel called in their "20 of the world's best new restaurants for 2020". [2]

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Biography

After receiving his first professional education at Bolu Mengen Culinary School and working his apprenticeship under Paul Pairet in Turkey. [3] Tutak worked in China's great port cities such as Qingdao, Beijing and Hong Kong, [4] he then went to Singapore to work at the kitchen of Marina Bay Sands. After that, he worked for a while at 3-Michelin-starred Nihonryori Ryugin led by chef Seiji Yamamoto in Tokio. [5] He then worked with chef Rene Redzepi at Noma, which was voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine's World's Best Restaurants in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 in Copenhagen.

In 2015, he became Head Chef at The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn in Bangkok. In two years he became Director of Culinary Operations, [6] and the restaurant gained international accreditation, both in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants (No.36 in 2017 & No.43 in 2018) [7] [8] and a Michelin plate in the Michelin Guide Thailand 2018–19. [9]

After a while, he started to offer a menu based on Turkish cuisine in The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn. [10] He created a dish he called 'From my Mom' [11] which was his take on the Turkish dumpling.

He returned to Turkey in December 2019 and opened his first restaurant Turk Fatih Tutak in Istanbul. [12]

Awards

2017: Best 36th Restaurant / The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn - Asia's 50 Best Restaurants [13]

2018: Best 43rd Restaurant / The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn - Asia's 50 Best Restaurants [14]

2018: Michelin Plate / The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn - Thailand Michelin Guide [15]

2020: "Best Chef" Winner / Fatih Tutak & - "Best Restaurant" Winner / Turk Fatih Tutak - Time Out Istanbul 19th Food & Drink Awards [16]

2023: Michelin Guide two stars

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