Creative chef Maksut Aşkar breathes new life into Turkish cuisine by focusing on his neo-local philosophy. Maksut will bring modern touches to Turkish dishes by adding his own artistic, minimal, and modern interpretation in his show that bears the name of his venue in Salt Galata, Neolokal. He will recreate our traditional dishes known for centuries and pass them on to future generations.
Sara La Fountain will embark on a journey into the heart of Istanbul, the dazzling city of which she often heard in the gastronomy world. On her Istanbul adventure, Sara will embark on a spiritual as well as intellectual journey about gastronomy and cooking, and will explore the essentials of the art of cooking, culture, and centuries-old heritage.
Refika Birgül explores the topics of our food culture from everyday life in her dishes and gives us recipes about food and life. She uses her creativity to bring back the forgotten and neglected local ingredients, the main characters of her recipes. She creates new recipes while preserving the traditions of our rich culinary culture, on the one hand, and breaking the rules on the other.
The Best of Istanbul with Tom Aikens tells the culinary adventures of British chef Tom Aikens in Istanbul. Follow Tom, as he opens up a restaurant in Istanbul and explores the recipes that make this city with the best ingredients. Accompanied by Istanbulites, Tom goes to the kitchen to create his own take on Istanbul recipes, using all the knowledge and inspiration he has gained.
Famous chefs Kiran Jethwa and Sara La Fountain embark on a fascinating adventure to discover the delights of Istanbul, the shining star of the gastronomy world. Under the guidance of Sara, who knows the city very well, Kiran gets the opportunity to explore the cuisine and beauties of this fascinating city. Great flavors and discoveries await our chefs in each episode.
Serife Aksoy shares her life in this program, where she made production at home for 12 months and started adapting the products according to the season and climate. She adopted the motto of "Think Seasonally, Eat Locally" and placed the concept of "Zero Waste" at the center of her life. You won't believe your eyes when you see how colorful tables can be created from a single product and that nothing is actually garbage in the kitchen!
Inspired by the metropolitan city of Istanbul, which hosts different cultures and preserves its unique local culinary culture, Gabriele is presenting different tastes from the world cuisine using local ingredients, and the best tastes of the multicultural world in which she lives, with her own creative touch. You will touch the food with love from now on.
Maksut interprets cooking as an "art" and the cook as "an artist pursuing the ideal taste." He creates a new generation of interpretation for the traditional recipes of Turkish Cuisine by modernizing the old-fashioned recipes and cooking methods we learned from our mothers and grandmothers according to today's eating and drinking culture.
