INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

Taste Anatolia Food Travel Property in Turkey

      n the eve of his return  to Turkey to   take  up  a new 

      post Erdem Dırbalı , head chef  of ishtar in   London 

talked       to     Marie   Pierre Moine  about   the   young   

generation   of Turkish   chefs   who   are   making their  

name  on the International restaurant secene

The World is an   oyster for   talented   new   generation 

chefs with ambition and a sense of adventure.

For  Erdem Dırbalı   ,  head chef  at  Ishtar  in  London’s 

Crawford street , a restoaurant career  was  always  the 

right choice . Working in the food  business runs  in  the 

family. His grandfather had a  bakery  in  Zonguldak  on 

the coast of the Black Sea in Central  Anatolia.  Two   of 

his     older    brothers   are   Chefs -  one ,  Barış Dırbalı

represents TUrkey in international baking competitions.