Alexander VyakherevCommunity profile

Alexander has completed internships in Europe and Asia, working at Michelin-starred restaurants under renowned chefs. Since 2013, Alexander has worked for WRF and participated in the Ikra festival. He began his career at WRF as the sous chef at the Luciano restaurant in Moscow. At the end of the year, in December 2013, he moved to Sochi to become the head chef at the Red Fox restaurant. Later, Alexander was part of the WRF team for the opening of the "Sakhalin" restaurant in 2016 (Krasnaya Polyana) and worked there until 2020. In 2018, he opened a meat-focused restaurant called "Ogonyok." Since 2020, Alexander Vyakhirev has been the head chef at "Plakuchaya Iva" (Weeping Willow), a restaurant that received two consecutive "Best Restaurant" awards from Where to Eat. Currently, he owns and is the brand chef of his own gastrobar, located on the Black Sea coast. Today, Alexander is launching 5 new projects in Krasnodar, one of which will be a fine dining restaurant called "Urozhai" (Harvest).

Hobbies: The chef has his own YouTube channel with recipes, which he actively promotes. He is also writing a book, but the plot and title are still a secret. In his free time, the chef enjoys hiking and picnics in the mountains, snowboarding in the winter, and surfing and wakeboarding in the summer. His favorite places in Sochi include the promenade, the "Riviera" park, Krasnaya Polyana, the "Health Trail," and the Olympic Park. His motto: "My worldview is that the more you listen, the sweeter the speech." "It's better to do something well once than to do it poorly many times. Success comes from hard work."