Arisha ZadunaiskayaCommunity profile

Brand Chef of "Madyar Collection," I have been with the company for 22 years. Currently, I manage 5 restaurants with diverse concepts and have recently opened a new restaurant called "Madjar." I am the driving force and creator of the "Madjar" Culinary School. I worked as a chef in Italy in 2002 at the restaurant "Villa Boselli." I have personally cooked for the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on three occasions, and also for President Dmitry Medvedev. I prepared food for a private birthday event for the former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, at his home. I have opened 21 establishments within the "Madyar Collection" network. I am planning to open a restaurant on the Seychelles Islands. I have numerous recommendations from Italian restaurateur Enrico Pegan, the owner of 12 restaurants worldwide, with whom I worked in Italy. I have twice received excellent ratings on the "Revisor" program, with the first episode featuring my restaurant, "Coral Beads." I served as a regional judge on the cooking show "Confectioner" hosted by Renato Agzamov. I was a regional judge for the Southern Federal District in the "Golden Ladle" competition. I served as a federal judge in the "Golden Ladle" competition for chefs in Russia. I have been a speaker at regional exhibitions. I have hosted two gourmet dinners at the "Rodina" hotel in Sochi, owned by Oleg Deripaska. I organized a gala dinner featuring Kuban cuisine in Murmansk in 2021. I co-hosted a gala dinner on the "Woman in the Kitchen" project with Vladimir Mukhin in 2019, where my dish was recognized as the best vegetable dish in the country. I organized a local dinner called "South" in collaboration with Maxim Lyubimov at the restaurant "Leo Wine & Kitchen." The "Jimmy Choo" restaurant was included in the top 100 restaurants in Russia at the "Palm Branch" restaurant awards in 2020. In 2023, my restaurant "Jimmy Choo" in Gelendzhik was named the best restaurant in the Krasnodar Territory.

I have received training in Hungary, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Thailand, and China. I have been trained in Madrid by Michelin-starred chefs Javier Orlanda, Floren Domezaín, and David Muñoz. I was named the Best Chef of the Year in Southern Russia in 2016 and 2018. I was awarded the title of Best Chef in the Southern Federal District in 2017. I received the award for Best Master Chef in 2018. I have received numerous other awards from the "Sobaka" awards program. I entered the profession because of a deep passion for it. The most important human quality is kindness. A measure of success is the work you do and the legacy you leave behind.