Maksim ShterkelCommunity profile

In 2017, he completed a year-long internship in Germany at the restaurant La Cantinella, where he studied Bavarian and Italian cuisine. Afterwards, he worked as a sous chef at the Beerman restaurant by the river, then as a head chef at the Beerman & Pizza restaurant, and finally at the pan-continental izakaya bar "Jean Huang Lu." Since September 2023, he has held the position of brand chef for the group of restaurants owned by Denis Ivanov. He plans to go on a training program at one of the restaurants in Spain in 2025.

He entered the professional culinary world at the age of 23. He began his career in 2015 in Barnaul at the bar-restaurant "Arena TV." After just 3 months, he was promoted to sous chef and even appeared in three episodes of a local cooking show. In 2016, he moved to Novosibirsk and quickly joined the Denis Ivanov restaurant group as a line cook at the Beerman restaurant by the river. Currently, he is responsible for several establishments, including the pan-continental izakaya bar "Jean Huang Lu," the Beerman restaurants, and the seasonal project "Veranda by Denis Ivanov."