Svetlana KozeykoCommunity profile

The first chef in Russia specializing in Arctic cuisine (the Arctic cuisine menu was officially introduced as a commercial offering at the Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant in January 2019). Since 2002, she has worked for the Restaurant Syndicate holding in Murmansk. She has served as the brand chef for 6 projects, three of which – Tsarskaya Okhota, Grey Goose, and Tundra – feature Arctic cuisine. Svetlana's dishes have been presented on several occasions at receptions hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for foreign ambassadors and journalists, and they were also included in the anniversary edition of "Recipes of Hospitality" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Main Directorate for Hospitality and Public Catering under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Svetlana's recipe for salted cod, "Northern Lights," is among the top 100 best dishes in the country, according to the federal project "Gastronomic Map of Russia." She has also been a guest chef on the TV shows "Live Healthy" (Channel One), "Food: Alive and Dead," and "Let's Eat, Let's Eat" (NTV).

Svetlana was born in Yekaterinburg. She studied food technology. She initially worked in cafes and department stores. Svetlana began learning to cook by watching her mother, who was a cook. Her mother worked in a cafeteria and later in a restaurant, where she once cooked for Boris Yeltsin. At the age of 20, Svetlana moved to Murmansk, where she worked in the restaurant holding for 20 years. She developed the first menu based on Arctic products in 2016 and quickly became one of the leading brand chefs in Murmansk. In 2022, Svetlana sold her apartment in Murmansk and moved to St. Petersburg, where she opened a new restaurant with Anna Rozhko – the first restaurant in St. Petersburg specializing in Arctic cuisine.