Yulia PatsyukCommunity profile

Born in Chelyabinsk.

I tried various professions before entering the culinary field at the age of 28.

I worked in restaurants in Chelyabinsk, starting as an assistant in the banquet service of a suburban hotel.

Later, I worked in a fine dining French restaurant in Chelyabinsk, where I eventually became the head chef.

Before the pandemic, I moved to Kaliningrad, where I worked as a sous chef in what was considered the best restaurant in the city, according to the local "Pumpernickel" award.

During the pandemic, I moved to Montenegro and worked at the "Kiki" restaurant in the exclusive Lustica Bay resort.

Upon returning, I started a food delivery service and also set up the kitchen for another healthy food delivery service in Kaliningrad.

In 2022, I moved to Sri Lanka and worked as a sous chef on the coast, managing a team of 5 local employees who had never tried Russian cuisine, but whom I successfully trained to cook it.

Returning in the fall of 2023, I became the head chef at the "Vikingud" gastrobar, located in the westernmost point of our country on the Baltic Spit, where I still work today.

In parallel, I developed the menu for the "Ugodnik" gastrobar, which has an interesting concept where the chef changes every six months.

I was a speaker at the "Chef's Breakfast" event in 2025.