Young, talented and ambitious Alexander Belkovich made a dizzying career. Already at the age of 27, he became the brand chef of one of the largest international restaurant holdings Ginza Project in the Northern capital. But first things first.
The beginning of the way
Alexander Belkovich was born in Severodvinsk (a small town in the Arkhangelsk region) on November 22, 1984. According to him, he always liked to eat well, so he took his first culinary steps when he was 6 years old, when he prepared yogurt according to his own recipe and built a sandwich with sausages. None of the relatives could have thought that this smiling little boy would open a cooking school in the future, write a couple of books, become a recognizable presenter on the STS channel and lead an international restaurant chain.
After graduating from the cooperative technical school in Arkhangelsk in 2000, he seriously thought about moving to Moscow and getting into the kitchen of a restaurant. An interesting fact: back in 1997, he was visiting his sister in Moscow and, having visited McDonald's, decided that he would definitely work here. Alexander did not know what the future awaited him …
It was hard for a young guy in a foreign city to find a suitable place: he was deceived with a salary, with working conditions. Many would have given up … But not with the purposeful Alexander, who by all means decided to achieve the goal.
Creative biography of cook Alexander Belkovich
Fate had other plans. In 2006, she smiled at Alexander Belkovich. Correa's restaurant took him to the holy of holies - to the kitchen, where under the direction of one of the leading chefs in Moscow Isaac Correa, he mastered the subtleties of preparing masterpieces for 5 years.
It is this person who Alexander calls his inspirer and mentor. Still would! Puerto Rican Isaac Correa is considered the founder of fusion style, the organizer of a system of burger bars and city cafes, and is one of the top ten Moscow chefs.
The capital gives the guy a good start - he moves to St. Petersburg. From this moment, Alexander Belkovich is the cook of one of the Ginza Project restaurants. More precisely, the chef!
Mastery improvement
Alexander says he never sat still. A thirst for knowledge allowed him to unlearn in the USA and Great Britain. Constantly proving to himself that he was capable of much, Alexander Belkovich participated in international competitions and more than once became a laureate. He was invited to the opening of restaurants in England and America.
But his task was not only to win: he is constantly trying to discover new facets of taste. Moreover, he brings up this desire in the guests who come to his restaurants. Perhaps it is in a sincere desire to instill good taste that the secret of success of the young chef lies.
By the way, now Alexander holds the position of brand chef in the Ginza Project restaurant chain, the chef of the Mansard, Plyushkin, Terrassa, Moscow, Volga-Volga, and Baranka restaurants. In addition, he is the owner of his own restaurant "Belka" with sophisticated author's cuisine and curator of 15 restaurants. The young chef shared his chef's secrets in two books “Open Kitchen” and “Open Kitchen 2”, where everyone will find a recipe for their wallet and taste.
Many call the cook Alexander Belkovich Russian Jamie Oliver and criticize his manner of behavior and cooking. It is up to you to decide whether it’s true or not, and the “culinary chefs” can only salivate for another masterpiece that he is preparing on the STS channel in the show “SIMPLY kitchen”. And Alexander does not hide that Jamie is his idol. Like an overseas colleague, he teaches from quite accessible and familiar ingredients to cook gourmet restaurant dishes.
By the way, remembering his childhood weakness for cooking, Belkovich became the host of the program “Master Chef. Children". Together with colleagues in the workshop, Giuseppe D'Angelo and Andrei Shmakov, they tasted the creations of children's hands and chose the best mini-chef. Passions, seasoned with the spontaneity of young cooks, were far from boiling!
