The well-known Cypriot chef Andreas Mavrommatis was awarded with the highest gastronomic recognition, ie a Michelin star.
The Michelin Stars Award Ceremony for 2018 took place on Monday night, in the presence of the French Prime Minister and officials of the country.
This is the first time a Cypriot chef has been awarded a Michelin star.
The famous restaurant "Mavrommatis" in Paris was included in this year's list, among other 621 restaurants from around the world.
The big winners of the night, with three stars each, were Christophe Bakier and Mark Veira.
Kolokasi the first dish he got in France
As he admitted in an interview on Sigma TV and Eftychia Andreou, chef Andreas Mavrommatis admitted that the first dish he took with him to France and made was Kolokassi. The local product of Sotira is, of course, included in restaurant menu of the renowned chef and at the Four Seasons Hotel "Vivaldi Terrace" in Limassol.
How they all started
Andreas Mavrommatis traveled from Limassol to Paris in the late 70s to study psychology and sociology.
The job he eventually got in a restaurant to make a living proved to be the only path he would take for the rest of his life.
In 1981 he and his brother, Evagoras, decided to open a small grocery store in the 5th arrondissement of Paris and at the same time began studying gastronomy at the famous Lenotr school.
With his small restaurant, which opened a few years later, he finally managed to conquer the French and create together with his brothers, Evagoras and Dionysis, a large company that currently consists of four restaurants and 10 catering units throughout France. .
Mavrommatis restaurants in Paris serve creative Greek cuisine and there have dined great personalities and politicians of France, such as François Hollande and Emanuel Macron.
Famagusta.News with information from Sigma TV and Like.com.cy
