The humble chef who has cooked for the Oscars – twice

Turkish chef and restaurateur Cihan Kipcak remembers the day celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck asked him to cook for the 2018 Oscars.

Kipcak recalled: “He said, ‘I only have one request: People here are wearing costumes from Oscar de la Renta, Gucci and these cost US$50,000 or US$100,000. I do not want a single drop of oil or liquid in any of the food. And you’ve to make them all bite sized’.” The kitchen has always been Kipcak’s happy place. He grew up in Marmaris, a resort town that is a 12-hour drive from Istanbul and known for its nightlife and beaches. As his parents worked in the restaurant and hotel industries respectively, Kipcak was used to spending time in either restaurants or the hotel where his mom’s workplace was.

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck was once so impressed with how Cihan Kipcak elevated traditional Turkish dishes with a modern, avant-garde edge that Puck called him the next day asking him to cook for the 2018 Oscars.Kipcak went on to study tourism management and earned his culinary chops at several fine dining establishments. When he was 23 years old, an airline offered him a job as a flying chef.

Unfortunately, Turkey was hit hard by the global economic crisis in 2016 and Gile was not spared. The duo had to close the restaurant and they started taking on any extra jobs they could find to pay off their debts.

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