Georgianna Hiliadaki is a Greek Michelin star chef and restaurateur, owner of the

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restaurant. Along with her partner,

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, have been called “the Greek power duo” who are the executive chefs and cofounders of Hospitality Group Modern Greek Food Group (MGFG). The Funky Gourmet in Athens, Greece is their flagship restaurant and has 2 Michelin Stars. It was founded in 2009. They met when they attended the

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in New York City and graduated in 2003. In June 2014, along with Alex and Andreas Labridis, they opened OPSO Restaurant in London. Beginning in 2016, OPSO has been listed by the Michelin Guide as a “good plate” restaurant and since 2018, one of the 100 Best Restaurants in the UK by

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Biography

Hiliadaki was born in

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. At the

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, she studied European Relations and Italian. She continued on to ICE, earning degrees in culinary arts and restaurant management. In 2009, Georgianna and Nikos returned to Athens and opened what was described as a private chef business which led to the opening of Funky Gourmet. After they opened OPSO, they opened Pitta Bun in the Carnaby section of London. In 2017, she was named Best Female Chef in Greece and in the same year, 4th Best Female Chef in the World according to The Best Chef Awards.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women chefs People from Athens Greek chefs Women restaurateurs Alumni of the University of Reading Institute of Culinary Education alumni Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants {{chef-stub