Lefteris Lazarou is a Greek chef. Born in 1952 at Piraeus, Athens Greece. He is the first Greek chef to have received a
Michelin Star and is considered one of the most influential in his country, especially due to his expertise in fish & sea food based dishes. He is the son of a ship chef. He is currently the chef in the Athens-based restaurant called 'Varoulko'
Biography of Lefteris Lazarou on the website of ''Varoulko''
/ref> which is considered a high quality dining place. He himself opened ''Varoulko'' in 1987. His popularity has peaked from 2010 and onwards due to his involvement in the Greek version of the famous MasterChef
''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version in July 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in February 2005 by executive producers Roddam and John ...
cooking show, as one of the three panel-judge chefs. He has taught in the Culinary Institute of America
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is a private culinary school with its primary campus in Hyde Park, New York, and branch campuses in St. Helena and Napa, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Singapore. The college, which was the firs ...
.
References
Greek television chefs
Living people
People from Piraeus
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants
Culinary Institute of America people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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