Aslıhan Koruyan Sabancı, née Dilek Aslıhan Koruyan (born c. 1972) is a Turkish chef, author and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Turkey 1991. She specializes in healthy and creative recipes. She represented her country at Miss World 1991.

Personal life

Aslihan Koruyan Sabanci was born in

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As a child, Aslihan developed an interest in cooking and was encouraged by her family to experiment with different culinary projects.
In 2002, Aslihan married Demir Sabanci. They have three children together.

Career

Present
Aslihan chef and author, internationally recognized for her healthy recipes designed for everyday life. Her published works focus on a healthy, gluten free

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, and her upcoming books expand into other natural, nutritious recipes.

Miss World

Aslihan won the title of Miss Turkey in 1991 and represented Turkey in the 41st Miss World Beauty Pageant on December 21,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in the top ten semifinalist, also winning title ‘ European Queen of Beauty.'

Education and early career

In 1996, Aslihan graduated from

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, where she studied economics. After university, Aslihan moved to Milan to pursue a joint MBA from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, USA and the SDA Bocconi University, Italy. She started her career at 1998 at Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, Medical Devices and Diagnostics in New Jersey, USA. Between 1998 and 2002, she held different managerial positions at Ethicon Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. in New York, New Jersey, and Istanbul.
She joined Sedes Holding in 2002 as a founding shareholder and currently serves as a Vice Chairman of the board of directors.
Aslihan also holds Master certificates in the Essentials of Hospitality Management, Foodservice Management, Hospitality Marketing and a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University, New York, USA.

Publications

Following her diagnosis with

food sensitivity Food intolerance is a detrimental reaction, often delayed, to a food, beverage, food additive, or compound found in foods that produces symptoms in one or more body organs and systems, but generally refers to reactions other than food allergy. Fo ...

, she began to adapt the traditional Turkish recipes passed down from her grandmother and mother, as well as the international recipes that she learned in her studies, to fit within a gluten-free diet. In 2011, Aslihan published the first book of healthy, all natural gluten-free recipes in Turkey, titled ''Gluten Free Mediterranean Gourmet Cuisine''. Her book has been well-received from critics in Turkey, including those from ''Hello!'', '' Time Out'',TimeOut Turkey
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and ''

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''. Her book won the Gourmand World Cookbook AwardGourmand award
for ‘Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World at the 17th International Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Paris March 7, 2012.

References

External links

Basil MagazineCookbook review from Dawn Marcus M.D.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabanci, Aslihan Koruyan 1970s births Living people Writers from Ankara Turkish chefs Turkish beauty pageant winners Texas A&M University alumni Turkish women in business Turkish businesspeople Diet food advocates Miss World 1991 delegates Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management alumni Cornell University School of Hotel Administration alumni Gluten-free cookbook writers Year of birth missing (living people)