About the Author

Yevhen Klopotenko is Ukraine's most popular chef, as well as a restaurateur, cookbook author and social activist. He is known for promoting authentic Ukrainian cuisine around the world. He is renowned for changing Ukrainian school catering to educate children about Ukrainian culinary traditions and heritage. He is a winner of MasterChef Ukraine and a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, and has been named to the '50 Next' list of rising global culinary talent. Now he is devoting efforts to humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Born in Kyiv, he studied at the Kyiv University of Economics and Law and has worked in the US, UK and Europe.