My name is Andreas Chrysomallis, I’m from Greece and I’ve been working in Amsterdam as a professional cook for the last 7 years. I studied Finance & Maths, but I always wanted to make people smile with food, so I decided to follow my passion and change my career path a couple of years ago.

I was working as Head Chef at Instock, a restaurant that had the mission to make beautiful meals out of ‘wasted veggies’ - vegetables that would end up in the waste bin because of how they look like while they still taste delicious. Unfortunately, due to Corona, we had to make the difficult decision to shut down the restaurant

This means that i have to start to think creative and the good news is that I’m available to be your private chef at home during these crazy times!

The last couple of years I’ve been working in 5 Star Hotels, Michelin restaurants & fine dining places. In the meantime I’ve also been doing stages at Arzak(***),Heston Blumenthal(**) and at Noma restaurant***(Νο1 awarded for 2021) in Copenhagen.

Besides that, I’ve been volunteering for 2 years as a chef in a non-profit organization (Taste Before You Waste), based in Amsterdam. We organized weekly dinners for 80-90 people, and by doing this we used vegetables & fruits that normally would’ve been wasted.

Also, I’ve been organizing my own personal project called ́Fermentation Art ́. I organized over 10 successful workshops.dinners about fermentation and ways to preserve food through lacto fermentation
I love life and since I found my passion it is my goal to learn something more about it every day. This makes me happy and gives me a lot of energy to explore, travel and work hard, despite these uncertain times. I am a very happy, passioned cook with great skills, I have a high feeling of responsibility and eye for detail.

I’m looking forward to meet you!