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Selin Rozanes , a Culinary Experiences and Travel Specialist is a native of Istanbul. Her love of food and travel has developed into the “Turkish Flavours” project. After a long career in the travel industry,she began designing and leading culinary itineraries around Istanbul and Turkey including cooking programs on Turkish Cuisine. At her hands-on cooking courses, participants learn about the Turkish culture while experiencing and understanding Turkish culinary traditions.

A self-taught chef and gastronomically inquisitive person, Selin has organized many hands on Turkish Cooking courses for visitors from many different countries. She is a member of Slow Food and the International Culinary Tourism Association. She speaks English, Turkish, French and some Spanish.

Selin also has lots of experience as Travel Consultant and has organized many luxurious, individualized holidays to fit specific needs . She has coordinated many tours and events for Abercrombie and Kent ,API, Virtuoso,YPO,CEO and WPO travellers in Turkey. Her vast knowledge about Istanbul and Turkey and what it offers to gourmet travelers is always an asset to Turkish Flavours guests.

Selin still works as an Individual Travel Consultant for Turkey and can give advice, help custom design itineraries , reserve and enhance your travel to Turkey.

Aylin Öney Tan , has studied architecture and conservation of historic structures in Turkey, Italy and the UK. She practiced her profession for 15 years but her passion for food and travel eventually led her to write on food. Since 2003 she holds a weekly food column at Cumhuriyet, a prestigious national daily. She contributes to various food magazines. She has been a Jury member of the Slow Food Award 2000-2003, her nominees receiving awards. She contributes to Terra Madre and Presidia projects as the leader of the Ankara Convivium. She gave consultancy to Channel 4 documentary enacting the funeral dinner of King Midas and appeared in the Turkey episode of the ‘Diaries of a Foodie’ of National Geographic. She won the Sophie Coe award on food history in 2008 by her article "Poppy: Potent yet Frail" presented previously at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. She has worked as curator for the Antalya City Museum, Culinary Culture Section and currently working for another City Museum in Istanbul, again for the culinary exhibition. She recently contributed to ‘The Encyclopedia of Food Cultures of the World’, by writing the entry for Turkey, due to appear from Greenwood Publications.

Annie Gelmuyden Pertan is born and raised in Istanbul, Anna Maria Geelmuyden hails from a multi-cutural heritage and is fluent in English, French, Turkish and Greek.
She got her Candidat Magister from the Department of History and Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway and her Bachelor of Arts in Art History at the Departement of Literature and Humanities at Sorbonne, Université de Paris, France. In 1974, she started working as an Art Director for films, and soon segued into physical production as well as production design, earning several awards in the process. She also has worked on numerous food commercials.

She has done the production design for a cookbook, RECIPIES FROM PRINKIPO ISLAND . The book won the Gourmand Best First Cookbook 2005 Award in local competition in Turkey, and later the Best Local Cookbook in the World Award.Annie leads our market visits and organizes home hosted dinners at her typical Turkish house next to the Pera Market.

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SOME COMMENTS FROM OUR GUESTS

We have thoroughly enjoyed your hospitality and learning a little about your life in Istanbul. Thank you for opening your house to us and for being patient with my children.Warm regards,Bronwyn,Geofrey,Elizabeth,Edward Brown -Brisbane, Australia via Hong Kong
Thank you for sharing your house of knowledge.. in a kind and delicious way!You made both our trip of my birthday very memorable.Please keep in touch. Ps .Putting on pepper caps was so much fun!And we will protect the secret of the pumpkin dessert! Merci beaucoup c'etait trés belle! Monica Samec & Barry Rawn - Canada/Netherlands
Thank you very much for your hospitality!It was great to learn how to make BÖREK !Hoi Ning and Sebastien - Berlin - Germany
Great class! Great food! Great time!Susan Russell - Chicago- USA
Our experiences in Turkey will remain forever etched in our memories( supplemented by many photos)because of your planning.We've had an incredible time,enjoying every location ,hotel and meal - the best being our "team" lunch that we cooked with you today. We wish the very best with Turkish Flavours and will recommend you to our travelling friends in the U.S. Warm regards, Maureen & Hil Brodie, Davis California- Kay Daniels& Steven Shpall - Palo Alto ,California
It has been a highlight of our visit to Istanbul to meet you and share your insights in to the markets and wonderful ingredients of your city. It was a privilege to visit your home, learn about your tours ( and meet and play with Yoyo). We look forward to welcoming you in New Zealand. Mavis Airey- New Zealand
Thank you for an exciting 2 days. Your knowledge and enthusiasm is so great to share with us. Your apartement is warm and lovely. See you in Usa soon. All the best Chef Jaxon - Park City - Utah
A pleasure, Selin ,to meet you and cook with you. Thank you for showing us all the markets,shops and most especially ,your home. Molly + Walton Rutherford - Roanoke ,Virginia
At last, we managed to get away from our busy cooking school in Belgium to enjoy our 6th wedding anniversary and... to cook even more!! Selin is the most concerned hostess and culinary guide, a relaxed, good and precise cook. I am so impressed with what we've seen- tasted-cooked and eaten- a true delight. I 'll be back for much much more of this! A million thanks! Inge & Jurgen - Belgium
Thank you so much for a wonderful day welcoming me in to your home. I loved the market tour! An I loved learning how to cook a Turkish meal. I look forward to making a Turkish feast for my friends and family at home. Many thanks for your gracious hospitality. Judy Kuskin- USA
What a wonderful time I have had spending the day with you, cooking and talking and learning about Istanbul. I can take back the recipes and stories to Tokyo and share them with my friends. Cheers and all the best. Teri Weaver - Tokyo
This has been the most wonderful experience, and I can make everything at home. Thank you for welcoming me in your home and sharing your secrets. Ti aspetto a Roma! Maureen Fant - Rome
Thank you for a wonderful addition to our experience in Turkey. We enjoyed the opportunity to learn about this important part of Turkish Culture. The food, the company, and the hostess were wonderful. Joanna & Andrew Laytin - USA
It's a pleasure to spend time doing something you love to do in good company. The food was wonderful and I can only hope to replicate it at home. Patty&Jeffrey Meissner - USA
Another wonderful experience that will be added to many memories of Istanbul. Your hospitality was lovely and the food we prepared delicious. Thank you for everything. Stacey Bowen- USA
Thanks for a fabulous day and being so accommodating. Your knowledge,techniques and warm personality helped make this a great experience! Will think of you every time I cook a Turkish dish at home or eat in a Turkish restaurant. Hugs. Koren Borges USA
Melissa and I wanted to learn a little about Turkish Cooking, but instead we were welcomed in to your beautiful home, entertained, given advice on all things Turkish AND learned about Turkish Cooking! What a wonderful honeymoon this has been. You have been a highlight. My wife now wants to do what Selin does for a living. Thank you. Monty&Melissa Oppenheim- USA

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SLOW FOOD

ERENLER SOFRASI

FRUIT HERITAGE

MAUREEN FANT

CHOCOLATIER DAVID LEBOVITZ'S GREAT PARIS BASED FOOD BLOG

KITCHEN ARTS & LETTERS

INSAITABLE CRITIC

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