Athanasios Kargatzidis fell in love with food and restaurants over twenty-five years ago.He has been cooking, researching, and studying his way across the world ever since, which led him to open BARON, one of Lebanon's most renowned restaurant and #12 on MENAS 50 Best Restaurants 2022 and again for 2023 #16 on MENAS 50 Best Restaurants awards.Often describing his food as ‘fusion cooking', Athanasios has been championing international flavours since stepping into kitchens, with food that holds flavour and texture, rather than tradition and provenance, as his central tenets.A proactive dynamic hospitality professional with a successful background owning & operating multi-brand operations, specializing in new concept design development and full kitchen operations covering catering and full hospitality services, QSR, bakeries, fine dining and bistro concept.
Listed skills include Menu Development, Culinary Skills, Restaurant Management, Catering, and 17 others.