Fatih Tutak
{{short description|Turkish chef}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox chef
| name = Fatih Tutak
| image = Şef Fatih Tutak.jpg
| alt = Chef Fatih Tutak
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|08|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| awards = Michelin Plate{{cite web |title=Food Walk #4: The Heat is on in Sathorn |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/dining-out/food-walk-4-The-Heat-is-on-in-Sathorn |website=www.guide.michelin.com/en}}
| style = Turkish Food
| restaurants = Turk Fatih Tutak
| website = {{URL|http://turkft.com}}
}}
Fatih Tutak (born 31 August 1985) is a Turkish chef who is owner of two Michelin star restaurant TURK Fatih Tutak, which CNN Travel listed as one of the "world's best new restaurants for 2020".{{cite web |title=20 of the world's best new restaurants for 2020 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/20-of-the-worlds-best-new-restaurants-for-2020/index.html |website=CNN|date=3 February 2020 }}
Biography
After receiving his first professional education at Bolu Mengen Culinary School and working his apprenticeship under Paul Pairet in Turkey.{{cite web |title=Fatih Tutak: bringing his creative Turkish cuisine to Asia |url=http://frenchefs.com/fatih-tutak |website=www.frenchefs.com|date=27 September 2018 }} Tutak worked in China's great port cities such as Qingdao, Beijing and Hong Kong,{{cite web |title=Internationally acclaimed Chef Fatih Tutak's returns to his roots with his first restaurant, TURK Fatih Tutak |url=https://www.robertsmagazine.de/turk-fatih-tutak-opened-in-istanbul/ |website=www.robertsmagazine.de|date=13 December 2019 }} he then went to Singapore to work at the kitchen of Marina Bay Sands. After that, he worked for a while at 3-Michelin-starred Nihonryori Ryugin led by chef Seiji Yamamoto in Tokyo.{{cite web |title=Chef's Profile and Recipe |url=https://www.bangkokbestdining.com/chef-review-details.php?id=17 |website=www.bangkokbestdining.com}} He then worked with chef Rene Redzepi at Noma, which was voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine's World's Best Restaurants in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 in Copenhagen.
In 2015, he became Head Chef at The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn in Bangkok. In two years he became Director of Culinary Operations,{{cite web |title=A journey back home |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/tasty/30361052 |website=www.nationthailand.com|date=24 December 2018 }} and the restaurant gained international accreditation, both in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants (No.36 in 2017 & No.43 in 2018){{cite web |title=10 New Restaurants To Visit In 2017, According To Asia's 50 Best List |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/debbieyong/2017/03/02/new-debuts-on-asias-50-best-restaurants-2017/#1eb54d5572ee |website=www.forbes.com}}{{cite web |title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2018: the list in pictures |url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/stories/News/asias-50-best-restaurants-2018-the-list-in-pictures.html |website=www.theworlds50best.com}} and a Michelin plate in the Michelin Guide Thailand 2018–19.{{cite web |title=Food Walk #4: The Heat is on in Sathorn |url=https://guide.michelin.com/th/en/article/dining-out/food-walk-4-The-Heat-is-on-in-Sathorn |website=www.guide.michelin.com}}
After a while, he started to offer a menu based on Turkish cuisine in The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn.{{cite web |title=Southeast Asia's first fine-dining Turkish restaurant |url=https://southeastasiaglobe.com/meet-the-chef-behind-southeast-asias-first-fine-dining-turkish-restaurant/ |website=www.southeastasiaglobe.com|date=15 June 2018 }} He created a dish he called 'From my Mom'{{cite web |title=The Dining Room at The House on Sathorn |url=https://gourmetbangkok.com/taste/the-dining-room-at-the-house-on-sathorn/ |website=www.gourmetbangkok.com|date=30 November 2017 |last1=Chan |first1=Chelsea }} which was his take on the Turkish dumpling.
He returned to Turkey in December 2019 and opened his first restaurant Turk Fatih Tutak in Istanbul.{{cite web |title=Fatih Tutak opens Turk: I want to create a new alphabet for Turkish cuisine |url=http://www.identitagolose.com/sito/en/132/25364/carlo-mangio/fatih-tutak-opens-turk-i-want-to-create-a-new-alphabet-for-turkish-cuisine.html |website=www.identitagolose.com}}
Awards
2017: Best 36th Restaurant / The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn - Asia's 50 Best Restaurants{{cite web |title=10 New Restaurants To Visit In 2017, According To Asia's 50 Best List |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/debbieyong/2017/03/02/new-debuts-on-asias-50-best-restaurants-2017/#1eb54d5572ee |website=www.forbes.com}}
2018: Best 43rd Restaurant / The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn - Asia's 50 Best Restaurants{{cite web |title=Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2018: the list in pictures |url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/stories/News/asias-50-best-restaurants-2018-the-list-in-pictures.html |website=www.theworlds50best.com}}
2018: Michelin Plate / The Dining Room of The House of Sathorn - Thailand Michelin Guide{{cite web |title=Food Walk #4: The Heat is on in Sathorn |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/dining-out/food-walk-4-The-Heat-is-on-in-Sathorn |website=www.guide.michelin.com/en}}
2020: "Best Chef" Winner / Fatih Tutak & - "Best Restaurant" Winner / Turk Fatih Tutak - Time Out Istanbul 19th Food & Drink Awards{{cite web |title=Yılın şefi: Fatih Tutak |url= https://www.milliyet.com.tr/cadde/cagdas-ertuna/yilin-sefi-fatih-tutak-6165208 |website=www.milliyet.com.tr |date= 14 March 2020 |publisher=(Türkçe)}}
2023: Michelin Guide two stars
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