Akis Petretzikis
Akis Petretzikis | |
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| Born | Georgios Evlampios Petretzikis March 4, 1984 |
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| Website | akispetretzikis |
Georgios Evlampios (Akis) Petretzikis (born 4 March 1984) is a Greek celebrity chef. He is the CEO of Akis Petretzikis Ltd, which publishes cooking magazines and books, produces cooking shows, runs restaurants, and has an e-shop with various kitchen products designed by himself.
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, he started working in his family's business at the age of 16 and moved to Athens at 18 to study accounting and finance while also attending culinary school. He worked in the UK for five years before returning to Greece to compete in and win the first season of the Greek version of The Master Chef TV show.[1] He has since hosted multiple cooking shows, including his own web series, Kitchen Lab and Akis’ Kitchen, and has collaborated with Fresh One Productions for Jamie Oliver's Food YouTube channel.[2][3][4]
Television
[edit]After Petretzikis appeared on MEGA Channel's morning show To proino mou (My Μοrning) from 2010 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he hosted his own daily show Kan’ to opos o Akis (Do it like Akis).[5]
Social media
[edit]Akis Petretzikis is active in various social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Viber and Pinterest.
His followers can see his recipes on his YouTube channel through his weekly web show Kitchen Lab. For non-Greek speakers, Petretzikis also has an English YouTube channel (Akis Kitchen), where he uploads videos in English. In 2015, he started collaborating with Fresh One Productions uploading videos with Greek recipes in Jamie Oliver's Food Tube channel. Since then, Petretzikis is one of the 15 official affiliates of the network.
Books
[edit]In 2017, Petretzikis published his book Piece of Cake. During the same year, he published his new self-titled magazine, a cooking magazine published by Attikes Publishing House.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ tvtrela199, MasterChef Greece, Episode 72, retrieved 2018-06-06
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "MEGA TV COOK - Chocolate pizza (in Greek)". Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ SKAI. "KITCHEN LAB — SKAI TV (www.skai.gr)". www.skai.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ Jamie Oliver (2015-05-02), How To Make Greek Moussaka | Akis Petretzikis, retrieved 2018-06-06
- ^ "MEGA TV Do it like Akis". MEGA TV ΚΑΝ' ΤΟ ΟΠΩΣ Ο ΑΚΗΣ (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ "Akis Petretzikis, issue 4, Spring 2018". Akis Petretzikis. Retrieved 2018-06-07.