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Lefteris Lazarou

The first greek chef awarded with one Michelin star Lefteris Lazarou is well-known for his creative cooking and seafood plates and has received many awards for "Best Greek Cuisine Restaurant". Lefteris Lazarou was born in Piraeus and was always meant for him to follow this course of life.He has traveled to many different countries and was initiated to their national cuisines. The turning-point in his career was the time he spent on boats cooking for people of different cultures, managing to fit Greek cuisine to their particular nutritional habits and tastes. Lefteris Lazarou has created for the first time in Greece innovative seafood dishes. During the past few years, Lefteris Lazarou has visited Argentina, Japan, U.S.A., as well as many European capitals in order to contribute to the promotion of Greek cuisine. In the United States of America he taught the Greek Cuisine in the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). In 2002 Lefteris Lazarou and his restaurant has been awarded with one Michelin Star, the top distinction that rates him along with the elite of chefs worldwide.