Manolis Papoutsakis

Chef & Co-Owner, Haroupi, Ten Tables and Pharaoh Restaurant; Thessaloniki / Athens, Greece

Chef Manolis Papoutsakis was born and raised in Crete, Greece. He graduated from the University of Crete and received his BA and MA from the Faculty of Philosophy.

In the army he received his basic training as a chef and since then he realized that cooking would become his profession and philosophy his hobby. Ιn Thessaloniki, Greece, went to prepare his doctoral thesis on Plato, but at the same time, he continued to build his culinary career training his cooking skills and working as a chef. In 2017, he decided to open his own Cretan cuisine restaurant, “Haroupi”, of which he is also the chef. The restaurant has already been distinguished and awarded many times while it has given a new dynamic of renewal to the traditional Cretan cuisine. He is also the chef and co-owner of the awarded “Ten Tables” restaurant in Thessaloniki city and the talk of the town “Pharaoh” bar- restaurant in Athens. He teaches cooking and has taken part as a judge in several cooking competitions, as well as the Master Chef Junior television competition, while he also had his own cooking show on state television on the subject of PDO and PGI Greek products. He writes a lot as a guest editor about gastronomy and taste. He travels a lot and loves good food and wine.