The Nespresso World's 50 Best Restaurants Academy chairperson

Central Asia & Russia Academy Chairperson

Andrey Zakharin Food magazine editor

For the past five years Andrey has been editor in chief of the Vkusnaya Zhizn (Tasty Life) publishing house, with titles including Gastronom, School of Gastronom, Hand Made, Collection of Recipes and Gardener magazines. Gastronom and School of Gastronom have become Russia's leading culinary magazines and remain in the top ten best selling fortnightly publications across the country.

Countries in Region

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Voters:

Ilya Lazerson, Aleksander Filin, Alexander Zaturinskiy, Alexandr Orlov, Alexey Zimin, Anastasia Naumeckaya, Anatoly Komm, Andrey Zhekarin, Anna Lyudkovskaya, Antonio Baratto, Arutyun Yengoyan, Batir Sekerov, Dmitry Kanevskyi, Dominique Ferchaud, Eric Le Provos, Gayane Breiova, Igor Gubernsky, Igor Buharov, Isaac Correa, Kirill Martynenko, Kirill Gusev, Lia Avetissian, Maya Gafarli, Natalia Savinskaya, Robert Mehrabyan, Roman Rozhnikovsky, Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanayevsky Blanco, Sergei Tsyro, Tamara Ivanova, Valery Maximov, Zago Mircko