CUL/E 179.01 Getting to know you by Su Esmen Tek

su_esmen — 2025-09-21 16:44:42 UTC

Hi everyone, so excited to get to know you better :) I have been working as an Instructor of English for 28 years, and this is my 24th year at Bilgi! I love eating and cooking(though not as much as eating), singing, traveling, and camping. I have a beautiful 15 year-old son who loves boxing, climbing up the trees, jumping into the water from great heights, acting, and he is very much into Italian cuisine. Tell us about your likes, hobbies, your passion.

Looking forward to hearing about them.

A Photo of mine (Biometric Photo)

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I would definitely try the Kayseri Yağlama. It looks so unhealty but i don’t care because it looks so delicious.

2025-10-01 17:31:47 UTC

My favorite is Gordon Ramsay. I really like how agressive he is in the kitchen. Some people don’t like it because it’s too much but i think that is necessary to become a good chef. It’s entertaining to watch also.

2025-10-01 17:42:34 UTC

I’m not following so much food programs or blogs or channels. I’m following Desmond Scott and Sam Way on tiktok and Danielson Williams on instagram. I sometimes watch Masterchef World when it pops on to my Youtube page.

2025-10-01 17:50:41 UTC

It is definitely rice I’d say. I think it’s because of the eating habits i have. We always got a rice thats cooking in the pot every evening so that’s why it’s so important to me. I am an athlete also and i need the carbonhydrates that coming off in that rice so that is a element about why is it important to me.

humasaripinar — 2025-10-05 18:00:06 UTC

My favourite chef is Mehmet Yalçınkaya 'cause I think his dicipline is on another level. Sometimes He can be rough but it comes from how serious he is, it is the way he learned. And the knowledge he has is incredible. I respect him so much.

humasaripinar — 2025-10-05 18:11:55 UTC

Sometimes I watch Chef's Table on Netflix. Their life story, the idea they put on their plate can be interesting. Apart from Chef's Table, I randomly open and watch Masterchef.

humasaripinar — 2025-10-05 18:24:07 UTC

I assume it would be pasta. You can mix any ingredient with pasta, it fits everything except a few things. In addition, some types of pasta, such as spaghetti and fusilli, remind me of memories from my childhood.

humasaripinar — 2025-10-05 18:35:33 UTC

I would like to try Muska Katmer from Gaziantep itself. I tried the varieties, but from Gaziantep... And Omuraisu from Japan.

piaagazaryan — 2025-10-06 09:25:18 UTC

Hi, this is my biometric photo.

I'm 19 years old. I choose this departmant cause I really love cooking and try new recipes when Ihave time.

I would like to try cinnoamon roll which is sweet bun that orginating northen euorpe. It consisst yeas of dough topped with thin layer butter and sprinkled mixture of sugar and cinnomon .Then the dough is then rolled out and divided into portions. And baked in oven.

piaagazaryan — 2025-10-06 09:44:58 UTC

I Dont have particular favorite chef but I followed few them like Somer sıvrıoglu and mehmet yalcınkaya.

piaagazaryan — 2025-10-06 09:53:00 UTC

Back then I watched masterchef but now it gets the feeling that bored , making shows and argue in tv program. In ınstagram ı followed some accounts and blogs which was kısık ates academy ,Gastrofolly,chief chef skills and some foreign account and that is buzzfeedtasty.

piaagazaryan — 2025-10-06 10:04:08 UTC

I suppose it was mantı cause ı really love mantı and in my childhood . Once ı tried to made with my mom in home it take whole day bu in the end it was fun to make and eat.

piaagazaryan — 2025-10-06 10:07:56 UTC

humasaripinar — 2025-10-06 18:13:43 UTC

This photo was taken on my birthday.

2025-10-07 09:26:32 UTC

Hi, ı am Sudenur. I am 18 years old and I have three brothers :) My parents do not live in Istanbul so ı live in a dorm now. There is three things that have a really important place in my life listening to music , watching series and cooking. Especially ı love to make desserts for my loved ones. Also , ı like to sing so much. I feel excited to study gastronomy. (I couldn't add photo due to a problem)

2025-10-07 09:35:50 UTC

I would really like to try kimchi because I've watched countless Korean dramas and this dish has an important place in their culture and they love eating it so much. I wonder if its taste as great as they exaggerate it. By the way I do not thing so.

2025-10-07 09:38:14 UTC

I don’t have a particular chef that ı follow.

2025-10-07 09:44:36 UTC

I follow some Instagram accounts like turkuazkitchen, chefburcinarda, emijujuu. I don't have a channel that I follow on YouTube, but I watch whatever comes up on my homepage.

2025-10-07 09:53:05 UTC

I probably couldn't live without fried chicken. It is both crispy and soft , I love that texture. It's been about two years since I started eating it and it is been my favorite ever since. There are some dishes that just make you happy when you eat them and for me, it is chicken.

ardaticiel07 — 2025-10-07 10:09:25 UTC

hi ı am arda. ı am 18 year old.and ı love food and cooking and thats why ı choose this department.

ardaticiel07 — 2025-10-07 10:12:16 UTC

ı would like to try the famous onion soup because its one of the culturel foods of french and ı wnat to try

ardaticiel07 — 2025-10-07 10:13:20 UTC

marco pierre white. because he is a cold blooded calm and one of the great chefs in the world. and ı like watching him.

ardaticiel07 — 2025-10-07 10:14:36 UTC

ı follow some of the instagram accounts and youtube channels. one of them is called food wıshes. ıt is a good channel that gives recipes and its fun watching them

ardaticiel07 — 2025-10-07 10:16:42 UTC

there is a lot of things that ı cant live without because ı like so many things. one of them is pickle. from childhood ı have a great sympathy for pickles. ı like eating them with almost everything

2025-10-07 10:22:59 UTC

hi i'm mert aslan (which one to call me is all up to you). I'm actually from manisa\salihli and I have 3 sisters. My hobbies are listening to music, studying japanese, playing games, chit-chatting with my friends, watcing anime, debating and of course cooking. Choosing this major was something thats I decided like 2 or 3 years ago. The reason I choosed it is because cooking gives me chills (I know actual kitchen is totally a kaos) and relaxes me and enjoyes me so much. So I wanted to make it professional because I want my job is related to me.

2025-10-07 10:25:39 UTC

I would like to try croissant in France. I have eaten it in Turkiye but people who taste it in France say it is very very different.

2025-10-07 10:26:05 UTC

My favorite chef is Nathalie Suda. Beyaz Fırın belongs her family and she is one of the partners of Beyaz Fırın. Moreover she has two books. She talks about recipes and her memories in these books.

2025-10-07 10:26:21 UTC

Actually I don't watch food programmes. Sometimes I watch masterchef that's all. I follow Tasteatlas on instagram. This account introduce local foods around the world and shows how the food is made.

2025-10-07 10:26:54 UTC

I can't live without chicken because I add it to almost everything like salad pasta börek... Chicken is very well with lots of food and it's also healthy and have so much protein.

2025-10-07 10:38:00 UTC

I would really like to try texas barbecue in Texas. I mean look at that who doesn'n want to eat that. I already love eating meat but this is another level I think. Greatly marinated and glazed, cooked for hours.. Result is a tender and juicy delicacy.

2025-10-07 10:47:08 UTC

My favourite is probably Fatih Tutak of course. It's because first of all he is a turkish. I'm saying that because one of my goals when I choose this department was introducing turkish cuisine to the world and Tutak is one of the names that does and done this very well so he is one of my idols. He is also very innovative and loves to take risk thats another reason for loving him.

2025-10-07 10:58:21 UTC

I follow Dudu Outmezgine (pretty outstanding works), Arzu Sancak, chefkado, benjamin the baker, jose el cook, food wishes, honeysuckle, KWOOWK, minfei in youtube which are related to topic. There are way more in instagram too.

2025-10-07 11:13:03 UTC

I'd say topalak. I know it sound very odd and strange but its like the meaning of my life. The reason I love topalak is because it's a dish that you cannot it everyday (for example I didn't eat it almost 1 year now and i'm really crawling for it) so it's a special dish. As the name refers it's really authentic and made in really spesific areas. For example I live in Sardes which is a neighborhood of Salihli and everyone living here knows the dish but people living cental Salihli doesn't even aware of it (I'm really sad for them). That reason besides It's taste is also heavenly and makes you feel sooooo cozy. #topalaküberalles

2025-10-07 11:40:59 UTC

I'm Umut Harmanbaşı, 19 years old, and I've been cooking for about eight years. This developed because my parents worked during summer and I was home alone all day. When I got to high school, I decided I should study gastronomy because it was so enjoyable and I wanted to make it a career, and here I am. Last year, I took a half-term prep school, and after finishing, I worked with Mehmet Yalçınkaya, whom we know from MasterChef. That's my gastronomy story so far. Besides gastronomy, my interests include concerts. I work with an official merchandiser inside of an organization company. I am working at nearly every concerts in Turkiye, mostly rock/metal, but this year we've worked with everyone from Guns N' Roses to Justin Timberlake. I’m a Metalhead, my fav band is Rammstein and i'm also a huge Formula 1 fan.

2025-10-07 11:51:06 UTC

Definitely Asian food, im not talking about a specific plate, I haven't tried most of it and I'm curious.

2025-10-07 12:02:27 UTC

No i don't but of course i am following some chefs.

2025-10-07 12:05:34 UTC

I usually check Instagram, I've consumed almost all the gastronomic content on Netflix. I don't even follow MasterChef on TV; they're so ridiculous with the content, they keep fighting.

2025-10-07 12:06:54 UTC

Probably spices, I can't live without spices, I use them in everything, they are all like my children

YakupFurkanIKIZ — 2025-10-07 16:50:27 UTC

Hello. My name is Yakup Furkan İKİZ. I'm from Balıkesir. I love eating food, reading novels, playing video games and walking while chatting with people or listening music. I choose this major because i love eating food and i love the excitment of cooking one.

I would like to try an English breakfast to see why people like it because oh god its look disgusting.

YakupFurkanIKIZ — 2025-10-07 16:52:59 UTC

I dont.

YakupFurkanIKIZ — 2025-10-07 16:53:25 UTC

I dont follow much channels but I love watching Maxthemeatguy and I am also a devoted follower of Eats History and his excotic dishes around the history.

YakupFurkanIKIZ — 2025-10-07 16:58:09 UTC

GARLIC. its just suits to everything from sauces to sandwiches to soups to fryes and a lot of other things.(CORRECTION: Add only to the desserts if its contains a lot of honey. Without heavy honey content its terrible[with honey its still not good dont add garlic to desserts])

YakupFurkanIKIZ — 2025-10-07 17:01:04 UTC

2025-10-07 18:04:47 UTC

Hi, my name is Beste. I am 19 years old.ı am from Çanakkale. I have a sister,my favorite person in this world.

My hobbies are reading books,cooking,going out and watching matches.

2025-10-07 18:12:22 UTC

My name is Meyzi. I was born in Istanbul, but my ancestors are originally Portuguese immigrants. I’m study Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, and I’ve done internship at Nove(Göktürk) and Bistro Kemerburgaz. I chose this department because the chaos in the kitchen actually makes me happy.

I’ve never tried making sushi but I really want to try it because I’m interested in seafood I want to open a fish restaurant

2025-10-07 18:13:22 UTC

My favorite chef Danilo zanna,I like the way he talks and the food he makes, i think he is very sympathetic

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2025-10-07 18:20:58 UTC

I've never tried Portuguese seafood cataplana, but I'd really like to.

Sometimes I watch masterchef. I follow Emir Elidemir on instagram,he cooks good foods

2025-10-07 18:22:47 UTC

2025-10-07 18:26:02 UTC

I don't really have famous favorite chef. But during my intership at Bistro(Kemerburgaz), the chef there became my favorite. He was strict and disciplined, but I realized that it was because he wanted me to really learn and grow in the kitchen. That balance of pressure and mentorship inspired me a lot.

I can’t do it without meat. I love all kinds of meat dishes, especially döner

2025-10-07 18:29:18 UTC

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I don't follow any food programs or blogs, but I have my own Instagram account, where I sometimes share my own food creations and kitchen moments, It's like my small digital kitchen diary.

2025-10-07 18:35:42 UTC

I would actually divide my answer into to parts. If I had to choose one food to eat forever, it would probably be potatoes (because they're easy to grow and taste amazing in every form or maybe eggplants, for the same reason) they're so versatile and rich in flavor. But if I had to name one dish that I truly couldn't live without, it would be zeytinyağlı yaprak sarma.

esmakaradas — 2025-10-07 19:29:04 UTC

Hi, my name is Esma. Normally, I live in Bursa. I'm excited about my major because my biggest hobby will become my profession. I have two sisters and a three year old nephew. I love spending time with him and seeing the world through his eyes. Also, I like organizing parties with my friends. Meeting friends and having long conversations are my favorite things. I've been making vlogs for a year because I don't want to forget my youth memories.

esmakaradas — 2025-10-07 19:46:46 UTC

I would like to try steak tartare. I think it looks and sounds terrible, but I'm curious about it .

esmakaradas — 2025-10-07 20:07:34 UTC

I am watching Refika'nın Mutfağı. I love her because when I watch her, I want to try her dishes. I like the way she describes food. She is also a writer. She has a book about Turkish cuisine techniques. The other name is Ceren Bozkurt. She has an instagram account, which is named tarihvetarif. She doesn't just tell us recipes. She is telling us about the history of food. That's why I follow her .

esmakaradas — 2025-10-07 20:17:18 UTC

I couldn't live without yogurt because almost every dish needs yogurt. Yogurt makes everything better. I love yogurt so much that I could even eat it with baklava (perfect match)

2025-10-07 20:30:48 UTC

Hi! I am Nisanur. I will be 19 next month. I have wanted this major for 5 years. I love reading book knitting cooking and I also do archery.

Atalayhumar — 2025-10-08 06:21:23 UTC

Hi Im Atalay.Im 21 years old.Im a gastronomy and culinary art student.I also do mixed martial arts.I like to be in the kitchen in my free time.

Atalayhumar — 2025-10-08 06:26:34 UTC

I am fallowing some chefs but I don’t have a favorite chef.

Atalayhumar — 2025-10-08 06:44:47 UTC

I fallow some chefs on instagram and I watch their videos.

Kubilay Belgütay

2025-10-08 08:33:33 UTC

Hi, This is me Kubilay Belgutay and I’m 25 years old. Since my childhood, I’ve always enjoyed practical and skill based activities. I’ve taken part in many sports such as swimming, hunting, and martial arts. I love cooking, eating, and discovering new flavors. I chose gastronomy to improve my skills and reach my goals in the culinary field.

Atalayhumar — 2025-10-08 08:40:32 UTC

I’m curious about the taste of some sushi varieties.

Kubilay Belgütay

2025-10-08 08:40:42 UTC

I haven’t tried a pastrami sandwich before, but I really want to. I often see videos of it on social media, and these kinds of meat filled sandwiches look so delicious and satisfying to me.

Atalayhumar — 2025-10-08 08:45:22 UTC

I can’t live without spicy chicken wings.I eat it every chance I get.I really like the taste of wings.

Kubilay Belgütay

2025-10-08 08:51:57 UTC

Yes, my favorite chef is Jamie Oliver. I like him because he shares his professional knowledge and cooking skills on social media platforms and in television programs in a very clear . He tries to teach people who are interested in cooking and makes it more enjoyable . I also like that he cares about healthy food and wants to help people eat better.

Kubilay Belgütay

2025-10-08 09:00:24 UTC

I follow Zach Choi’s Instagram account. I really like how well he edits the videos of the food he makes. I’ve tried some of his recipes, and they turned out really delicious. He also includes the parts where he eats the food. I enjoy watching his content, especially when I’m hungry :)

Kubilay Belgütay

2025-10-08 09:05:28 UTC

One food I couldn’t live without is rice. I think it goes well with almost every meal, and it’s a big part of many traditional dishes . It’s also very filling and has good nutritional value. It serves as a perfect side for many meals and, depending on its variety, create very delicious combinations.