Get to Know Some Culinary Talents: Selcuk Avci
Some of our best culinary talents graduated from the Global Culinary Excellence Academy (GCEA) last year. Here is your chance to meet Selcuk Avci, our chef from Turkey.

Your Name: Selcuk Avci
Location: Istanbul
What is your favorite dish to cook?
Lamb loin
What is your favorite ingredient?
Hot spice
Vegetables or fruits?
Fruits
Appetizer, main course or dessert?
Main course
What is your favorite or most-used utensil?
A porcelain plate
What is your favorite food trend right now?
Fish
What’s your guilty pleasure snack or food?
Liver
Any secret talents/superpowers?
My sense of smell and my good memory
What is your culinary dream?
To be the owner of a restaurant
Do you have a traditional recipe in your family?
Various local dishes that originate from my village
If you only could eat one meal for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
Green lentils
A fun fact about you?
I laugh a lot