Andrey Dromov

Date of birth: October 2, 1984 Country: Ukraine, Odessa Education: Higher Vocational School No. 26 Activity: Cafe, restaurant, confectionery Andrey learned to cook haute cuisine from culinary stars from Italy, Australia, and Poland. He has been on television since 2014. He came from Odessa to Kyiv for the casting of the host of the show "Neighbor for Lunch" and immediately won over the producers and the film crew. Later, he was offered to host the culinary show "Cooking Together". Since childhood, Andrey dreamed of becoming a professional chef in accordance with the family tradition, because his dad was also a chef, his grandfather was a pastry chef, and his great-grandfather was a baker. He showed his chef's inclinations at a young age: he started cooking at the age of 6, and his first dish was not a banal scrambled egg, but an exquisite "charlotte". From the age of 16, he worked in a cafe, grilling delicious shashlik on the grill, then spent three years as a cook on a ship. However, Andrey Dromov did not stop there and quickly rose to the position of chef of a prestigious restaurant. Andrey learned to cook haute cuisine from culinary stars from Italy, Australia, and Poland. Among his teachers, for example, is Scott Denning, who worked at the Michelin-starred La Gavroche (2 stars, London). Despite being busy with the "Cooking Together" program, Andrey Dromov lives permanently in Odessa, where he works as the manager and brand chef of the "Budapest" restaurant. Together with his wife, he is raising two sons, the eldest of whom loves to cook with his dad, while the youngest simply enjoys the most delicious semolina porridge in Odessa.