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Appointment Food & Beverage

Ljubomir Stanisic has been appointed as Executive Chef at Six Senses Douro Valley

Six Senses
Lamego, Portugal
Ljubomir Stanisic
Ljubomir Stanisic has been named consulting executive chef at Six Senses Douro Valley. A Serbian native who settled in Portugal in 1997, he was so inspired by Portuguese produce and culinary traditions that he dedicated his career to his adopted country. Born in Sarajevo in 1978 Ljubo studied pastry, bakery and international cuisine before specialising in food chemistry at the Belgrad Culinary School. He arrived in Portugal tired of the Balkan Wars in 1997 after spending time in Hungary, France and Spain. His 20-year career included stops with famous Portuguese Chef Vitor Sobral at Cervejeira Lusitana and at Hotel Fortaleza do Guincho (one Michelin star) in Cascais, followed by a stint at Aldebaran (one Michelin star) in Badajoz, Spain with Chef Fernando Barcena. In 2004 he opened his first 100 Maneiras restaurant in Cascais, near to Lisbon. Awards followed and according to renowned Food Critic Rafael dos Santos, ‘Ljubomir Stanisic is today recognised as one of the most creative chefs in Portugal’ receiving honours from Revista de Vinhos in Portugal and Veja magazine in Brazil. He published in 2006, his first book ‘Cascais 100 Maneiras’. Another one followed in 2011 ‘Papa Quilómetros – Uma Caminhada Pela Gastronomia Portuguesa’ where he revealed the base and origin of his creativity: namely the produce, the people, and stories of his travels and experiences, and most recently in 2015, ‘100 Maneiras, 100 Cocktails’. 2016 started well with the coveted David Lopes Ramos (Revista de Vinhos) gastronomy award. Ljubo became one of three judges of the first MasterChef Portugal TV show in 2011 and became a national star. The Portuguese-Yoguslavian enfant terrible of the Portuguese culinary world is known for his strong personality, highly creative approach and the wonderful flavours of his creations. Ljubo does not eat to live, he lives to eat and to share his insatiable passion with the world.
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