User:Mprizolitses/Elias Mamalakis

Elias Mamalakis (born 20 November 1949, Athens) is a Greek cook.

He studied Economics and worked for multiple years as a high-level executive in multinational companies. At about the age of 40, he got interested in cooking.

He wrote his first book in 1992, titled "Mageirikon" (Modern Greek: «Μαγειρικόν») and later collaborated with multiple magazines such as "Menou kai alla" (Modern Greek: «Μενού και άλλα»), ELLE, Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia (Modern Greek: «Κυριακάτικη Ελευθεροτυπία»), while also hosting the radio show "O Elias kai to magiko ravdi toy" (Modern Greek: “Ο Ηλίας και το μαγικό ραβδί του” lit. "Elias and his magic wand" ) on SKAI. His professional occupation with cooking began in 1993. He has designed products in the food industry (among others, he is the creator of the Greek Mac and the Greek Chicken for the Greek McDonald's. Greek Mac has been successful in more than 10 countries). He has designed multiple canned food for KONVA, he was food advisor at στα τυροκομεία Κρήτης και παλαιότερα επιμελείτο το μενού πολλών διακεκριμένων εστιατορίων. Από το 2010 εθελοντής στις κοινότητες του ΚΕΘΕΑ στις φυλακές Κορυδαλλού και Θηβών. Διετέλεσε μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου του ΚΕΘΕΑ επί 6 χρόνια, πρέσβης της WWF κατά της υπεραλίευσης