| Born | January 1, 1953 (age 58) |
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| Cooking style | Chinese Cuisine, French Cuisine, Vietnamese cuisine |
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Yisrael Aharoni (Hebrew: ישראל אהרוני) is a famous Israeli chef. He was a pioneer of high quality cuisine in Israel and a prominent figure in the development of its culinary culture.
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Aharoni, the son of Bukharian Jews, grew up in Haifa.[1] He discovered Chinese cuisine while studying art in Amsterdam.
Aharoni is an international chef, television show developer and host, journalist and cookbook author.
Aharoni travelled to the Far East to master the secrets of Chinese cookery and apprenticed at some of the finest restaurants in France. Upon his return to Israel, Aharoni opened his first restaurant, "Yin-Yang," on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel-Aviv. Later, he opened another restaurant in Tel Aviv, "Tai-Chi" in Gan HaIr. In the late 1990s, he opened "Tapuach Hazahav" (The Golden Apple), a French gourmet restaurant.[2]
He has hosted a number of television shows in Israel over the last several years. He developed and hosted a 32 episode series on the foods of Israel's different ethnic groups. The show was purchased by the Italian Television Authority. A follow up series was filmed in different countries worldwide and focuses on their national cuisines. He also hosted three seasons of a cooking show called "Private Lesson" and currently hosts "Aharoni Cooks for Friends".
Aharoni writes a culinary column for "Seven Days," the weekend magazine of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the leading newspaper in Israel. He has traveled extensively throughout the world covering different cuisines and food trends. He has authored nineteen cookbooks to date. Additionally, he is the author of "Eating Alfresco: The Best Street Food in the World", a documentary book published by Abraham's Publishing in the United States. He is currently working on his 20th book on the Foods of the Silk Road.
He has participated in the preparation of gala meals all over the world with the world's leading chefs.
Aharoni also DJs regularly at two of Tel Aviv's leading bars and is often the guest DJ at Israel's leading nightclub, the Oman 17.