
Alexia
Alexiadou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and received her
MBA at City University, London. After working for a time in
the field of finance, she gave it up, to enter the world of
gastronomy, thus following a family tradition.
She is the writer of a very achieved trilogy
"
Cooking: a love affair " (2001),
"
Wedding Days" (2002) and
" Cooking
a fairytale" (2003). In October 2005 she published
the book
"Christmas Dreams", which
became best seller with three publications and 6.500 sales
until December of the same year.
She encountered her love of the ethnic cuisines while living
in the USA, Great Britain and Italy, and her trips all over
the world, from the capitals of Europe, to far and exotic
places like: Bali, Bang Kong, Hong-Kong, Sydney, Beijing,
Tokyo, Oahu, inspired her, to write and publish her first
cookbook, "Exotic Cuisine" (1996).
Favourably, received by modern Greek cooks, this exciting
"taste" of the cuisines of Mexico, Hawaii and
the Far East will soon be available in English.
Mrs Alexiadou’s talent for imparting a fresh youthful air
to traditional Greek and international dishes has made her,
a popular contributor to several Greek magazines and newspapers.
She frequently appears with her mother, Vefa Alexiadou,
on TV stations and together they have created "Sunny,
Mediterranean Cuisine" and the best-selling
cookbook series, "20 Best Recipes for ... "
which won international acclaim and the Diplome d' Honneur
at the 1998 World Cookbook Fair at Perigord, France and
which has sold in a total of 30 titles, more than 2,500,000
copies in Greece alone!
Her most current publication in cooperation with her mother
was a book of recipes without any animal protein or fat
entitled "Sunny, Mediterranean Cuisine".
She attended the 1999 "TASTING AUSTRALIA" event
which took place in France, with her mother where they were
awarded the silver Laddle award for the photograph and recipe
of Soused Sardine. She is an active member of the International
Association of the Culinary Professionals. Nowadays, she
is collaborating with “TA NEA” the most prominent Greek
newspaper for her bi-weekly insert magazine “Dream
Food”. Mrs Alexiadou now makes her home in Athens
with her husband, Evangelos Kitsakis and their daughters
Hara and Genovefa.