From the noisy kitchens of London restaurants with Michelin stars to a village hidden in the forests of the Rhodope Mountains, Petko Sharankov's path is full of twists and turns. After living for many years in the British capital where he mastered the intricacies of European cuisine, he decided to return Bulgaria. Here Petko settled with his family in the village of Kosovo in the western part of the Rhodope Mountain in order to impose new standards in Bulgaria's haute cuisine.
But why does a renowned chef with almost 20 years of experience in elite foreign restaurants, a person who has managed the kitchens of globally established chains decide to drop everything and "experiment" in a village with 40 or so permanent residents?
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