Stefan "Stevo" Karapandža (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан "Стево" Карапанџа; born 27 May 1947) is a Yugoslavian, Croatian and Serbian celebrity chef. With Ivo Serdar, and later Oliver Mlakar, he co-hosted the popular Yugoslav weekly cooking show Little Secrets of Great Chefs produced by TV Zagreb starting in 1974.
Stevo Karapandža | |
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Стево Карапанџа | |
| Born | Stefan Karapandža 27 May 1947 |
| Spouse | Renata |
| Children | 2 |
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Current restaurant(s)
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Television show(s) | |
At the start of the Yugoslav Wars in 1991, he received numerous threats[need quotation to verify] from Croatian nationalists because of his Serb origins. He then left Zagreb for Italy and settled in Switzerland, where he now lives and operates a restaurant in Ennetbaden. Of paternal Serb and maternal Croat descent,[1][better source needed] in 2004 he was ranked tenth in the Greatest Croatian poll conducted by Croatian weekly Nacional.[2][3][4][5][6]
The author of a number of popular cookbooks dating back to the 1980s, Karapandža's cookbook Moji najdraži recepti (My Favorite Recipes) was published in 2009.[7]
References edit
- ^ Kovačević, Radmila (17 February 2021). "'Zagreb je moj grad, tu sam naučio sve, a onda je odjednom postalo važno što sam Stevo, a ne Štef'". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Dean Sinovčić (2 February 2010). "Stevo Karapandža - četrdeset gastronomskih godina kuharske zvijezde" [Stevo Karapandža - forty gastronomic years of star chef] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ (9 January 2012). Male tajne velikog majstora kuhinje, Glas javnosti
- ^ (29 August 2009). TV lica: Stevo Karapandža, Radio Television of Serbia
- ^ (15 April 2009). New episode of "Little secrets from the great chiefs of cuisine", news release from Podravka (in English) (Podravka is a Croatian company which produces Vegeta, sponsor of the television show)
- ^ (12 January 2004). The 'Greatest Croat', Transitions Online (in English)
- ^ (1 February 2010). Swiss-Croatian culinary star's book of recipes, Corps Diplomatique Croatia