He completed his bachelor's degree at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Tourism and Hotel Management (2000). He received his Master's (2007) and Doctorate (2012) degrees from Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Tourism Management. He received his Associate Professor degree in Tourism (2018). He served as the Director of DEU School of Applied Sciences (2018-2020). He is still working as a lecturer at DEU Tourism Faculty. He worked in the tourism sector for many years and most recently he worked as a Food and Beverage Manager at BTA Catering (2006-2008). He is still the President of the Izmir Cooks Association. He was awarded the “Trainer of the Year” award in İzmir by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Fields of Study: Hotel Management, Food and Beverage Management, Restaurant Management, Kitchen Management, Menu Planning, Gastronomy Tourism, Gastronomy Science.

She holds her Bachelor’s degree from Uludag University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Engineering, Bursa, Turkey (2001), a Master’s degree in Business Administration (2004) and a Ph.D. in Tourism Management (2015) from Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, İzmir, Turkey. She is an Assistant Professor in Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, İzmir, Turkey.
Her research interests mainly lie in the field of tourism management, food and beverage management, gastronomy, innovation management in tourism, networks and knowledge management.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Dokuz Eylul University, Engineering Faculty Department of Environmental Engineering (2007), master’s degree from the Graduate School of Social Science Department of Total Quality Management at the same university (2009). She continues her PhD education at Dokuz Eylul University Graduate School of Social Science Department of Tourism Management. At the same time, she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Tourism, Department of Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.
Her research interests are sustainable tourism, environment, tourism management, corporate identity, gastronomy and quality.

Yeliz DEMİR started her culinary education in 2005 at Bakırköy Multi-Program Anatolian High School in the kitchen area. She completed her long-term internship in the kitchen department of Turkish Do & Co company for 9 months between 2008 and 2009. In the same period, she received a certificate of participation by taking 120 h of training in the Cake Making Techniques course organized by her school. In 2009, she won the Department of Food and Beverage Management at Pamukkale University, School of Tourism and Hotel Management. In 2011, she transferred to Akdeniz University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Food and Beverage Management. She completed her summer internship in the kitchen departments in Istanbul Radisson Blu Airport Hotel and Seyran Pasta cafe businesses. Additionally, believing in the master-apprentice relationship from culinary education, she developed herself in the field of Turkish restaurant culture and pastry by receiving on-the-job training from precious cooks. Between 2014 and 2016, she graduated from Akdeniz University Social Sciences Institute Tourism Management and Hotel Management Department Master's program with a thesis by completing his thesis on "The Effects of Restaurant Atmosphere on Consumer Behavior." She graduated from Istanbul University Social Sciences Institute Tourism Management Department doctorate in 2022 by completing her thesis on "A Research to Identify Food Waste in Educational Kitchens." She is a lecturer at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts.