Biography
Levan Qoqiashvili
HOSPITALITY AND GASTRONOMY CONSULTANT/ PROJECT MANAGER;
RESTAURATEUR;
WSET LEVEL 2 SOMMELIER;
WORK EXPERIENCE AND PROJECTS
Gastronaut Georgia: 2013- til now
co-founder/ CEO/ project manager and otp consultant
Key projects: Puri Guliani, Rigi Gastrodougan, Parnas Cafe, Esquise hotel, gVino, Memoire hotel, Funicular Restaurant, Gastronome, Gunda artisan khachapuri bakery, SOLO, Bocuse dO' r Georgia, Sirha Expo, Vinotel, Barbarestan, Danieli Winery, Sirajkhana and Museum hotel, Brotmeister, Ground 84, Caucasus University 5newcoming grandiouse projects ni Tbilisi, Batumi and Telavi Dozen of projects where was involved as a gastronomy expert and business consultant
Coca cola bottlers Georgia: 2011-2014
Businness development manager
2Lentertainment event & concert show organizing company: 2010-2013
Founder and project manager
Bamba Rooms: 2008-2010
Execetive manager, project manager, public relations head
CONTRIBUTIONS
Gastronomic association of Georgia: founder, executive director since 2018
The Georgian Tourism Aliance: founder, since 2021
Sirha Expo, Lyon: Project manager of the Georgian deligation and presentation exposition Forbes Georgia: contributing blogger no hospitality busines development and international trends ni field
Entrepreneur Georgia articles on hospitality business development and gastronomy
OK georgia - gastronomy issue Editor ni chief 2019
The Keachapur triationni mari profecst co-auhtor proejct manager
AWARDS
The 50 most daring Entrepreneurs listed yb the Entrepreneur magazine, Georgia issue;
Welcomeot Georgia: annual best restaurant concepts nomination and winner o:f Barbarestan, Sirajkhana, Puri Guliani, Rigi Gastrodougan
Ego mag: best restaurateaur of the year nominee
Blogger
In addition to restaurant consulting, Levan has several years of experience as a food writer, a gastronomy expert blogger for Forbes Georgia, and a TV program moderator on the topic of Georgian hospitality market for BMG.
Food Myths and that Dreaded Soviet Salad
“Gastronaut” Puts Georgia on World Gastronomy Map
სოლიდარობა და მხარდაჭერა სწორედ ისაა, რისი გაზიარებაც ნამდვილად შეგვიძლია
Georgia the art of feast
Travel
Gastronomy is the great common denominator among all countries and races, bringing people together. Levan is known for his passion for traveling in search of the common ground, he loves experiencing new foods, restaurants discovering and exploring new gastronomy destinations and culinary cultures all around the world.
Modena
San Sebastian
Singapore
Paris
Cuisine
Levan is the co-founder and the executive director of Gastronomic Association of Georgia- the one and the only non-profitable organization in Georgia, to unite all the best professionals in the field of gastronomy and hospitality in the country, using the scientific approaches and international practices.
With the main philosophy and strategy to pin the Georgian cuisine on the world’s gastronomic map, the organization is involved into different gastronomic researches, to rediscover lost and forgotten Georgian recipes and spread it with the local and international hospitality community and to put the best of the products in the intangible cultural heritage list of Georgia, followed up by UNESCO as the final goal to achieve.
(On January 22nd, 2019 with the order of the National agency for cultural heritage of Georgia- - The tradition of the authentic Georgian Khachapuri –worldwide famous pastries, was given the status of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Georgia.)
Also, the organization is known for its outstanding collaborations with the world’s leading brands of the field like Bocuse d’Or, UNWTO, Slowfood org, Gastronomic University of Bra, The World’s 50 Best.
Supporters and partners: USAID/ GNTA/Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia
Hospitality
Business coach and consultant in the hospitality industry with an over 15 years of practise.
The Gastronaut CEO (horeca business development, consulting and creative agency), based in Tbilisi. The leading consulting agency for the restaurants in Georgia, providing different services like: restaurant concept & philosphy, branding, interior design, marketing & communications, F&B menu development, quality control & monitoring, trainings, legal issues and business plans.
Best of the projects done: Barbarestan Restaurant, Puri Guliani Bakery & Kitchen, Brotmeister, Esquisse Boutique Hotel, Bocuse d’Or Georgia contest etc..