Summary
Margherita Rossi is an experienced vegan sous chef and restaurateur with over 20 years in plant-based kitchens and 11 years of formal professional experience, currently serving as Sous Chef at Restaurant Broei while still owning The Garden of Vegan. She has built and managed successful vegan ventures—launching Kitchen Punx into a long-running Utrecht restaurant, leading VanPlanten to a second-place Vegan Award in 2019, and steering large-scale projects like Waku Waku and Vegan Bamboo Bar. Comfortable in both hands-on cooking and operational leadership, she has overseen catering for prestigious venues and events of up to 6,000 people and designed menus for franchise ambitions. Trained in food safety and allergen management, Margherita pairs creative curiosity about global flavors and anti-waste practices with a proven track record of turning grassroots projects into sustainable businesses.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Allergen certificate, Allergen certificate at Horeca Stichting Nederland
High school diploma, book keeping and foreign languages, High school diploma, book keeping and foreign languages at I.T.C. C. Levi, Rome
Mass media communicaion science, Journalism/Sociology, Mass media communicaion science, Journalism/Sociology at University La Sapienza, Rome
French, English, Italian, Dutch, Romanian