31 December, 2025
After a night train from Lviv, Chef Thierry Marx continued his visit to Ukraine in Kyiv.
In Kyiv, cooking and training were at the heart of the exchanges during a meeting organized with Expertise France in Ukraine, Культура їжі | Cult Food, and the French Embassy in Ukraine, held at the offices of UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group. The evening was opened by Gael Veyssiere, French Ambassador to Ukraine.
Alongside Ukrainian chef Ievgen Klopotenko, Thierry Marx cooked with Ukrainian trainees trained in France, including former military personnel and displaced persons, particularly from Mariupol, as well as teachers from the vocational high school for hospitality and catering in Chernihiv.
In Ukraine, Expertise France is leading the STIYKIST project, which aims to strengthen the skills of teache...
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30 December, 2025
Chef Thierry Marx traveled to Ukraine a few days before the end-of-year holidays, accompanied by Caroline Leclercq, Deputy Mayor of the City of Le Havre—partner city of Mariupol (Маріупольська міська рада)—as well as teams from Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s) and Stand With Ukraine.
Lviv was the first stop of this visit.
The day began at the Field of Mars, a military cemetery where many Ukrainian defenders who fell in combat are buried. We paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for Ukraine. Candles were lit during a particularly moving moment of remembrance, highlighting the human cost of the war.
The visit continued with a culinary masterclass at Lviv’s vocational high school for hospitality and catering, led by Thierry Marx and his team for students and their teachers. This was a m...
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24 December, 2025
Cooking together as therapy, as an act of resilience, and as a contribution to Ukraine’s reconstructionOn Sunday in Kyiv, cooking became far more than a culinary art. It emerged as a space for rebuilding, transmission, and human connection, in the service of those whose lives have been profoundly disrupted by war.
On the occasion of the visit to Ukraine by Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx, with whom Stand With Ukraine has been developing a training program for the past two years aimed at veterans and internally displaced persons, we co-organized—together with Expertise France in Ukraine, NGO Cult Food, and the Embassy of France in Ukraine—an event celebrating dialogue between French and Ukrainian cuisines.
Hosted at UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Gro...
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