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name: Mariëlla Erkens
about: Mariëlla Erkens is a tea connoisseur and educator, and a food pairing specialist living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She was the owner and head chef of Eden, a restaurant in the fishing village of Itacaré, Brazil, from 2003 to 2008, where she served contemporary dishes with seafood and vegetarian food. From 2008 to 2011, Mariëlla Erkens worked as a freelance chef and food stylist in Amsterdam. In 2010 she discovered the beautiful world of specialty tea and did a three year course to become a certified tea sommelier. She has been teaching about tea since 2011 and is specialized in tea and food-, tea and specialty chocolate- and tea and cheese pairing. Apart from that, she developed a very efficient and carefree system to prepare delicious Mariëlla Erkens is a tea connoisseur and educator, and a food pairing specialist living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She was the owner and head chef of Eden, a restaurant in the fishing village of Itacaré, Brazil, from 2003 to 2008, where she served contemporary dishes with seafood and vegetarian food. From 2008 to 2011, Mariëlla Erkens worked as a freelance chef and food stylist in Amsterdam. In 2010 she discovered the beautiful world of specialty tea and did a three year course to become a certified tea sommelier. She has been teaching about tea since 2011 and is specialized in tea and food-, tea and specialty chocolate- and tea and cheese pairing. Apart from that, she developed a very efficient and carefree system to prepare delicious tea without a fuss for the hospitality industry, which is also very practical to use on busy days at home. She explains this system and much, much more in her book: "Tea: Wine’s Sober Sibling", published in Dutch in 2019 and in English in January 2023, of which she is the author. ...more