Stipe Šušnjara
Restaurant ARTiČOK · Split – 2 volumes Gault&Millau Croatia · Croatia
Biography
Stipe Šušnjara was born and grew up in Sinj. For two years, he has been the head chef of the famous restaurant ARTiČOK in Split, where he showed his talent and love for cooking, which he discovered in his high school days. Then, during the summer holidays, he worked in numerous restaurants. He gradually built his culinary career, knowledge and experience in restaurants from Istria to Dubrovnik.
He says that the biggest change of his mindset occurred during his working abroad. He went to London and Dublin where he stayed for several years. This gave him a new energy. Upon his return to Croatia, he decided to combine his great love for nature, foraging and organic food and translate it into his dishes.
“My goal is that you recognize the origin of the food in every dish, that it is organically grown. With different processing methods, I always try to create something new, innovative and interesting from it, while keeping the familiar flavours.”
He really succeeded in this and today he belongs to the younger generation of chefs who are conquering the Croatian gastronomic scene.