Vladimir Mukhin

Vladimir Viktorovich Mukhin (born March 15, 1983, Essentuki, Stavropol Territory, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian chef, vice-champion of the S. Pellegrino Cooking Cup competition (2013), chef of the White Rabbit restaurant in Moscow.

In 2014, the restaurant "White Rabbit", whose cuisine he heads, entered the list of the 100 best restaurants in the world in 2014 and immediately rose 48 places (from 71st in 2014 to 23rd) in 2015, becoming a sensation of the rating. In 2016, at the award ceremony in New York, "White Rabbit" took the 18th place in the rating, becoming the first Russian in the top twenty best restaurants in the world. In the 2017 rating, the restaurant again occupies the 23rd line

Vladimir Mukhin is a cook in the fifth generation. He started his career at the age of 12 in the kitchen of the restaurant where his father worked.

In 2004, he graduated from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics with a degree in "engineer-technologist of public catering". He had internships in restaurants "Belgrade", "Kitay-Gorod", "Nostalgia", "Cafe Pushkin".

In 2000, he joined the famous chef Alexander Nikolaevich Filin, president of the National Guild of Chefs, at the restaurant "Red Square, house 1".

In 2003, together with A. N. Filin, he opened a cafe "Buloshnaya", and a year later he headed the kitchen, becoming the youngest chef in the Guild of Chefs.

Russian Russian chef Mukhin became the first Russian chef in the history of modern Russian cuisine to tour in France, here in 2009, together with French chef Christian Etienne, he held a gala dinner "Russian Christmas" in the restaurant "Christian Etienne" (*Michelin).

As a chef, he opened restaurants "Zhitnaya, 10", "Windsor". He completed an internship at restaurants La Baronne (France), El Celler de Can Roca (Spain), Khajimi (Japan), Can Galvany (Spain).

Since 2012, the chef of the Moscow restaurant "White Rabbit".

In 2014, he headed the kitchen of the Red Fox restaurant in Rosa Khutor, which became the gastronomic opening of the Olympic season.

Vladimir Mukhin became the winner of the III annual Russian competition of young chefs "Silver Triangle" (2013), received the right to represent Russia at the international competition of young chefs S. Pellegrino Cooking Cup and took second place. Massimo Bottura, the chef of the third in the list of the 50 best restaurants in the world, called it the greatest achievement of modern Russian gastronomy in his memory. In 2014, the restaurant "White Rabbit" took the 71st place in the list of the hundred best restaurants in the world World's Best Restaurants according to the authoritative British magazine Restaurant magazine

Mukhin opens new restaurants, organizes gastronomic events, tours and considers it his mission to popularize Russian cuisine in the world. He travels a lot around the country collecting unique regional products — birch bark, moose milk and others. According to him, the embargo on the import of products from Europe announced in 2013, contributed to the development of Russian cuisine. In 2018, The World's 50 Best Restaurants ranking raised White Rabbit to 15th place, naming Vladimir Mukhin the leader of a new wave of young Russian chefs