Aslıhan Koruyan

Aslıhan Koruyan Sabancı, née Dilek Aslıhan Koruyan (born c. 1972) is a Turkish chef, author and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Turkey 1991. She specializes in healthy and creative recipes. She represented her country at Miss World 1991.

Personal life Aslihan Koruyan Sabanci was born in Ankara, Turkey. As a child, Aslihan developed an interest in cooking and was encouraged by her family to experiment with different culinary projects. In 2002, Aslihan married Demir Sabanci. They have three children together.

Career Present

Aslihan chef and author, internationally recognized on December 21,1991 in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in the top ten semifinalist, also winning title ‘European Queen of Beauty.'

Education and early career In 1996, Aslihan graduated from Texas A&M University, where she studied economics. After university, Aslihan moved to Milan to pursue a joint MBA from Cornell University, United States and the SDA Bocconi University, Italy. She started her career at 1998 at Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, Medical Devices and Diagnostics in New Jersey, US. Between 1998 and 2002, she held different managerial positions at Ethicon Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. in New York, New Jersey, and Istanbul. She joined Sedes Holding in 2002 as a founding shareholder and currently serves as a Vice Chairman of the board of directors.

Aslihan also holds Master certificates in the Essentials of Hospitality Management, Foodservice Management, Hospitality Marketing and a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University, New York, US. the first book of healthy, all natural gluten-free recipes in Turkey, titled Gluten Free Mediterranean Gourmet Cuisine. Her book has been well-received from critics in Turkey, including those from Hello!, Time Out, NTV Bloomberg and Milliyet. Her book won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for ‘Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World at the 17th International Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Paris March 7, 2012.