Who is Gamze Cizreli?

Gamze Cizreli (Born in 1968, Diyarbakır, Turkish entrepreneur and businessperson. She is the founder of BigChefs.

Gamze Cizreli was born in 1968 as the youngest of three children of an academician father and a housewife mother. Cizreli, who spent his childhood in Ankara, graduated from METU Business Administration Department in 3. After graduation, she worked in a joint Turkish-American defense industry project. Changing the sector in 1991, Cizreli founded Cafemiz, one of the first cafes of Ankara, on Argentina Street with his first wife. Later, she founded Kuki, which serves in the pastry sector, and Quick China, which sells Far Eastern dishes, respectively. Cizreli, which went bankrupt in 1994, took out a loan in 2005 and founded BigChefs in Ankara. Gamze Cizreli, who founded Rafine Restaurant in Ankara in 2007 with the partnership of Saruhan Tan, is still the manager of BigChefs as of 2010. Cizreli also established the wrap chain called Dorom.co in 2020. Cizreli has two sons named Son and Ali.

Awards

• KAGIDER and Garanti Bank – Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2010)
• Economist Magazine - Business People of the Year Award Ceremony - Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2011)
• Economist Magazine - Business People of the Year Award Ceremony - Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2013)
• Economist Magazine - Business People of the Year Award Ceremony - Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2014)
• Turkey Golden Brand Awards – Business Woman of the Year (2019)