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We interviewed Maya Sertic, project manager at Kul IN and designer of our newest educational facility, Kul IN Klub, or KIK for short. Maya graduated from UC Santa Cruz with degrees in Ecology and Environmental Studies, and she completed her master’s degree in Marine Biology in Zagreb, Croatia. She’s a passionate environmentalist interested in finding ways to make industries a little greener in their work.

Being a pastry chef is not easy, you will have to sacrifice a chunk of your free time. Prepare yourself for that, accept it and you will get so much in return.

My style is constantly changing organically; if you define it and say "this is my style" you put yourself in a box that is hard to get out of. Freedom is very important to me and I do not want to limit myself creatively.

A good chef should be a chemist, physicist, nutritionist, psychologist, doctor, artist and manual worker in one.

"Food means socializing, it is the source of sustainability, it represents the celebration of life, comfort and pleasure. A person who cooks is a person who gives. It is not just about the act of cooking – culinary arts is so much more than that. It is about the transformation of both chefs and food. Food can be an inspiration, and it is more about the process than just plating. My first love and passion, the love that has been with me since my childhood, is the love of food and the unity it symbolizes. That love is why I fell in love with cooking. And when you fall in love, everything else is easy. "