The best of Turkish food
Located in the heart of Turkey, MSA Istanbul was founded in 2004 by entrepreneur Mehmet Aksel. MSA İstanbul is one of its kind and it brings the past into the present with exhibiting, teaching and promoting Turkish food and beverage.
Meet the founder Mehmet Aksel
As the founder of one of the most important culinary schools in the world, Mehmet Aksel believes that you have to be whipped up when you hear the words “you can’t” and he has a request: Don't listen to anyone, be courageous and do what you want.
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MSA is appointed as one of the most respectable and awarded culinary schools in the global arena. MSA’s campus is the reflection of Aksel’s passion as a collector and is one of the most exquisite food&beverage museums and culinary arts libraries in the world.
Step inside the museum
The MSA Museum holds everything related to kitchen and cooking. You will find cookery and bakery equipment from the Ottoman era and early-middle republican period to the present day. The collection sheds light on the history of the industry.
İzmir Ali Galip’s Grandson Süleyman Irmak Candy Factory BoxMSA The Culinary Arts Academy of İstanbul
The museum holds a rare collection of more than 2000 pieces, ranging from the final stages of Ottoman Empire to the early and middle republican period.
Bursalı Ali Galip Fruit Taffy Lokum Box with the Visual of İzmir Kordon and Ottoman Turkish and French InscriptionsMSA The Culinary Arts Academy of İstanbul
The museum features everything related to kitchen and cooking, such as; cookery and bakery equipment, old frying-pans, oil cans; beer, raki, water and soda bottles, grocery store equipment, candy and gum packages, labels and cleaning supplies.
Teapot Shaped Candy MoldMSA The Culinary Arts Academy of İstanbul
At MSA you can come across candy moulds used by our grannies, brass coffee mills or tin cans, which you can only see in old Turkish movies, allowing you to travel into the past.
The Guest ChefMSA The Culinary Arts Academy of İstanbul
The school’s professional chefs teach the techniques and methods of culinary arts to more than 22,000 kitchen enthusiasts over 350 workshops. MSA also welcomes the world’s top chefs for culinary demos, product launches, seminars & press gatherings as well.
MSA Professional Education Class1MSA The Culinary Arts Academy of İstanbul
Every year MSA recommit to improving the industry with a highly educated workforce. More than 1,500 professional graduates are located all over the world with qualifications that can get them into any restaurant or kitchen.
The MSA culinary school
City&Guilds ranked MSA as one of the two best culinary schools in the world. Graduates from the school now work in over 50 countries worldwide, and the school’s vision have allowed it to expand year in year out into a holistic culinary approach.
