About Us
Last updated: October 2026
Where Tranquillity Meets Flavour
There is a timelessness to every plate: one that carries the breeze of an olive grove, the coolness of a stone-paved street and the humble lines of an old recipe notebook…
Çi Neo Cucina draws inspiration from the simplest yet deepest flavours of the Mediterranean and Anatolia. We cherish the natural character of our ingredients, the warmth of the table and the serene joy of sharing. Each of our recipes carries a trace of the seasons, the sea, the land and people’s stories.
Rather than simply a restaurant, we wanted to become a byword for gathering around a table woven from the voices of nature and tradition.
That is why Çi Neo Cucina is more than a place to eat: every bite holds a timeless friendship, every sip a quiet Mediterranean breeze.
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Meet the Chef
Simge Manacıoğlu
After graduating in Political Science and International Relations from Yeditepe University, Simge Manacıoğlu began a corporate career. Although she completed an MBA along the way, she never felt she truly belonged in that world.
At 30, with the support of her husband and her mother, she set out to make real a dream she had cherished since her first trip to Kaş in 2003: a wine house of her own. Her interest in gastronomy took a professional turn in 2014, when she trained at EKS Mutfak Akademisi and finished top of her class.
In 2016 she moved to Kaş and became chef at Sumanu Şarap Evi, deepening her culinary skills. In 2018 she and her husband Tolga Manacıoğlu opened their restaurant, Mezeteryan, where she became the first in Turkey to put lionfish on the menu, raising awareness of sustainability. Over four years she collaborated with leading organisations such as UNDP, WWF and Akdeniz Koruma.
Since 2024 she has continued to share her creative, sustainable approach to gastronomy through Çi Neo Cucina, named after her daughter Çağıl İda, who brought joy and inspiration into her life.
Our Vision
In the gastronomy of the future, we want to build a culinary language far from the noise: meaningful, sustainable and moving.
Çi Neo Cucina’s vision is to share with the world a culinary philosophy that reaches from the local to the universal: one that does not imitate nature, but lives in harmony with it.
Our greatest dream is, in time, to grow beyond being a restaurant and become an ethos, a way of life.
Our Team
