János VÁRADI

I was born in Hungary, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton in 1954.

My professional and private life spans two countries and one profession, the baking industry.

I started my professional work as a skilled baker, then after finishing my studies I went through all the steps of the profession – I finished my career in Hungary as the managing director of the Hungarian Bakers Association.

From 2002 I moved to Transylvania, to Odorheiu Secuiesc, and my wife and I founded a company in 2001. We started our activity by publishing bakery, confectionery and gastronomic professional magazines, then we launched the largest professional exhibition in Romania, the GastroPan Expo, which we have been organizing for 13 years. Furthermore, we founded a national bakery, confectionery and gastronomy training center in Odorheiu Secuiesc.

Our family business is an information center for the above specialties, where the best professionals from the world and the country teach chefs, bakers and confectioners.

Our goal is for leading professionals in these fields to learn the current best technologies, so that we can raise the level of products that we all have on our tables every day.

I have two daughters and four grandchildren, two boys and two girls. I live my everyday life in a happy family, as a happy grandfather.

I was the president of the Rotary Club Odorheiu Secuiesc in 2019-2020.

I am the responsible for our following programs:

• Rotary Award – for the service of the common good
• Fundraising for large families on World Food Day