Biography
Chekalova Elena Valerievna is a philologist, a TV journalist, ex-leading programs for the preparation of delicious and healthy food "There is happiness!", Writer, restaurant, spouse Leonid Parfinova. In cooking, she came to the call of the heart, turning the hobby into his favorite profession.Childhood and youth
Elena was born on January 8, 1967 in Moscow in the family of Valery Chekalov, a journalist of Soviet Russia, and his spouse, literary editor and lexicograf. Parents, in addition to Elena, brought up another daughter, who later received the engineer's diploma.
Chekalov since childhood dreamed of the profession of the teacher and after school entered the Faculty of Faculty of Moscow University. After graduating from the university, the girl got a teacher of the Russian language and literature for foreigners to the geological exploration institute, as well as in the historical and literary school of Moscow, where the year worked.
In his youth, another passion for Elena appeared - cooking. For numerous guests who were going to in the parent house, the girl was always preparing unusual and delicious dishes.
Having been in Tbilisi, where friends of the university lived, Chekalov became interested in Georgian cuisine, after which she mastered the Italian and French traditions of cooking. In a more mature age, she began to show interest in Indian, Japanese, Spanish cuisines whose recipes brought home from foreign trips.
Personal life
Being an employee of the Moscow news newspaper, Elena became acquainted with the journalist works of a graduate of the University of Leningrad University - Leonid Parfinov correspondent. The journalist was from Cherepovets, his father worked as an engineer at the factory. After moving to Moscow, Leonid quickly retired with Elena, in 1987, young people played a wedding. At this time, Parfinov had just started a career in the youth edition of Eduard Sagalaeva.Personal life of spouses was smooth. The first years Leonid and Elena lived in the apartment of her grandfather. In 1988, the son of Ivan was born, and in 1993 a wife gave her husband to Mary's daughter. Elena's childbirth was hardly difficult to use cesarean sections.
When Masha began to grow up, it turned out that the girl lags behind in development. She had a rare disease - dyslexia, inosphection of written information. Elena had to leave the job and deepen in the upbringing of his daughter. Children received a versatile education - both were engaged in painting, foreign languages, sports, mathematics.
As a result, after graduating from the School of the British Council, Maria passed the exams perfectly and entered Italian University of hotel and restaurant business.
Ivan also studied abroad - at the beginning in England, then in Germany, later graduated from the University of Milan later. A man works in RIA "News", promotes Internet projects. In 2015, he married Maria Broitman. Jewish by nationality, daughter of the investment banker Mikhail Broitman, she graduated from the Architectural Institute.
One of the gifts at the wedding was the certificate for the birth of their future child at the Center for Family Planning and Reproduction from the obstetrician gynecologist Mark Kurzer. In 2018, the spouses had the first heir - the grandson of Elena Chekalova and Leonid Parfinova Mikhail. Maria Parfinova married at the end of 2016 for the entrepreneur Andrei Muravyeva.
In 2012, the family of journalists moved to a country three-storey house, which spouses built on their own taste. On the ground floor there is a traditional kitchen with a brazier and a wood stove, as well as a living room with furniture collected and renovated from antiquity items. On the second floor of Elena and Leonid equipped the bedrooms and the office of the journalist, and the gym was built on the attic. Every year the relationship of the spouses becomes all stronger. According to Elena, the husband constantly suits her holidays, loves to give design bouquets.
Journalism
In journalism, Elena Chekalov came to a freelance correspondent for the publication "Soviet culture", after a year she was invited to lead a television heading. Later, the girl settled in the Moscow News newspaper, parallel to the "Food with Elena Chekalova" column in the Kommersant newspaper, dedicated to unusual recipes, and a heading about cinema in an "independent newspaper".
In 1990, Chekalova became co-author Leonid Parfinus in writing a book about the TV journalist "Our portrait: Notes about television", which then entered the curriculum of journalism. Two more editions were released later - "before and after the" look "," Night Ether - 1 ".
Cooking
In 2009, Elena appeared on the screen in the "Good Morning" program, where there was a 4-minute heading about nutrition "Happiness is!". In a short time, the journalist had time to prepare a simple, but original dish, and tell the story of his occurrence. Evaluating the resourcefulness of Elena, Konstantin Lvovich Ernst offered her to expand the format and start producing a full-fledged gear. In 2010, the premiere of the eponymous program of the first channel took place.Each release contained step-by-step preparation of exquisite dishes for unique recipes from chefs from different countries. In order to naturally look in the frame, Chekalova took the lessons of acting skills in Galina Volchek. Each lesson took place with a large cluster of the public, which was represented by the artists of the contemporary. In front of everyone, Elena needed to prepare a dish and interesting to teach the process. After graduating from the lesson, the director pointed out a journalist on errors.
In 2012, Chekalova secured the success of a culinary show by the release of the World Kitchen book, which he wrote with the helium Dellerins. The recipe collection contained interesting references about the culinary traditions of various corners of the planet, biographies of famous cooks.
At the same time, from under the pen journalist, another culinary edition called "Eat!" With a collection of soup recipes, salads, pies and cakes. For example, only from chicken and duck, the author offers more than 20 recipes.
In the transfer and books of Chekalov always proclaimed his own credo - not there, but try. According to the journalist, this approach to cooking helps to keep the figure without applying diets. In 2014, Elena officially completed cooperation with the first channel. In the same year, together with his spouse Leonid Parfinov, she opened the restaurant "went", whose menus regularly appeared on the site site.
In 2015, in collaboration with his girlfriend - a practitioner psychologist Yulia Rubleva - Chekalova released a new book of recipes "First year married: happiness is and loved!".
In his blog, the author continued to acquaint Internet users with favorite recipes. The desserts have its own section: Chekalova gives readers the best ways to prepare sweets of the peoples of the world, such as American Brauni, Jewish Apple Latkes, English Custard and others.
In 2016, Parfinov's wife closed the restaurant "Let's go", after which it focused on the development of the official site. On his pages, the journalist lays out not only recipes for the standard table. She introduces readers and with a diet that is suitable for people with various diseases, such as diabetes mellitus. This is a gluten-free bread, and various vegetarian chowers.
Photo dishes can now be seen in the personal account of the gastronomic expert in the Instagram network. Elena continues to lead his own column in the newspaper "Kommersant", conducts master classes for those who want to learn to be delicious.
Elena Chekalova now
In early July 2020, the TV channel "Ren-TV" appeared the news that Elena left Russia. Together with his spouse Leonid, she flew to Germany, in Frankfurt am Main. On the eve, the journalist left on his page in Facebook an ambiguous message.
Culinary blogger wrote: "Well, that's all." Later, this post was removed. According to subscribers, the couple decided to leave Russia after the announcement of the voting results, which took place on July 1. Later, Chekalova denied rumors about his emigration, saying in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia, which just went on vacation.
Projects
- 1990 - the book "We return our portrait: Notes on television"
- 1990 - Book "before and after" View ""
- 1990 - Book "Night Ether 1"
- 2009 - Transfer "Happiness is!"
- 2012 - Book "World Kitchen"
- 2012 - Book "Eat!"
- 2014 - Restaurant "Let's go"
- 2015 - the book "First year is married: happiness is and love!"
- Culinary column in the publication "Kommersant"