Restaurant concepts
Menu direction, positioning and a kitchen concept built around the guest.
Executive Chef, Pano Kato · Singapore
Food with identity.
Kitchens with direction.
I help restaurants turn ideas into focused menus, stronger teams and kitchen systems that work in the real world.
Worldchefs Congress & ExpoSingapore · 2024
23years in professional kitchens
Asiaambassador for the Culinary Federation of Serbia
SGExecutive Chef at Pano Kato
01 / Profile
A career built across cultures and kitchens.
Djordjo Cetkovic is a Serbian executive chef and culinary consultant with 23 years of international experience.
His career has taken him through Serbia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal and Singapore—shaping an approach that combines European craft, operational precision and genuine hospitality.
Currently Executive Chef at Pano Kato restaurant in Singapore, Djordjo also serves as Ambassador for Asia with the Culinary Federation of Serbia. His professional engagement includes the Association of Chefs of Serbia and the international Worldchefs (WACS) community.
“A strong kitchen is not built on recipes alone. It is built on clarity, consistency and people.”
02 / Consulting
From first idea to daily service.
Clear advice, hands-on implementation and solutions tailored to the operation—not generic theory.
Kitchen operations
Practical systems for consistency, food cost, workflow and team performance.
Menu development
Focused, executable menus with clear identity and commercial discipline.
Team training
Hands-on coaching for chefs, opening teams and developing kitchen leaders.
03 / International representation
Serbian roots.
Asian perspective.
Representing Serbian culinary culture across Asia while building bridges through the international Worldchefs community.
- Ambassador for Asia · Culinary Federation of Serbia
- Association of Chefs of Serbia
- Worldchefs / WACS international community
04 / Selected work
From competition floor
to restaurant service.
Available for selected consulting projects