Chef Mykhailo Sosnovskykh is a man of many talents. As the Brand Chef of the restaurant Muhtalif, he's dipped into many other areas, including lecturing at the Odessa National Food Academy and Odessa National Economic University, where he discusses Ukrainian Cuisine; founding the Association of Chefs of the South of Ukraine, which is the most large-scale and productive group of chefs in Ukraine, and includes more than 200 chefs from Ukraine and abroad; and founded the Culinary School  School of Mikhail Sosnovskyh, which is one of the most prestigious culinary schools in the country.

Chef Sosnovskykh has also guest judged at the Ukrainian Cup on Cooking for 2016 and 2017, and was a guest judge at the International Cooking Cup. He's received a medal from the President of the Chef ‘s Association of Ukraine for the invaluable contribution to the development of cooking in Ukraine.