Who appreciates delicious food and any specialized literature devoted to it? Who studied at the Odessa Polytechnic Institute, worked as an engineer and was fond of amateur songs? And finally, who is considered one of the brightest players in the What? Where? When? ”, Who is rightfully the three-time owner of the Crystal Owl and the owner of the Diamond Owl? Guessed, dear readers? Yes, this is all he, a man with an indescribable sense of humor, a great culinary specialist and great clever Boris Burda.
Baby years of a curious toddler
In the port city of Odessa in the south of the Ukrainian SSR, in the family of a pediatrician and a Soviet officer, on March 25, 1950, a tiny baby was born. Since the pope was a soldier, the family often had to move from one city to another. For some time they lived in Baku (the capital of Azerbaijan), but then again returned to their hometown. At the age of four, Boris read very well, later success accompanied him in the study of other subjects. It was at home, in Odessa, that Burda graduated from high school with a gold medal: he was always an excellent student, and he enjoyed learning very much. However, it was easy for him to learn.
In an interview, Boris Burda once revealed that his childhood passed in an atmosphere where it was simply indecent not to attend theatrical performances, and if there was no slight smile on his face, this was considered bad manners and bad manners.
Student time
After graduation, the future connoisseur began to think about his future life. He chose his choice at the Department of Thermal Engineering of Odessa Polytechnic Institute. Graduation was also more than successful: he was awarded a red diploma. While still a student, Boris Burda, whose photo can be seen in various print media, began to appear on television: in those years he appeared on the Odessa KVN team. The assertion that this particular period was quite successful would not be mistaken. Only a few years passed, and Boris Oskarovich twice became the champion of the Club of cheerful and resourceful, he received many other prizes.
Cheerful heat engineer
After graduating from the institute Boris Burda, having suspended its boisterous public activity, he has been working in the specialty for 20 years. Now he assures that if it were not for such a decrease in demand for his profession, he would gladly continue to work as an engineer, without exchanging this job for any other.
Owls for a hero
Working in one of the organizations of his native city, Boris Burda was not known to the masses. But then came the 1990th. He becomes a player in the What? Where? When? ”, With incredible ease going through the thorns of the selection process. A huge number of viewers of different ages and social strata, interests and preferences, Burda is becoming familiar right now. There is not a single doubt why this happened so quickly, and interest did not wane over time. Burda Boris Oskarovich has been speaking on this project for twenty years, and his success at the round table with Yulia is deeply respected.
His career in the game was more than successful (however, as always happened in his life): he became the owner of the Crystal Owl three times; MTS subscribers chose him as a player who brought the greatest and undoubted benefit to his team seven times; in 2007 he was awarded the main prize that exists in the intellectual casino - “Diamond Owl”.
The awards “haunted” Burda in other similar television projects. And now the time has come when the producers of one Ukrainian television channel turned their eyes to the expert. There was a proposal that he could not refuse: in 1997, Boris began combining the positions of the host and author of the project “Deliciously with Boris Burda”. Oh, how many interesting recipes housewives and not only could spy on this program! Sometimes these were small revelations: from a small set of simple products available to a family with an average income, it was possible to prepare a very tasty and unusual dish. Literally after several issues, the popularity of the program broke all conceivable and unimaginable records.
In such an uncomplicated way, his favorite hobby (and he learned to cook during his first marriage, in which his wife could not stand the kitchen and everything that was connected with it) brought Burda a very significant income. In addition, he became the author of a dozen books on cooking skills, the first of which was published 16 years ago in Tallinn. The rest went through publishing houses in Russia and Ukraine.
Family and connoisseur's children
So, the culinary specialist, bard songs performer, great clever Boris Burda. The biography of this diverse person has always been of inexhaustible interest for his loyal fans.
Boris Burda has been married twice in his life. The first time he married a poet, who now teaches at the University of Jerusalem. In this marriage, the eldest son of Boris Oskarovich - Vladislav (he runs one of the largest trading holdings) was born. Some time after the divorce, he entered into a second marriage in which his youngest son, George, who now works as a programmer in America, was born.