I'm tom, 24 years old, born and raised in Jerusalem Israel.
My father is originally from South Africa and my mother is originally from Australia.
I learnt in the "keshet" religious-secular high school, and after graduation I spent a year of volunteering in a ecological-educational farm in the north hills of Israel. I specialized during that year in goat cheese making.
after that I joined the army, and served as a combat paramedic in the Israeli Defence Force for 3.5 years.
2 years ago I started working in a french restaurant in Jerusalem as a cook and later on as a sou-chef.
I fell in love with the world of cooking, working in a kitchen under pressure and working with different people from different backgrounds and different ages.
For the last 10 months I've been travelling around the world- morccow, spain, india, nepal. Now my next big adventure is exploring russia and sebiria.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was in NYC 2 year ago , I couchsurfed over there. I got ditched in the last moment by a couchsurfer there and straight after had two amazing experiences with other ones.
after that I decided to take on myself being a host too and opening my home for people and for last minute requests as I know how stressful it can be.
except from that, I just love meeting people around the world, discovering their culture and learning about future places to visit at.

Interests

I love music- world music, , rock, funk, jazz.
I love cinema!! of all kinds
I'm a big art fan
I love travelling around the world and hiking.
I have a passion for food, and especially for cheese making!

• arts
• culture
• dining
• cheese
• beer
• drinking
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• world music
• hiking
• volunteering
• historic sites
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys and allot of good Israeli music. Got a huge record collection at home and a nice record player I'm sure you will enjoy!
Movies- Boogie nights, There will be blood, The raging bull, Reservoir dogs
Books- The old man and the sea, The stranger

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was 19 I spent a month in the Pyrenees working in a sheep farm: milking, making cheese and selling the products in the market!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, special israeli music and my personal experience of being a citizen in the Middle-East.
I love food all together, and practicing cooking is a regular day to day thing for me.
I would like to teach my knowledge of food in the middle east and learn new techniques and flavours of the local food of the countries I will be visiting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, England, France, Greece, India, Italy, Morocco, Nepal, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel