Dilek Caner worked as Sommeliere with Chef Sommelier Herve Pennequin at Restaurant Bruno Jamais and with Chef Sommelier
Andre Compeyre at Restaurant Alain Ducasse. She then worked as Tastings Director and Associate Editor at Wine & Spirits
Magazine. After teaching several classes at American Sommelier Association and Institute of Culinary Education, Dilek
founded Tasting World.

Dilek Caner holds a Sommelier Certificate from American Sommelier Association, The Advanced Certificate and the 2-Year
Diploma from Wine & Spirits Education Trust. She is currently serving as a panel member in Wine & Spirits Magazine's tastings
as well as working towards her Masters of Wine, a title currently awarded to only 250 people throughout the world. Dilek also holds a Ph.D. in
Economics from New York University