My Story

Growing up, our home was about having friends and family over all the time. We shared our most memorable moments with them around our table.

My mother used to cook all the food herself and gather all our loved ones together around delicious meals. She was my first teacher, my grandmother was hers.

Grandma is a great cook. She is very serious about cooking so she wakes up at 4am to start her food preps at 5. It's a real system she has there to feed us all, especially when the holiday season is here and everyone is back to town to have some quality family time.

We all live in separate parts of the world and we think about her food all the time, craving it and dreaming about the moment we'll be back to Lebanon to have a delicious bite.

Today I recreate this warm atmosphere every day doing what I love doing most.

When I was a teenager, I was part of the Girl Scouts. I was kind of a goofy girl and a bit lazy too. I never felt like I really fit in because I never cared enough.

One day during summer camp, my team's chief asked me if I could prepare lunch for the team because she had to step out. So I started a fire and cooked my first meal without the help of my mom. After that day I was the team's chef.

That was the first time I felt I was really good at something, and thanks to all the encouragement and support my teammates gave me, it helped me recognise it and pursue it.

It's been 10 years since I started working professionally in the culinary world. I graduated culinary art school Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France and worked in several Michelin Star restaurants in Paris (Alain Ducasse, Guy Savoy) and in the French Riviera (Mauro Colagreco). Then I took an opportunity as a head chef with a consulting/managerial position to learn the business side of it.

After that, I just felt like I had to find a way to share my talent and passion with the world. I wanted to recreate that warm atmosphere my mother gave us cooking while growing up. So I started my own startup where I gather people for a moment of sharing, happiness and discoveries. And the rest is history!