Out and About STYLE Mag Issue 2 Vol. 2
Welcome to the March-April issue of Out and About STYLE Magazine. We are proudly a celebrity-free, gossip-free magazine celebrating real people living extraordinary lives.
Welcome to the March-April issue of Out and About STYLE Magazine. We are proudly a celebrity-free, gossip-free magazine celebrating real people living extraordinary lives.
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1. TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.<br />
I’m a 29 years old Emirati chef. I started cooking<br />
after I lost weight around five years ago <strong>and</strong> I was<br />
able to learn more about healthy <strong>and</strong> delicious<br />
food. I eventually developed a passion for it <strong>and</strong><br />
continued pursuing a path in the arts of fine dining.<br />
2. HOW DID YOU DEVELOP AN<br />
INTEREST IN FOOD?<br />
Before, I weighed around 150 kg <strong>and</strong> I always loved<br />
food, but when I was losing weight, I did not like any<br />
healthy restaurant meals out there which led me to<br />
prepare my own meals. In that process, I started<br />
learning more <strong>and</strong> more about how to perfect the<br />
cooking technique of each ingredient.<br />
3. BEING A CHEF IS AN UNLIKELY<br />
CAREER FOR A YOUNG EMIRATI, TELL US<br />
ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY.<br />
I graduated from the States with a double major<br />
in Accounting <strong>and</strong> Finance, but decided on a<br />
different career path. I was lucky enough to have<br />
a very supportive family. It was definitely a shock<br />
to them at first, but eventually, when they saw the<br />
effort <strong>and</strong> how serious I was about being a chef,<br />
they accepted my decision. It was obvious that I<br />
wanted to reach specific goals in this newfound<br />
passion.<br />
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