Draft:Fadi Kattan
Fadi Kattan | |
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| Born | Bethlehem, Palestine |
| Culinary career | |
Current restaurant(s)
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| Website | www |
Fadi Kattan is a Palestinian chef, restauranteur, and hotelier.
Early life[edit]
Kattan is from Bethlehem. His maternal grandmother founded the local Arab Women's Union in 1947, spoke five languages, and had an interest in cooking, while his grandfather, a doctor, was French-speaking and would take Kattan to Paris. On the other side, his Bombay-born father's family were well traveled around India, Japan and Sudan. Kattan studied Hotel Management at the Institut Vatel in Paris.[1]
Career[edit]
Upon returning to Bethlehem in 2000, Kattan worked at the InterContinental Hotel before it shut down, forcing him to find work at his father's kitchen business.[2]
In 2016, Kattan founded the restaurant Fawda in Bethlehem.
In 2023, Kattan co-founded two establishments: the Notting Hill-based restaurant Akub with Rasha Khouri, and Bethlehem's Kassa Boutique Hotel within the historic Sabagh house.[3]
debut book Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food, comprised of 60 recipes. Nourie Flayhan provided illustrations for the book. In an interview with The Guardian, Kattan spoke about how the destruction of Gaza's agricultural fields affected businesses in the West Bank, and how increasing violent settlements and surveillance hampered Bethlehem's economy, particularly its tourism sector.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Kattan is an atheist.[5]
Bibliography[edit]
- Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food (2024)
References[edit]
- ^ Kattan, Karim (26 August 2020). "Cooking Palestinian Food: on indigenous herbs, craft, and community". The Funambulist. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Miari, Anastasia (27 April 2024). "In His New Cookbook, Palestinian Chef Fadi Kattan Honors the Flavors of the West Bank". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Davidson, Lisa (4 May 2023). "Kassa Hotel, Bethlehem". We Heart. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Michaelson, Ruth; Kierszenbaum, Quique (4 May 2024). "'We are disappearing': chef Fadi Kattan aims to keep Palestinian heritage alive through food". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "A chat with Bethlehem's top chef – Fadi Kattan". Fiona Dunlop Food & Travel. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
Category:Hoteliers
Category:Palestinian atheists
Category:Palestinian chefs
Category:Palestinian Internet celebrities
Category:People from Bethlehem
Category:Restaurateurs