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SUMMARY:Jad Youssef Author Talk • Lebnani: A journey through family\, foo
 d & the flavour of Lebanon
DESCRIPTION:Jad Youssef is chef patron of the award-winning Lebnani in Re
 igate\, Surrey which Jay Rayner highly praised in The Observer: ‘one tas
 te of its gloriously zingy Lebanese flavours and you know you’re in the 
 right place.’ Jad was born in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War\, the
  youngest of six siblings. He learnt to cook in his mother Khadija’s kit
 chen and in his father’s pastry shop before training at the Ecole Hoteli
 ere in Beirut. After early work in local hotels and restaurants\, he mov
 ed to Oslo in 2000 as Head Chef at Jeppe Restaurant\, later relocating t
 o London to lead the kitchen at Fakhreldine in Piccadilly and serve as E
 xecutive Chef at the Levant Group. In 2009\, Youssef founded Yalla Yalla
  in Soho\, one of London’s first Lebanese street food restaurants\, expa
 nding to Fitzrovia and Shoreditch in the following years. The restaurant
  received wide critical attention and achieved a cult following. His sig
 nature dish\, Sawda Djej (chicken livers with pomegranate molasses)\, de
 veloped an equally devoted following and was named one of Time Out Londo
 n's "100 Best Dishes." After time in Hong Kong\, Youssef and his wife Ag
 a returned to the UK to open Lebnani in Reigate\, Surrey\, in 2020. The 
 restaurant was named Best Restaurant in Surrey by Muddy Stilettos in 202
 4\, awarded an AA Rosette\, and was the recipient of the Be Inclusive Ho
 spitality Middle Eastern Food Award in 2025. Jad has also appeared at Me
 atopia\, Taste of London\, and Taste of Hong Kong\, served as a judge on
  Celebrity MasterChef UK\, appeared on BBC's MasterChef\, and worked wit
 h Miele among many others. His work has been featured in The Times\, The
  Observer\, Financial Times\, The Guardian\, and numerous other publicat
 ions. Lebnani - In Lebnani\, celebrated chef Jad Youssef invites readers
  to experience the warmth\, generosity and soul of Lebanese cooking thro
 ugh recipes passed down through generations of his family. In his debut 
 book\, Jad returns to the dishes and memories that shaped his life in Be
 irut and beyond\, cel\n\nMore info: https://omnivorebooks.myshopify.com/
 collections/upcoming-events/products/jad-youssef-author-event-lebnani-a-
 journey-through-family-food-the-flavour-of-lebanon\n\nhttps://findlocal.
 community/event/2c11362d-e0bc-4454-9dd7-c83ac9398fd1
LOCATION:Omnivore: Books on Food\, 3885A Cesar Chavez Street
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/2c11362d-e0bc-4454-9dd7-c83ac9398fd
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