Hungry for success, Moroccan chef Issam Jaafari won the televised cooking competition Top Chef Middle East last week.
In this year's finale, the winner competed against two talented Syrian and Egyptian chefs for the title. Issam made the cut, beating 15 contestants from the MENA region in the gruelling 13-week long competition.
Photo: Issam celebrates his win. (Al Wafd)
Chef Issam picked up his knives and left the Top Chef kitchen with a $100,000 USD cheque, a Cadillac XT5 car, a full spread in Hospitality News magazine, as well as the opportunity to participate in a renowned hospitality industry fair.
Issam's winning dishes were judged by three of the most famous culinary experts in the Arab world: Egyptian-Chinese chef Bobby Chinn, Saudi chef Mona Mosli and Lebanese chef Maroun Chedid.
Photo: The Top Chef ME judges. (MBC)
The show, originally an American series that first aired on Bravo TV in 2006, ended on Thursday, 16 December. It first aired in its Arabic version in 2012 on ABC, before moving on to Rotana TV and then this year to MBC.
