GOLDEN CHEF
February 2020 Gulf Gourmet
Never say
NEVER
Chefs Lumu Robert and Saddam Yousuf of Jebel Ali Recreation Club are the second set of competitors this month for Season 8 of Golden Chef’s Hat Award - UAE
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ubai is more of an equalizer than most would like to believe. Chefs Lumu and Saddam have almost nothing in common having been raised thousands of miles apart. Yet, there is more that’s common between them than
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meets the eye. And we are not talking about both being one of four siblings. These two young chefs in their late twenties have come miles to reach where they are and are willing to travel thrice as far to get to where they want. Both
have a passion for cooking and dreams of running their own restaurants back in their hometown. Both are in Dubai to learn what true fine-dining means in a multicultural setting. Both have had to overcome obstacles and little to no knowledge of fine-dining, to make it this far.
