On the cover: Chef Feras Al-Hamadi, the 'Best Arabic Chef', and Chef Thusitha Perera, the 'Best Kitchen Artist', at East Coast Salon Culinaire 2017
Also in this issue: news snippets from the Chef community and the food service industry; interview with Gianpaolo Bruno, the Italian Trade Commissioner for UAE, Oman and Pakistan; Mӧvenpick Jumeirah in Dubai and Artistic Food Lab Jeddah take up our Nestle Professional Golden Chef’s Hat Competition Award challenge; quick chat with Dwarika Bhatt, the chef behind Zero Gravity at Skydive Dubai; interview with Beide Worku, Engineer turned Chef at ‘Gursha’, Dubai’s newest Ethiopian restaurant; images from Guild AGM in Fujairah and the Syrian Salon Culinaire held in Ras Al Khaimah; and the monthly column by best-selling author Rohit Bassi.