YOUNG CHEFS – KSA
August-September 2017 Gulf Gourmet
Straight from the ART Saudi Arabian chefs Darina Sidda and Badr Khalid are all for the art of cooking. They want this art to feed not only your sense of taste but also your vision. The two chefs are training at Nestle’s Artistic Food Lab to create poetry on the plate...
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hen mankind came about, food was fuel for the body. Its look and feel did not matter as long as it gave you energy and kept you warm. As life and lifestyles developed, it became fuel for the gustatory senses – food had to taste good too in
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addition to powering the body. Today, it’s fuel for the soul. We eat with our eyes as much as with our mouths. Which is why Chefs Darina Sidda and Badr Khalid are on their way to becoming experts in a kitchen trend that is now a
‘good to have’ but will become a ‘need to have’ going forward. The chefs from Saudi Arabia are training in food artistry at the Artistic Food Lab in Jeddah. Be it stacking fruits on a pastry cup or arranging pasta on a plate, the focus of food artistry is to create a visual delight.