SPEAKERS | National Geographic Traveller (UK) Food Festival

Imad Alarnab is a Syrian chef, entrepreneur and refugee who ran three successful restaurants and several juice bars in his hometown of Damascus. When his businesses were destroyed during the war, he was forced to flee for London, sharing his cooking skills with fellow refugees along the way. He arrived in 2015, partnering with a charity in 2017 to host a successful pop-up kitchen in the city, eventually opening his hotly anticipated restaurant, Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, in London’s Kingly Court in May 2021. His cookbook, Imad’s Syrian Kitchen: a love letter from London to Damascus, was published in 2023.