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Imad Alarnab talks to Catrin Nye

Matters of Taste: Imad’s Syrian Kitchen

Hay Festival 2025, 

Chef and refugee Imad Alarnab celebrates the flavours of Syria in his new cookbook, Imad’s Syrian Kitchen. In this vibrant event he takes some of his sensational recipes and prepares them before your eyes, using fresh ingredients, sharing his techniques and, finally, giving us a taste!

In Damascus, Imad ran successful restaurants and cafés, but was forced to flee after these were destroyed. He made his way to Europe, cooking for refugees, up to 400 at a time, and arrived in London ten years ago, where eventually his family joined him. In 2021 he burst onto the restaurant scene with a series of charity events and supper clubs, and now has his own restaurant in London at Soho’s Kingly Court. He talks to investigative journalist and documentary presenter, Catrin Nye.