Chef osama el sayed biography of alberta

CHEF Osama El-Sayed can take his audience through a world of culinary delights in several easy steps that he outlines in his books and through TV shows.

Chef Osama, who has millions of viewers and readers worldwide, has learned how to take complex cooking techniques and recipes and simplify them for basic home cooks. His show “Maa Osama Atyab” or “It’s More Delicious with Osama” live daily on Dubai TV and “Bilhanna Wa Shiffa” or “With Joy and Good Health” — is a feature for those who want to understand and enjoy glorious food without too much fuss. He also writes a syndicated column that appears in magazines in the Middle East.

Speaking to Arab News during his Jeddah visit, Chef Osama said he cited his mother and her home cooking as his first major influences. He also outlined the culinary delights he had developed and presented for the current Ramadan season.

Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Chef Osama graduated from the Hotel Technical Institute in Cairo and apprenticed with the El-Nile Hilton International Hotel. From there, Chef Osama emigrated to the Washington, DC area, in the United States landing his first chef’s position with the renowned Serbian Crown restaurant. There he honed his skills and understanding of such continental cuisines as French, Russian, and Serbian, then with Hyatt Management Group. His next career move took him to Braun’s Fine Caterers in Lanham, Maryland, where he served dignitaries in the political and diplomatic communities as well as numerous members of the foreign community.

In another facet of his most recent work, he worked as corporate executive chef for one of America’s largest social caterers, Martin’s, Incorporated, located in suburban Maryland. He created and developed an innovative Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) recipe guide and developed and implemented technical specifications, nutritional labeling, and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP’s) submitted to the USDA for the operation of a federally inspected meat and poultry processing facility which produces Home Meal Replacement (HMR), gourmet menu items prepared and shipped for retail distribution. He developed gourmet dinners for a chain of national supermarkets. This should answer America’s demand for instant elegant-yet affordable-meals. He made banquet presentations for President William Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

Since his arrival in the United States, Chef Osama has built up a solid reputation as a first-class chef capable of meeting strict demands and deadlines while producing exquisite food. To augment his culinary knowledge, he has studied at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and at L’Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda, Maryland, classic French cooking. Defining his style of cooking as “Nouvelle Mediterranean Cuisine,” Chef Osama continues his mastery of numerous other cuisines. And he manages to find time to teach cookery to children, donate his talents to worthy charitable events, and be an active member of the Capital Chapter of the American Culinary Federation (ACF)-from which he has earned the designation of Certified Executive Chef—and of the Epicurean Club and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP).

His first cookbook was published in 2001 and reprinted 3 more editions, a series of cooking television programming are in production. “My new cookbook has many more culinary delights that will appeal to food lovers worldwide,” Osama said.

During his visit, he made personal appearances in selected Jeddah stores and introduced the “amazing world” of versatile, healthy, convenient and easy to follow recipes.

Chef Osama is not only a man of great talent, but a man of passion. This is the reason for his widespread popularity in the region and also worldwide.