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Television’s popular singing chef Tarek Ibrahim will be in full voice in the run up to Ramadan and beyond with tantalizing recipes for red meat.
Fatafeat TV celebrity and Meat & Livestock Australia MENA’s corporate chef is the first Arab chef to be nominated and receive the coveted status of Master Chef from the World Association of Chef Societies.
The title of Master Chef is given to professionals who create innovative dishes of exceptional quality, push boundaries with creative concepts and hold a reputation for culinary excellence.
Chef Tarek said: “There are very few chefs who gain Master Chef status and it’s such a fantastic honour to receive this accreditation as an Arab and gain international recognition for my cuisine.
“I hope to inspire the new generation of professional Arab chefs to go on to greater achievements and with my new show 100 Lahma on Fatafeat TV impart my experience and knowledge to give home cooks more confidence in the kitchen.”
Chef Tarek’s show 100 Lahma (100 Meat) showcases the very best of lamb and beef dishes and will have English subtitles.
The show covers 100 delicious and nutritious halal meat recipes including culinary delights such as roast shoulder of lamb with garlic, beef wellington and Moroccan lamb tagine.
The first show aired last Monday at 1pm and will run for 60 days. 100 Lahma will run three times per day and highlights include chef Tarek’s lessons on preparation, use of different cuts and halal integrity.
“I’m so excited about my new show,” he said. “Red meat really is the centre of the plate for so many dishes and I wanted to really introduce people to different cuts of beef and lamb and the challenge to match them with the appropriate cooking method. For example, slow roasting a leg of lamb or using chuck steak in a tagine.
“I’m delighted to be sharing my knowledge, experience and skills working with fantastic meat.
“I choose to use Australian meat as I always prepare it for my family and my delicious recipes can easily be recreated at home. I’ve been lucky to have a successful career as a chef so far and work with and train incredible executive chefs all around the world and I hope to impart lots of top tips drawn from this experience.
“In my previous TV shows I was known to spontaneously burst into song and singing is as much a passion for me as cooking.
“I love to cook and I love to sing and I hope viewers and fans of my singing and cooking will not be disappointed in this series!”
Chef Tarek is married to Sharon and they have two daughters.
