Chantal Tabet, discreet victories. (Credit: DR.)
“A lot has happened in recent months, and beautiful things,” whispers Chantal Tabet, four years after their first meeting when she shared her story with L’Orient Today, following her remarkable run on the MBC show Top Chef Middle East 2020.Since then, the “chef with the hat,” as she was once nicknamed, has let go of the hat, the cigarette, and the excesses, as well as the deep grief she carried after losing her mother to COVID in 2021. The once discreet, silent, and humble young woman has found calm, soothing her anger and comforting her heart with a newfound serenity. During these healing years, she also endured the loss of her grandfather and her best friend — “Three departures in one year was a lot.” She took the time to tame her sorrows, breathe anew, rediscover joy, and reconnect with what she truly wanted to do: cook, always and...
“A lot has happened in recent months, and beautiful things,” whispers Chantal Tabet, four years after their first meeting when she shared her story with L’Orient Today, following her remarkable run on the MBC show Top Chef Middle East 2020.Since then, the “chef with the hat,” as she was once nicknamed, has let go of the hat, the cigarette, and the excesses, as well as the deep grief she...
