Fadi Kattan

Fadi Kattan (born 1977 or 1978) is a Palestinian chef, hotelier, and cookbook author. His debut book Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food won a Guild of Food Writers (GFW) Award.

Early life Kattan was born to "one of the oldest Christian families in Bethlehem", with records dating back to at least 1738. His maternal grandmother Julia Dabdoub founded the local Arab Women's Union in 1947 and spoke five languages, would take Kattan to Paris. On the other side, his Bombay-born

Kattan attended school in Jerusalem outside of the West Bank, Kattan was exposed to a broad range of foods throughout his childhood. He then pursued a Master of Arts (MA) and studied hotel management at the Institut Vatel in Paris.

Career Upon returning to Bethlehem in 2000, Kattan worked at the InterContinental Hotel before it shut down after the Second Intifada. He subsequently found work at his father's kitchen business. with plans to reopen in late 2024. Kattan has also led food tours of Bethlehem and managed the Hosh Al-Syrian guesthouse.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, Kattan started the YouTube series Teta's Kitchen, in which he sought recipes from various mothers and grandmothers around historic Palestine. He hosted a radio segment and podcast titled Ramblings of a Chef for Radio Alhara. Kattan opened a restaurant called Akub in the Notting Hill area of London. The restaurant combines British produce with Palestinian flavors.

Kattan's debut cookbook Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food, comprising 60 recipes, was published on 16 May 2024 by Hardie Grant. Nourie Flayhan provided the book's illustrations. The book is split into four sections, each based on a season of the year, and is interwoven with stories of Kattan's family and Palestinian food artisans and farmers.

In 2025, Kattan opened the restaurant Louf in Toronto.

Personal life Kattan is an atheist and secularist. "I don't see the world based on people's faiths... That's my French bit of my identity", he said.