Shalom Kadosh

Shalom Kadosh (; born 1947 or 1948) is an Israeli chef. He has been considered the unofficial chef of Israel's prime ministers, including Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Early life Kadosh was born near Marrakesh, French Morocco into a family with nine siblings. They made aliyah to Israel when he was 14 and settled in Afula. He became interested in traveling as a young man, and began studying at a cooking school in Haifa so he could save up for travel funds. He continued working as executive chef of Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem, and marked 35 years there in 2010.

He prepared a recreation of an ancient Israelite Essene meal at Qumran for 400 guests of the Israel Museum in 1981. He organized the food for the "King David Feast" in 1996, which was held to celebration 3,000 years of Jerusalem. He was the chef for the World Holocaust Forum in January 2020, which included 41 heads of state.

During his career, he has cooked for a number of heads of state, his first being American president Jimmy Carter. French food critic Gilles Pudlowski dubbed Kadosh the "Kosher Bocuse". He joined the prestigious Club des Chefs des Chefs in 2011.

Personal life Kadosh and his wife, Zohara, have a daughter together.