10. Laura Allais-Maré
Founder and President, Slow Food Dubai Convivium
Allais-Maré embarked on a career in hospitality in 1985, attending the Principi di Piemonte Hotel School in Torino, italy. She then worked for 18 years as chef and executive chef at La Petite Ferme in Franschhoek in South Africa, as well as at several highly respected restaurants and agri-tourism businesses in Italy, and taught life skills, hospitality management and environmentally-friendly growing methods at Learn To Earn in Hermanus, South Africa. She is passionate about ethically sourced, sustainably produced food and founded the non-profit Slow Food Convivium in Dubai in 2013 to teach people how to grow food more sustainably. Slow Food is a movement that began in Italy more than 25 years ago to promote culinary traditions and awareness about local, clean and fair produce that is full of flavour. In the past 12 months, Allais-Maré and her team of volunteers have worked on their first urban rooftop garden at Time Oak Hotel in Barsha Heights, growing organic fruit, vegetables and herbs, showing how easy it is to grow food and herbs in the UAE from October to May.
Bite-sized facts:
Number of years in the F&B industry: 29
Number of years with this company: 3+
Number of years in this role: 3+
Number of years working in the Middle East: 3+
Nationality: Italian/ South African
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