Saher Shaikh
Winner of the Regional MLA Chef Competition 2022 and all-round superwoman, Saher is Dubai’s Cordon-bleu trained The Purple Chef
Most Inspirational Woman in the GCC
Awarded “Most Inspirational Woman in the GCC”, “Dubai’s Personality of the Year”, Reader’s Digest’s Hero, “U.A.E SuperMom” Dubai Government’s “Extraordinary Humanitarian” and CNN’s “Dubai’s Mother of Labourers”, Saher’s latest title is “Lambassador of Australian Lamb”.
A former investment banker, Saher juggles her UN-recognised The Adopt-a-Camp Foundation, being a mother of 4 young children and running her booked-out months in advance catering company, The Purple Chef, which serves up her unique Cordon Bleu-trained, heritage-inspired Third Culture cuisine.