(AFP) – When Lebanese chef Alan Geaam first arrived in Paris two decades ago he found himself sleeping on the streets, lost and penniless with hardly a word of French. “I thought the guide was about chefs in big fancy hotels or those trained by the great masters. It’s a wonderful surprise,” said the 43-year-old, who was born to Lebanese parents in Liberia, before they exchanged one war zone for another by returning to Beirut. By then Geaam’s fascination with food was clear, watching cookery shows on television rather than cartoons after school. He started cooking while doing his national service in Lebanon, and the colonel of his regiment was so impressed he made him his personal chef.

Source: GNN Liberia February 09, 2018 08:38 UTC