Draft:Fadi Kattan

Fadi Kattan is a Palestinian chef, restauranteur, and hotelier.

Early life
Kattan is from Bethlehem. His maternal grandmother founded the local Arab Women's Union in 1947, spoke five languages, and had an interest in cooking, while his grandfather, a doctor, was French-speaking and would take Kattan to Paris. On the other side, his Bombay-born father's family were well traveled around India, Japan and Sudan. Kattan 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, forcing him to find work at his father's kitchen business.

In 2016, Kattan founded the restaurant Fawda in Bethlehem.

In 2023, Kattan co-founded two establishments: the Notting Hill-based restaurant Akub with Rasha Khouri, and Bethlehem's Kassa Boutique Hotel within the historic Sabagh house.

Kattan's debut book Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food, comprised of 60 recipes, was published in May 2024. Nourie Flayhan provided illustrations for the book. In an interview with The Guardian, Kattan spoke about how the destruction of Gaza's agricultural fields affected businesses in the West Bank, and how increasing violent settlements and surveillance hampered Bethlehem's economy, particularly its tourism sector.

Personal life
Kattan is an atheist.