Mohamad Orfali

Coming Up

Training at Institute Hôtelier of Aleppo and Le Nôtre Culinary School gave Mohamad Orfali the basics that shape a kitchen over time: repetition, precision, and respect for process. Those schools set the discipline behind the work, and later, as head of Culinary Content at Discovery Network's Fatafeat TV, he had to translate that discipline into a format built for viewers, where technique and clarity still had to hold. Since 2019, Orfali Bros has given Mohamad Orfali a way to carry those earlier stages into a restaurant voice. The progression runs from school to screen to co-founding, with the same central concern: how to state a culinary identity that stays close to heritage without treating it as fixed.

Where They Are Now

What defines Mohamad Orfali now is the control that comes from having worked across different forms of communication: classroom, broadcast, and restaurant. The cuisine reads with restraint. It aims for clarity in flavor and structure, and it lets the work of tradition show without turning it into display.

Signature

Mohamad's signature dishes include Orfali Bayildi, Hummus with Tatbila & Awarma, Fatteh, Muhammara, and Baba Ghanoush. Taken as a set, they show how Aleppian and broader Arabic traditions can be handled with clean structure, balance, and contemporary presentation. The names are familiar; the point is in the handling, where recognition and reworking sit side by side.

In Their Words “We make an honest genuine food for people.” “We don't work for any accolade.”

Honors

Mohamad's honors include One MICHELIN Star.