Sanaa Abourezk

Step into Sanaa’s kitchen and learn to recreate some of her favorite gluten free mediterranean dishes. In her cookbooks, Sanaa opens up her kitchen and invites you to recreate for yourself her favorite mediterranean dishes. Citing her as one of the sources of Sioux Falls’ “new-found culinary fame,” The New York Times called Sanaa Abourezk “something of a renegade” who helped begin an “epicurean trend in this city...almost a decade ago with the Mediterranean fast-food place Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean.” Sanaa and her culinary style was featured in March of 2016 on The Food Network's "Beat Bobby Flay" (Season 7, Episode 7), and in the summer of 2018, Sanaa was selected to participate in the James Beard Foundation Chef Boot Camp at Glynwood Farm in upstate New York. Sanaa has a bachelor degree in Agricultural Engineering from Damascus University, as well as a Master's degree in Food and Nutrition from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. For more information, visit sanaacooks.com.