I am a chef, consultant, and filmmaker currently living in Mombasa County, Kenya. My interests range from photography to design. I am also interested in travel, arts, and food.

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Ali Said Mandhry also known as Chef Ali l’artiste, is a Celebrity chef, Actor, media personality, culinary instructor, food stylist, visual and sugar artist, hotelier, role model, vocalist and International Hall of Fame.

Ali Said Mandhry is known as the very first TV Celebrity chef in Kenya who appeared in international TV cookery shows in the Middle East and Culinary conventions in America at a very young age putting Kenya on the map. Chef Ali was born in Mombasa, from a prominent Arab family of Omani ancestry. He is a grandson of a prominent and popular Liwali of Mombasa Sh. Alamin bin Said Al Mandhry. He discovered his love for cooking at the age of nine. He started cooking for his maternal grandparents at home since he was highly inspired by his own late grandfather Mr. Adam Jarady who loved to cook his own food and greatly motivated Chef Ali in cookery ever since he was nine years old by cooking along with him, buying him cook books and encouraging him to watch Bil Hana Wal Shifaa Chef Osama’s first TV show and Ma Osama Atyab since he used to love the Arab cuisine, thus making Chef Ali a great fan of Chef Osama el Sayed's TV shows who follows his shows to date.

Thereafter, Chef Ali began earning his pocket money by taking orders for birthday and occasional cakes from his primary school mates, friends and neighbors. Chef Ali encouraged and enhanced his entrepreneurship skills from sixth grade all the way through high school by baking cakes and selling them to fellow students and teachers, Chef Ali was also an active member of the Drama Club in school who participated in various plays and received a an award for best performance.

Immediately after high school it was inevitable for Chef Ali to pursue his career as a professional chef and making the most of his talent and determination he joined the Sarova White sands beach resort and spa as an apprentice chef. He later enrolled for a three year food production apprenticeship course at the Kenya Utalii College the leading hospitality institution in Kenya and the 16th centre of excellence worldwide. Chef Ali became an award winning honors culinary graduate as the most creative in culinary arts and also the outstanding graduate in pastry and bakery.