A Butcher To A Restauranter- Lebanon To Dubai
He might have started as a butcher but today is known as a respected hotelier and restaurant owner in Dubai. His father as a native Lebanon passed on the trade of butchery to the young Fadi Al Safadi at the age of 13 years.
But Safadi had other
plans for himself and today at the age of 59 years, he is the proud founder and
CEO of Al Safadi restaurant. The trade of butchery was considered respectable.
His father was renowned at the trade and supplied to the best restaurants in Beirut
in the 1970s.
A success story
of the economically downtrodden Lebanon can be this. Speaking to the local
media that has now been writing about him due to the growing reputation of his restaurants,
he said, “My time working for my father laid the foundation for something big
to come in my life. He taught me to be prepared for everything. For one year, I
worked as a cleaner in my father’s shop before he taught me the skill of
butchery. My father was my best teacher. From treating customers well, to developing
skills to improving your quality of service, I learned everything from him. I
was fortunate to have him as my father,” Fadi said with great pride and joy as
he recalled his past.
Al Safadi gained
popularity here as many international visitors returned here year after year
for exhibitions and corporate events, according to him.
“Going with the
city’s prosperity, we expanded across Dubai, opening our third restaurant in
Umm Al Sheif to cater for Dubai’s fast-growing and increasingly multicultural
population here before expanding with a stunning fine dining experience at The
Pointe on the Palm Jumeirah,” Abed said.
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