Sama Jaad
Chef
Professional chef and reality television personality who rose to fame after competing on Top Chef Middle East in 2020. She would go on to take the top spot in the season, winning the competition. She has more than 330,000 Instagram followers.
She first began experimenting in the kitchen at the age of 9. She later enrolled in about 15 cooking classes to hone her skills.
She became the first Saudi woman to win TopChef.
She was born in Saudi Arabia.
Padma Lakshmi appears as a host on the American version of Top Chef.