Shalom Kadosh
Shalom Kadosh | |
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שלום קדוש | |
| Born | 1947 or 1948 |
Shalom Kadosh (Hebrew: שלום קדוש; born 1947 or 1948) is an Israeli chef. He has been considered the unofficial chef of Israel's prime ministers, including Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Kadosh was born near Marrakesh, French Morocco into a family with nine siblings. They made aliyah to Israel when he was 14 and settled in Afula.[3] He became interested in traveling as a young man, and began studying at a cooking school in Haifa so he could save up for travel funds.[1]
Career
[edit]Early in his career, he worked as a cook on a cruise ship.[1][3] He opened the kosher restaurant "Cow on the Roof" at Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem in 1979, and worked there until it closed in 1993.[4] He continued working as executive chef of Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem, and marked 35 years there in 2010.[1][3] He continued to preside over Primavera, the hotel's Italian restaurant, as of 2013.[5]
He prepared a recreation of an ancient Israelite Essene meal at Qumran for 400 guests of the Israel Museum in 1981.[6] He organized the food for the "King David Feast" in 1996, which was held to celebration 3,000 years of Jerusalem.[1][3] He cooked food for the inaugural "Golan Vintage: Wine & Culinary Festival" in 1998, held by the Golan Heights Winery, and returned to the festival again in 2001.[3] He appeared on an episode of Duet the same year.[7] He was the chef for the World Holocaust Forum in January 2020, which included 41 heads of state.[8]
During his career, he has cooked for a number of heads of state, his first being American president Jimmy Carter.[1] He has also cooked for French president Jacques Chirac,[9] King Hussein of Jordan, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, and American presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Barack Obama (in 2013).[1][10] French food critic Gilles Pudlowski dubbed Kadosh the "Kosher Bocuse".[9] He joined the prestigious Club des Chefs des Chefs in 2011.[2] He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Restaurants Association in 2022.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Kadosh and his wife, Zohara, have a daughter together.[3]
During an attempted robbery by Ali Adkidak at a Jerusalem gas station in March 2021, he sustained fractures to his neck and skull. Adkidak was later convicted and sentenced to 39 months in prison.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cailler, Adam. "SHALOM RESPONSIBLE FOR ISRAEL'S GROWING CULINARY REPUTATION". www.jewishtelegraph.com. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- 1 2 Eichner, Itamar (2011-08-17). "Israeli chef makes it to elite club". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Montefiore, Adam (2022-10-22). "Wine Talk: The Israeli Bocuse". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ↑ Cashman, Greer Fay (2013-02-05). "Grapevine- Food for thought". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ↑ Fodor's Israel. Fodor's Travel. 2013-10-29. ISBN 978-0-89141-954-9.
- ↑ "Israel Museum re-creates ancient feast at cost of $20,000". Lakefield Ledger. The New York Times. 1981-06-04.
- ↑ Duet S01:E11 - Jerusalem - Israel - Shalom Kadosh. Retrieved 2024-09-12 – via tubitv.com.
- ↑ "World-famous chef Shalom Kadosh seriously wounded in attempted robbery". The Times of Israel. 2021-03-26.
- 1 2 "French chef takes kosher challenge in Jerusalem". i24NEWS. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ↑ Miller, Elhanan (2013-03-17). "Chefs clash over Obama's menu". The Times of Israel.
- ↑ Cashman, Greer Fay (2022-11-20). "Grapevine: The energetic Quint". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ↑ "Man sentenced to 39 months for assault on renowned chef Shalom Kadosh". The Times of Israel. 2022-02-03.