W Doha welcomes new chef with Middle Eastern zest

W Doha, the luxury lifestyle brand that is home to Doha’s finest food sensations, has recruited award-winning Lebanese chef, Ibrahim Khalil Hamam, to be W Doha’s new Executive Sous Chef, assisting W’s Executive Chef with all culinary operations throughout the hotel. 

With a strong background in the hospitality industry and amazing food knowledge and experience in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, North African and Asian cuisine, Ibrahim comes with a fabulous track record blending Middle East and Far East gastronomy.  Ex-Head Chef of The Pearl-Qatar, Ibrahim has worked his magic in magnificent hotels in Malaysia, the UAE and Lebanon, including the idyllic emirate Ajman.  Ibrahim also had a spell as royal Chef In-Charge of Sheikh Zayid al Nahyan’s Palace, the President of the Abu Dhabi. 

At The Pearl- Qatar, Ibrahim was responsible for 8 internationally known topnotch restaurants and 5 grand openings of globally recognized culinary brands, all wanting to relocate to the Middle East’s most glamorous address. 

Edgar Vaudeville, PR and Events Manager for W Doha, said: “Ibrahim brings vast experience in exquisite fine dining across Asia Pacific and the Middle East to benefit all our culinary outlets.  From the vibrant South-East Asian influences of Spice Market’s menus with their sizzling fusion food, to the award-winning gourmet Market by Jean-Georges, W Doha serves only the freshest of ingredients to blast diners’ taste buds. Ibrahim will be able to perfect the finest contemporary cuisine in Doha at W with panache and luxurious style.” 

Ibrahim Khalil Hamam, new Executive Sous Chef at W Doha, said: “It’s great to be part of the W Doha culinary team and be able to work for such well-known and popular restaurants as Market and Spice Market by Jean-Georges.  W Doha also has fabulous banquet offerings and amazing outside catering that can cater superbly for as many as 1,000 guests per event.” 

W appeals to today’s stylish traveler with epicurean adventures to savour, that provide an escape from the everyday to the fantastic that its guests crave.  W Hotels is an innovative, contemporary, design-led lifestyle brand with 37 hotels and retreats in the most vibrant cities and exotic destinations around the world. Inspiring, iconic, innovative and influential, W Hotels provides the ultimate in insider access to a world of "Wow."  Each hotel offers a unique mix of innovative design and passions around food, fashion, music and entertainment.  W Hotels offers a holistic lifestyle experience that is integrated into the brand's sensibility through contemporary restaurant concepts, glamorous nightlife experiences, stylish retail concepts and signature spas.