Stephanie knows Charbel Hayek! Lebanese chef Charbel Hayek won won the fifth season of Top Chef Middle East and North Africa and is currently competing on Top Chef: World All-Stars. He wanted to be a chef from a young age and traveled from Lebanon to France to Los Angeles to learn his craft. He talks to Stephanie Cmar and Joel Murphy about Top Chef, his forthcoming cookbook and why Dubai is an underrated food city.   You can support the show and your local bookstores by purchasing any book mentioned on the show through our bookshop. Theme Song: "Exotica" by Juanitos   Stephanie Knows Some Shit is part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.