When Roaya Saleh opened her first restaurant, Villa Mamas, in Bahrain in 2012, she had one goal: to feed people the way her mother fed her – with generosity, soul and spice.
A former investment banker turned chef, Saleh has since become known for her instinctive home-style cooking and heartfelt hospitality, with restaurants now in London, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh. But it’s not the global reach that defines her food – it’s the deep roots in the flavours and stories of the Gulf.
