Deema Hijjawi
Born1977
Years active2000 onward
Known forDeema Hijjawi Cooking Club
Culinary career
Cooking styleArab fusion
Television show(s)
  • Dunya Ya Dunya
Websitehttps://www.instagram.com/deemahajjawi/

Deema Hijjawi (Arabic: ديما حجاوي; born 1977) is a Jordanian chef, writer and television presenter. She is the founder of the Deema Hijjawi Cooking Club, and is one of social media's most followed Arab chefs.

Biography

Hijjawi is a chef, television presenter and writer.[1] She studied Literature at Ajman University.[2] Interested in cookery since childhood, in 2000 she founded her first catering business.[3] In 2012, she joined the Roya TV channel, presenting on a popular morning program Dunya Ya Dunya, where she presents a live cooking segment twice a week.[4] She is the founder of the Deema Hijjawi Cooking Club, which aims to teach the basic principles and techniques of cooking, as well as how to prepare new dishes, through intensive cooking lessons.[5][4] She is a product ambassador for Unilever, Philips appliances and Knorr in the Middle East.[4] With a strong social media presence, she is one of the most followed Arab chefs.[3] In 2020 she was featured in Hospitality Magazine where she predicted that the popularity of virtual cooking classes would rise.[6] She is an exponent of Jordanian and Arabic cuisine, including qatayef.[7]

Books

  • Tasty Temptations (2009)
  • Secret Ingredients (2011)
  • مطبخ ديما حجاوي‎ [in English: Dima Hajjawi's Kitchen] (2014)[8]

References

  1. ↑ "إكسترا في أسبوع مع الشيف ديما حجاوي". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  2. ↑ "Deema Hajjawi's Kitchen (Arabic) - 2014 - مطبخ ديما حجاوي". Istiklal Library. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  3. 1 2 "Deema Hajjawi | Roya Talents". www.royatalents.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  4. 1 2 3 عزت, لاما (2014-05-29). "زهرة الخليج - الشيف ديما حجاوي سفيرة فيليبس للمائدة الصحية". زهرة الخليج (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  5. ↑ "موقع خبرني : اصابة الشيف ديما حجاوي بكورونا". موقع خبرني (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  6. ↑ Ghantous, Rita (2021-03-01). "Keeping up With the Caterers". Hospitality News Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  7. ↑ "وصفة عجينة القطايف البيتية من ديما الحجاوي". البوابة (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  8. ↑ "ديما حجاوي في مكتبة جرير السعودية". www.jarir.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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