Saudi businesswoman to open city’s first cooking academy

A young Saudi businesswoman is preparing to launch the city’s first cooking academy to teach people how to produce local and international dishes.
Fatima Qadi said she plans to establish the academy on a 400-sqm area in Jeddah at the beginning of 2016 with 80 girls and women. She is now preparing a feasibility study with the help of a local company.
Qadi started her career four years ago with a cupcake shop called “Sweet and Savory” and soon got the support of her husband because of its success. She wants to teach single and married women how to cook various dishes.
She acknowledged that there have been many difficulties in her career so far but this was outweighed by the “joy and accomplishment when you find solutions to these problems.”
“This is not only about making money, but also seeing the satisfaction on customers’ faces. I give them the same products that my children eat,” she said.