{{short description|Pakistani chef|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox chef | name = Samia Ahad | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|year|mo|da}} For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. --> | birth_place = Pakistan | education = Peter Kump's Cooking School | spouse = | style = Singaporean cuisine | ratings = <!-- {{plainlist| * Michelin stars {{Rating|0|3}} * AAA Motor Club {{Rating|0|5}} * Mobil {{Rating|0|5}} * Good Food Guide {{Rating|0|10}} }} --> | restaurants = {{plainlist| * Coriander Leaf * Screening Room }} | prevrests = <!-- {{plainlist| * FIRST * SECOND }} --> | television = <!-- {{plainlist| * FIRST * SECOND }} --> | awards = <!-- {{plainlist| * FIRST * SECOND }} --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = }} '''Samia Ahad''' is a Pakistani chef who is head chef at the Coriander Leaf restaurant in Singapore, having previously worked in restaurants in Manhattan. Ahad opened a second restaurant, inside her Screening Room entertainment complex.

==Career== Samia Ahad was born in Pakistan. She ended up working as a travel agent in London for ten years, before moving to New York City with her husband.<ref name="newz"/> While there, she learnt to cook and trained in French cuisine at Peter Kump's Cooking School (now the Institute of Culinary Education). She worked in Manhattan restaurants such as The Quilted Giraffe.<ref name="national">{{cite news|last1=Narayan|first1=Shoba|title=From durian to Kampong Glam|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/travel/from-durian-to-kampong-glam-1.594038|access-date=11 November 2017|work=The National|date=19 September 2009}}</ref> Her husband's job was transferred to Singapore, and so they couple moved in 1997. In 2001, she opened the Coriander Leaf restaurant where she became head chef.<ref name="newz">{{cite news|title=Singapore: Asian ambrosia|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10637856|accessdate=11 November 2017|work=New Zealand Herald|date=12 April 2010}}</ref>

Ahad also runs cooking courses out of the restaurant. In addition to Singapore cuisine, she also teaches Pakistan, Persian, Turkish among others.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Aimee|title=7 top Singapore cooking schools|url=http://travel.cnn.com/7-top-singapore-cooking-schools-633096/|accessdate=11 November 2017|work=CNN|date=5 December 2012}}</ref> In 2007, she opened the Screening Room, a five storey entertainment complex featuring a restaurant. A year later, her first cook book, ''Simply Samia'', was published.<ref>{{cite web|title=Samia Ahad|url=https://www.ice.edu/profiles/alumni/international-alumni/samia-ahad|publisher=Institute of Culinary Education|accessdate=11 November 2017}}</ref>

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