Name: Sherif Coutry

Restaurant/Concept: McDonald’s

Title: Head of Marketing

Faves:

Chef: Sayed (parent’s cook).

Cooking show: Eat Street.

Cookbook: Never had one!

What experience most defined your decision and desire to get into the food industry?

Realizing that I was the one picking out menu items for my family whenever we went out for dinner.

Where is your favorite place to shop for food and ingredients in Kuwait?

Sultan Center and Lulu Hypermarket.

What food most reminds you of your mother’s house, and why?

Syrian food as my mom’s Syrian.

When you want to go somewhere else to eat, where do you go and why?

Mayass! I love the Lebanese Armenian fusion.

Who in the world would you most like to cook for?

My wife, and not because of the possibility that she might be reading this right now.

If you were to leave Kuwait and could take only one kitchen gadget with you, what would it be?

My Nespresso machine.