JEDDAH: Saudi culinary arts chiefs are to serve up a second helping of an initiative aimed at promoting chefs and cooking skills in the Kingdom.
The first phase of the Kawin — meaning create — incubator program was launched by the Culinary Arts Commission in December to foster excellence in the sector.
The scheme offers assistance to innovative cooks and entrepreneurs working in the country’s food and beverage industry.
Commission officials set up the program not only to improve quality standards in the culinary arts sector, but also to support startups, create an environment that encourages innovation, and empower and nurture enterprising female cooks.
In addition, it wants to boost the Kingdom’s growing global reputation as a top food destination.
The first part of the incubator program consists of six sequentially repeated courses, each starting with a three-day virtual competition. The courses cater for 50 participants, and after a selection process, 20 projects go through to an in-person stage lasting six months.
The training culminates in the graduation of 120 incubated projects.
Part two is a cooking challenge to promote competitiveness, involving five-hour sessions held twice a year, with a focus on eight chefs participating in each challenge.
A third program involves a five-day training session covering the fundamentals of creating and advancing commercial projects in the food and drinks industry.
Participants are given access to an experimental kitchen where they can develop and test recipes and identify the most suitable technologies for large-scale production, with guidance and advice provided by culinary experts from Saudi Arabia and around the world.
To take part in the incubator program, applicants must be a Saudi citizen residing in the Kingdom, be at least 21 years old, have a passion for the culinary arts, be able to commit to the entire program, and provide an innovative recipe or product relating to local and international culinary arts.
To register and for more details go to https://engage.moc.gov.sa/kawn/
Saudi culinary arts chiefs serve up second helping of incubator scheme
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Saudi culinary arts chiefs serve up second helping of incubator scheme
- The scheme offers assistance to innovative cooks and entrepreneurs working in the country’s food and beverage industry
- The first part of the incubator program consists of six sequentially repeated courses, each starting with a three-day virtual competition
Saudi defense minister calls on Southern Transitional Council to de-escalate in Yemen
- In a statement addressed “to our people in Yemen” and published on X, Prince Khalid said Saudi Arabia’s intervention came at the request of Yemen’s internationally recognized government
DUBAI: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman called on the Southern Transitional Council (STC) to respond to Saudi-Emirati mediation efforts and de-escalate tensions in eastern Yemen, urging the group to withdraw its forces from camps in Hadramout and Al-Mahra and hand them over peacefully to local authorities.
In a statement addressed “to our people in Yemen” and published on X, Prince Khalid said Saudi Arabia’s intervention came at the request of Yemen’s internationally recognized government and aimed to restore state authority across the country through the Decisive Storm and Restoring Hope operations.
He said the Kingdom has consistently treated the southern issue as a “just political cause” that must be resolved through dialogue and consensus, citing the Riyadh Conference and Riyadh Agreement as frameworks that ensured southern participation in governance and rejected the use of force.
The minister warned that recent events in Hadramout and Al-Mahra since early December had caused divisions that undermine the fight against Yemen’s common enemy and harm the southern cause. He praised southern leaders and groups who, he said, have acted responsibly to support de-escalation and preserve social stability.
Prince Khalid reaffirmed that the southern issue would remain part of any comprehensive political settlement in Yemen and stressed that it must be resolved through trust-building and national consensus, not actions that could fuel further conflict.
(إلى أهلِنا في اليمن)
— Khalid bin Salman خالد بن سلمان (@kbsalsaud) December 27, 2025
استجابةً لطلب الشرعية اليمنية قامت المملكة بجمع الدول الشقيقة للمشاركة في تحالف دعم الشرعية بجهودٍ ضخمة في إطار عمليتي (عاصفة الحزم وإعادة الأمل) في سبيل استعادة سيطرة الدولة اليمنية على كامل أراضيها، وكان لتحرير المحافظات الجنوبية دورٌ محوريٌ في تحقيق ذلك.…
