Lebnani – A journey through the flavours of Lebanon
30.9.2026
Lebnani’s Jad Youssef joins Pash and his team at the Lido
Join us for a supper club that will take you on a journey through the flavours of Lebanon as we welcome guest chef Jad Youssef to our restaurant on the 30th of September.
Jad is the owner of the award-winning restaurant Lebnani in Surrey, having claimed 2 AA Rosettes in July, and released a cookbook earlier this year, bringing together a collection of 84 recipes from his own family’s kitchen in Lebanon.
In honour of the books release our chef’s will be collaborating with Jad to create a menu where the dishes come to life in our very own poolside restaurant.
‘Lebanese cooking is not complicated, but it is deeply intentional. We believe in the purity of ingredients, in freshness, in letting the land speak through its flavours. Even now, as I cook in my restaurant and at home, I carry that same passion I learned as a boy – the joy of simplicity, balance, patience.’
About Jad
Jad was born in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, the youngest of six siblings. He learnt to cook in his mother Khadija’s kitchen and in his father’s pastry shop before training at the Ecole Hoteliere in Beirut. After early work in local hotels and restaurants, he moved to Oslo in 2000 as Head Chef at Jeppe Restaurant, later relocating to London to lead the kitchen at Fakhreldine in Piccadilly and serve as Executive Chef at the Levant Group.
In 2009, Youssef founded Yalla Yalla in Soho, one of London’s first Lebanese street food restaurants, expanding to Fitzrovia and
Shoreditch in the following years. The restaurant received wide critical attention and achieved a cult following.
After time in Hong Kong, Youssef and his wife Aga returned to the UK to open Lebnani in Reigate, Surrey, in 2020. The restaurant was named Best Restaurant in Surrey by Muddy Stilettos in 2024, an AA Rosette in May 2025 and in October Be Inclusive Hospitality winner of the Middle Eastern Food Award. Jad has also appeared at Meatopia, Taste of London and Taste of Hong Kong, on BBC’s Masterchef and worked with Miele amongst many more.
Guests can purchase a signed copy of Lebnani on the night.
📍 Bristol Lido
📆 30.9.2026
⏰ 7pm arrival
🎟️ £75 pp
🍸 Welcome drink included
🍽️ Five course feasting menu
*If you can’t see availability below, please email events@lidobristol.com and we may be able to fit you in.*
