Bethany Kehdy (Arabic: يثاني كعدي) (born 29 August 1981) is a Lebanese-American Chef, cookbook author, presenter and beauty pageant titleholder.

[citation needed] Bethany grew up in the Achrafieh district of Beirut, Lebanon and during the more turbulent Lebanese Civil War years, moved with her family to their village of Baskinta,[1] where her father set up a dairy farm.

[2][3] Bethany recounts watching her grandmother, aunties, and father in the traditional food preparation and preservation as a child and being immersed in the culinary heritage.

[1] In 2001, Bethany competed in the Miss Lebanon pageant[2] in an effort to win the monetary prize and secure funds to continue her studies at American University of Beirut.

In 2008, Bethany moved to the United Kingdom and launched her blog Dirty Kitchen Secrets[7] using the website to share Lebanese food heritage.

The show began airing on Al Nahar Egypt on December 25, 2014[20] She has also appeared on Market Kitchen: Big Adventure and Perfect.