Speakers

Chef Nida Sumar is a classically trained chef, serial entrepreneur, and cultural storyteller whose work sits at the intersection of food, heritage, hospitality, and community impact. In 2018, she founded The Table Project, one of the UAE’s earliest immersive supper clubs that is now a thriving community.

She has served as an advisor to government led accelerator programs in the UAE under the patronage of Her Excellency Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi of Sharjah, supporting early stage founders and contributing to ecosystem development. More recently, Nida was selected as one of 50 humanitarians recognised for impactful work under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum through the International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council,