Originating from Afghanistan, Chef Hayat came to the United States in 2010. While he studied law in Afghanistan, Chef Hayat was able to pursue his passion for cooking in his free time and eventually turned it into a career.

Chef Hayat loves that as a chef, he can choose to be creative with cooking and can use his imagination to come up with new flavors. Chef Hayat dreams of opening up his own Afghan restaurant one day that allows people the opportunity to get to know Afghan culture and hospitality.