Afnad Rashid Al Zayani
Afnan Rashid Al Zayani (Arabic: أفنان راشد الزياني) is a Bahraini chef who was the first to publish a cookbook in the country in 1983, and hosted the country's first cooking show starting in 1986, entitled السفرة الخليجية ("Gulf Dining").[2] She was named the Middle East's leading businesswoman in 2004 by the magazine Hayatouki, in which she figured as one of 100 personalities who contributed to the economic empowerment of women.[1]