Grilled Halloumi Garden Bowl
Halloumi, kale, broccoli, cherry tomato, avocado, tahini dressing.
Head chef
Chef Ibtissam.
Culinary Director of Healthy Dose Restaurant. She builds every plan menu personally — from the first tasting to the final macro count — so healthy eating in Dubai finally tastes like something you'd order twice.
Her story
From a Levantine home kitchen to Dubai's healthiest plates.
Chef Ibtissam learned to cook the way most great chefs do — beside family, with whatever the season gave them. Fifteen years, several professional kitchens and one culinary brand later, she built ELFEN around a stubborn idea: that food designed for your health should still be the best thing you eat all day.
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The beginning
Raised in a kitchen where mezze, herbs and slow cooking were daily rituals — not restaurant theatre.
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The training
Years across professional Dubai kitchens, mastering grill, fermentation and precision portioning.
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ELFEN
Her own culinary label — modern Levantine cooking, lighter technique, uncompromised flavour.
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Healthy Dose
Now Culinary Director: every plan menu is written, tasted and signed off by her personally.
The philosophy
Levantine soul, Mediterranean lightness. Chef Ibtissam cooks with olive oil instead of butter, herbs instead of salt, and slow heat instead of shortcuts — then works with our nutritionists so every dish lands inside your plan's calorie and macro targets.
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Sourcing
Line-caught fish, grass-fed meat and local farm produce, delivered daily.
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Technique
Low-oil grilling, fermentation and slow roasting to keep flavour without excess fat.
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Accountability
Every recipe lab-checked for calories and macros before it reaches a menu.
Signature dishes
Signed by Chef Ibtissam.
Banana Walnut Protein Cake
Warm banana walnut cake, berry coulis, coconut cream.
Matcha Spinach Pancakes
Green stack with fresh mango and coconut yoghurt.