“While the set-up of my home kitchen looks very different from that of a restaurant, theres one thing that has remained from my years as a line cook: the stack of sizzle platters thats always by my side. And its not going anywhere.”

American chef, restaurateur, author, and YouTube personality

Sohla El-Waylly is an American chef, restaurateur, author, and YouTube personality. She is known for creating recipes and hosting food video series for History and the New York Times Cooking YouTube channel. She later began making cooking videos on the YouTube channel Sohla and Ham, which she shares with her husband, Ham. She also served as a judge on the culinary reality competition The Big Brunch, adding television work to a career built around recipe development and on-screen food content.