Simona El-Harar was born in Israel from Moroccan parents. During her childhood, Simona was marinated in flavours from across the Mediterranean region and beyond. In 2012 she opened, with her partner, Kitchen 151, a Mediterranean Fusion restaurant in the heart of Brussels. She runs a very popular cookery class as well as working as a private chef for specific clients. She is well known in Israel having been the subject of a documentary about her cooking life made with the celebrated Israeli chef, Barak Yehezkeli.