Meet the once-homeless dishwasher who's now a Michelin-starred chef

Alan Geaam began his career as a dishwasher. Photo: AFP

When Alan Geaam first arrived in Paris two decades ago, he found himself sleeping on the streets, lost and penniless with hardly a word of French.

This month, the Lebanese chef, who began his career as a dishwasher while sleeping rough in a Paris park, received his first Michelin star from the French gastronomic bible for his acclaimed new restaurant within a stone’s throw of the Arc de Triomphe.