# Stefan Che — My story

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## Stefan Salad

### Stefan Salad

A salad that put itself on the menu

### Stefan

### Famous

### Mine

### Mission

By 2024, one of the best-selling salads at L’ETO on Bluewaters Island in Dubai wasn’t on the menu. Waiters rang it up ingredient by ingredient; guests asked for it at other L’ETO branches, where nobody knew what they meant.

It was my salad. I never pitched or named it. Other people did.

At fifteen, I got serious about one question: what goes on my plate and what it does to my energy, skin and brain. I’m no scientist, just someone who’s spent a lifetime learning from his own body. Years of experimenting left me with a short list of foods that align with the way our bodies evolved. Together they became a dish — my daily source of stability, health and growth.

The paper cup. Hemp hearts, pine nuts, flax — the rest is classified.

Seven years. Same breakfast. A board and a knife. That’s it.

Because You’re Part of Nature

### Image captions and sources

- [Stefan with his salad at L’ETO](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-intro.webp)

- [The paper cup with the secret mix](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-cup.webp)

- [Greens, avocado and tomatoes](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-c-greens.webp)

- [A lemon cut in half](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-c-lemon.webp)

- [Avocado in a wooden bowl](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-c-bowl.webp)

- [The ingredients on a board](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-c-bottles.webp)

- [The salad in a wooden bowl](https://stefan-che-site.vercel.app/images/s19/s19-c-big.webp)