Syrian refugee cooks up a storm in Paris Across Europe, refugees are donning chef hats as part of 2017's Refugee Food Festival. In a kitchen in a suburb north of Paris, Syrian chef Nabile is taking the helm of a local restaurant, cooking up Syrian dishes as part of the annual festival. It comes as the UN refugee agency announces that there is a record number of people displaced worldwide, figures released for World Refugee Day on 20 June.