Entrepreneurs Omar Alkhawaja and Zeid
Zabian, along with Zaynab Abdullah, founded
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the company six years ago. Abdullah,
who is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary
Education, is the head of product development
and U.S. operations for the company.
The Four Winters team gains inspiration
for new flavors on seasonal produce, working
closely with local farmers, traveling to
new cities and pulling elements from their
Middle Eastern roots. Since its inception,
the company established locations in Jordan,
Egypt and, most recently, Los Angeles
in 2018.
One of Four Winters’ signature flavors includes
Knafeh, named for the classic Middle
Eastern dessert. A sweet cream base is combined
with kataifi dough and simple syrup
topped with pistachios. Cereal Crunch combines
a vanilla base with sweetened cereal
clusters and salted caramel, while Fudge
Brownie is made with a chocolate base,
fudgy brownies and caramel sauce. The following
is a list of the company’s other signature
and seasonal flavors. Seasonal flavors
are marked with an asterisk (*):
• C3 Dough: brown sugar base mixed
with chocolate chip cookie dough and
chocolate sauce
• Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter: vegan
chocolate base with peanut nougatine and
vegan peanut butter sauce
• Brown Sugar Speculoos: brown sugar
base with cookie butter and crushed speculoos
cookies topped with house-made
chocolate sauce
• Key Lime Pie*: sweet cream base with
house-made lime curd swirls and salted
graham cracker streusel
• S’mores*: brown sugar base with
chocolate sauce and salted graham cracker
streusel
• Mango Chili Sorbet*: topped with fresh
mango and tajin
Customers can also make custom flavors
with all available bases, sauces and mixins
including brownies, sprinkles, cornflake
crunch and toasted kataifi, a shredded almond
and walnut pastry.
MESH Architectures designed Four Winters,
which features a bright, open kitchen
where patrons can see the liquid nitrogen
FOOD + DRINK
Photos by Noah Fecks