When scandal broke out and FBI investigations found Mr. He soon found himself living in the Hamptons cooking for Martin Shkreli and the main investor of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company known for inflating the cost of antiparasitic drug, Daraprim, by 50x in 2015.
Yes, it’s more work, but at the end of the day I was never only standing over someone’s shoulder.” Eyal took the gig and realized, “Hey, this is better than catering. His specialty is a cinnamon and burnt brown sugar seared ahi tuna sashimi.įour months into Méli-Mélo, a client asked how much it would cost for Eyal to personally cook dinner for him and his wife in their home. He has served soju flank beef rib with garlic cream sauce to French Montana (his favorite) honey seared sweet chili salmon over coconut jasmine rice to Mally Mall duck omelets to Swae Lee and satisfied the appetites of Jeremih, Jason Derulo, Doobie, Rafi Malice, and Poo Bear, one of Justin Beiber’s main collaborators.Īfter leaving Elat Burger, Eyal started a catering company called Méli-Mélo, a French phrase meaning a hodge-podge or arrangement of things, consistent with his core cuisine, “fushion-ed everything,” which carries to this day. Once on track to become a doctor, Eyal is now a private chef for some of the biggest recording artists and producers in the hip-hop industry. It sits on West Pico Boulevard between Beverly Hills and Culver City, not far from where Eyal grew up with his family after immigrating to Los Angeles from Israel during the Kuwait War when he was six years old. He was right – business boomed as buses of tourists bee-lined towards Eyal daily, food selling out in less than three hours.Įlat Burger, named after Eilat City in Israel, now known as Shalom Grill under different management, is a local favorite for Middle Eastern-inspired burgers, sandwiches, and shawarmas. I’m not kidding!” Marvel’s scouting manager told him. When they asked to film the last scene of The Avengers inside his diner, Eyal complied, not knowing the next day would he be sitting in hair and make-up next to Scarlett Johanson. “I didn’t know who they were, but they were great patrons, always talkative,” he recalls. Gregarious by nature, he befriended two frequent customers, Stan Lee, then-creative lead and publisher of Marvel Comics, and his scouting manager. In 2012, Eyal dropped out of UCLA where he studied chemistry to take over his family’s restaurant after his father had a heart attack.
“On Sunday, there’s ‘The Guy Who Made The Shawarma For The Avengers Tells All!’” It was a direct shout-out to Eyal and his big break on screen in the kitchen behind Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, and Captain America digging into his food after a long day saving the world. “Here are some upcoming panels that still have short lines if you want to check them out!” exclaimed Conan, his crowd already humming with laughter. Then one evening, a friend texted him: “Did you watch CONAN tonight?” alluding to a bit mocking the long lines at Comic-Con® in San Diego. He’s a guest on popular late-night show, CONAN, though he doesn’t know how or why he’s there. ENCINO HILLS, CALIFORNIA – Eyal Banayan kept having the same dream in 2017.
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