Hassan M'Souli arrived in Australia in 1985 from Casablanca, Morocco. His passion for cooking evolved in his mother's kitchen at a young age and he pursued that passion along with those of acting and teaching.

Hassan's decision to leave family and friends behind him, brought him to the shores of Sydney - he wanted to be as far away from familiarity as possible - to start an exciting journey in life, in a new and challenging environment. He found his dreams in Sydney and an opportunity to introduce a unique taste that Sydney had never seen before. The Mosquito Bar in Mosman is where it all started, but Hassan didn't stop there, opening Casablanca in Manly, and now Out of Africa - his biggest and most successful restaurant.