Following the dazzling opening ceremony on March 20 and a fun-packed weekend, the 10th edition of Qatar International Food Festival (QIFF) continues until March 30, attracting food lovers and fun seekers residing in and visiting Qatar.
Festival-goers have the chance throughout this week to “enjoy food, festivities and tantalising experiences” with celebrity chefs from 3pm to midnight, Saturday-Wednesday, and from 3pm to 1am on Thursday and Friday, according to a press statement.
Kicking off this week, visitors will see seven celebrity chefs in the Cooking Theatre today, including Fatafeat’s Salma Soliman, Kuwaiti chef Jameela Allenqawi and famous Indian chef Saranch Goila. Tomorrow, Zarmig Haldjian, chef Hasan and Jason Atherton will also join the live cooking theatre.
On Tuesday, festival-goers can watch the best of Arabic cuisines from Noora al-Kuwari, Tasneem al-Nasrallah and chef Belkhams with Rusly Ahmad introducing Sri Lankan cuisine to the platform. On Wednesday, Stephane Bucholzer of W Hotel will demonstrate his exclusive recipes and, to wrap up the week, Food Network’s popular celebrity chefs from South Africa Jenny Morris and Siba Mtongana will join the cooking theatre on Thursday.
Culinary aspirants can also join their favourite celebrity chefs from Fatafeat and Food Network for cooking masterclasses taking place at Education City’s Chef’s Garden restaurant. Registration is free and can be made by contacting Chef’s Garden restaurant directly.
Mtongana’s masterclasses take place on Wednesday (March 27) at 1pm and Friday (March 29) at 10am; the Morris masterclasses take place on Tuesday (March 26) at 12noon and Friday (March 29) at 1pm; Soliman’s masterclasses take place on Tuesday (March 26) and Wednesday (March 27) at 10am.
People can also take advantage of the weather and the outdoor Qatar International Food Festival 2019 and work on their photography skills with advanced photography workshops led by professional food stylist and photographer Mohamed al-Ansari on March 28, 29 and 30 from 5.30pm until 8.30pm at Education City’s Oxygen Park. Those interested can register now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/59262152694
Festival-goers can skip the parking and get to Oxygen Park by using Uber. The ridesharing service is offering 50% off on four rides to users using the promocode QIFF2019.