Dubai Food Festival from Feb 26 to March 14

Dubai Food Festival 2020 being held from February 26 to March 14 is organised by Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE). The annual 18-day Dubai Food Festival (DFF) is now in its seventh year, and includes the Foodie Experiences Programme, Dubai Restaurant Week, the Etisalat Beach Canteen, Hidden Gems and brand-new DFF 2020, ‘Home Edition’ and ‘Tasty Tunes’. To mark the festival opening, revelers should head to the Etisalat Beach Canteen at 8.30 pm on February 27 – for a beachside fireworks display. For the second year running, a key element of the event is Foodie Experiences, a carefully curated series of incredible, one-off culinary experiences designed to stimulate all the senses. There are more than 80 opportunities to take part in either a MasterClass, a Chef’s Table or an experiential dining experience – some of which are exclusive events for one night only.

The Foodie Experiences MasterClass series includes the chance to try your hand at everything from vegan Vietnamese dishes to dim sum; cake decorating to MasterChef-style cooking challenges. The Foodie Experience Chef’s Table series brings guests up close and personal with some of the city’s top chefs. Indulge in a one-off Japanese Italian fusion night; a unique sustainable tapas experience or a 14-course journey into modernist, molecular Indian cuisine. For an even more experiential occasion, one can try Bedouin desert dining; Emirati dining under the stars atop a traditional coral house in Al Bastakiya.

Dubai Restaurant Week (DRW), which runs from March 5-14 is offering the chance to indulge in gourmet global food at very special festival prices. The 2020 edition of Dubai Restaurant Week (DRW) features 36 outlets, and exclusive menus at Dubai’s best restaurants, including five associated with celebrity chefs – Gordon Ramsay, Vikas Khanna, Akira Back, Greg Malouf and Mathieu Viannay.