Manama, Wednesday, 14th January 2015:

This past weekend, the Bahrain Noor El Ain Festival joined the popular local Farmer's Market in Budaiya in preparation for the Festival's Garden Bazaar launching Saturday January 17th and continuing on to Saturday January 24th. The frequently visited Budaiya Market features local farmer grown products on sale to the event's thousands of visitors as well as food stations, botanical areas and petting zoos for children.

Bahrain Noor El Ain prepared for its upcoming collaboration with the Farmer's Market by bringing local celebrity chefs on a market walkabout as they were interviewed on their favourite culinary ingredients sold at the vendor stalls. Chefs included Chef Abbas Mahdi from the Ritz Carlton, Bushido's Chef Noor Murad and Chef Mark Dickey from the Organic Cafe. The chefs will be featured in next week's Garden Bazaar as they participate in an exciting Live Cooking demonstration for bazaar goers alongside Master Chef Bahrain Winner Kevin Denecke from Cucina Italiana. Festival volunteers also handed out coupons for next week's Garden Bazaar that will entitle them to buy farmers products.

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About Bahrain Noor El Ain
Bahrain Noor El Ain is a major two-month shopping festival which showcases the very best of Bahrain, with local talent and products on display at different markets that will rotate throughout the Kingdom's governorates. Also, shops and malls will be offering customers amazing shopping opportunities, discounts and special offers designed to entice local and regional visitors. Bahrain Noor El Ain runs from December 15th to February 16th and concludes with a major entrepreneurship award ceremony for Bahrainis. Bahrain Noor El Ain is actively supported and developed by a broad range of public and private sector organisations.

More than 1500 outlets and 23 malls are participating in the shopping festival across the Kingdom, which include Seef Mall, City Centre, MoDA Mall, Al A'ali Shopping Complex, Saar Mall, Riyadat Mall, Yateem Centre, Bahrain Mall, Ramli Mall, Lulu hypermarket (Hidd, Riffa, Sanabis), The Centre, Jawad Dome, Najibi Center, Sultan Mall, Reef Mall, Marina Mall, Enma Mall, Souq Bab al Bahrain Mall , Bahrain Mall, Oasis Center, Ashraf and Nakheel Centre.

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Maheen Ali
Maheen@bahrainnoorelain.com
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