Head Down to Dubai Media City Amphitheatre to Enjoy the Region's Largest Food, Drink and Music Festival
14th March 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Enjoy the finest food, drink and music, including an exciting alternative St Patrick's Day in the sunshine at Taste of Dubai 2012.
Visitors to this popular festival, scheduled to take place from 15-17 March 2012 at Dubai Media City's Amphitheatre, can sample dishes from 25 of Dubai's best restaurants and a variety of beverages including Irish favorites, as they enjoy the great weather and music from the region's favorite bands.
Joining the portfolio of restaurants this year is Scott Price, previous head chef at Gordon Ramsay's Verre. He has just announced that he will showcase his restaurant Table 9 by Nick and Scott at the show this year.
Nobu at Atlantis will also be participating at this year's show serving their signature Black Cod Yuzu Miso, Sashimi Tacos and Mochi Ice Cream, amongst others. Seafire with Chef Joe Hlusko, Saffron with Chef Vincent Lee and Ronda Locatelli with Chef Alessandro Bottazzi, all located at Atlantis, will also be sampling a variety of dishes from around the globe.
Other signature dishes visitors can enjoy include Gary Rhodes' Braised beef and afternoon tea, Vineet Bhatia's Chicken Tikka and Richard Sandoval's Toro Toro Yuca fries with mojo.
Celebrity chefs Nobu Matsuhisa, Giorgio Locatelli, Aldo Zilli, Aarti Sequeira, Atul Kochhar , Gary Rhodes, Vineet Bhatia and Richard Sandoval are all confirmed to attend the show. In addition to this, Head Chef Fernando Trocca, who oversees the restaurants and menus of the various Gaucho restaurants, will also be attending the show as Gaucho, which recently opened at DIFC, is one of the elite line-up of 25 restaurants that will serve up their signature dishes at Dubai's premier al fresco festival.
The hugely popular features at Taste of Dubai will be back once again in 2012, including the Philips Chefs' Theatre. The Miele Cookery School will give visitors the opportunity to enjoy a fun filled masterclass with celebrity chefs in interactive culinary sessions. Chefs will share their skills, and then put participants through their paces to create delicious results. Not to mention the MMI Beverage Theatre where visitors can enjoy a tipple and increase their beverage knowledge at a series of educational and interactive sessions. To ensure that the mega event is attractive to the young ones as well, The Kids Zone sponsored by Favourite Things, an exclusive play area that also has several entertaining activities, is back too. The Entertainment Stage features Vibrancy, Bluelight and MapleJacks, some of the most popular resident bands in the UAE.
To commemorate the 5th anniversary of Taste of Dubai, those who purchase their tickets on the Taste of Dubai official website (www.tasteofdubaifestival.com) will get the chance to win Dubai's Ultimate Dining Experience. This amazing prize includes dinner at Dubai's top 25 restaurants participating in the festival this year, including Nobu, Seafire, Saffron, Ronda Locatelli, The Ivy, Toro Toro, Zafran, Da Shi Dai, Table 9 by Nick and Scott, Mahec, Sonamu, Indego, Times of Arabia, Rhodes Mezzanine and Carluccio's, to name a few.
This year's show is supported by Unifrutti and San Pellegrino and is thrilled to have British Airways on board as official airline and Land Rover confirmed as official car.
Taste of Dubai is successfully building communities through its online social media sites. Via Facebook/TasteofDubai and Twitter @tasteofdubai, the festival is committed to reach and interact with its audience enhancing, at the same time, visitor experience.
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About Taste of Dubai
This food lover's favourite festival brings together the city's highly acclaimed restaurants, prestigious celebrity chefs, premium beverage brands, gastronomic exhibitors and an incredible entertainment stage playing host to live international acts.
Riding high from the hugely successful Taste of Dubai 2011, this amazing food, drink and music festival is the culinary festival of the year.
Dine at an assortment of Dubai's finest restaurants, see demonstrations from top chefs, take part in cookery classes, shop in the epicurean al fresco marketplace plus much more, all held in the beautiful surroundings of Dubai Media City's Amphitheatre.
Please visit www.tasteofdubaifestival.com for updates and information.
Philips is the main sponsor for Taste of Dubai 2012. Philips products will be used throughout the festival by celebrity chefs, other exhibitors and by Taste visitors who will have the opportunity to hone their culinary skills on the very latest in cooking technology. Philips star products at this year's Taste of Dubai are part of the new Philips AVANCE range, in particular the AVANCE Juicer, for Maximum Juice in a Minimum Effort and AVANCE hand blender, for Maximum Results in a Minimum Effort. The very popular Philips Airfryer will also be showcased.
© Press Release 2012
