Bahrain Food Festival from February 25 to March 6

Manama : Bahrain Tourism & Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) yesterday announced that it will hold the second edition of ‘Bahrain Food Festival’ from February 25 to March 6. 

The 10-day event, organized by the Bahrain Tourism & Exhibitions Authority aims to attract food enthusiasts from the Kingdom and the neighbouring GCC countries. The Food Festival will serve as a platform to provide participating restaurants and outlets with the opportunity to showcase their local concepts and position the Kingdom as a regional culinary destination.  

More than 50 prominent outlets are taking part this year including businesses and concepts related to the food industry such as restaurants, cafes, hotels, nutrition, kitchen appliances and much more. The food festival will offer visitors varied cuisines including Middle Eastern, Western, Asian, Indian, Organic, and Healthy options. 

The festival will run from 5:00pm to 10:00pm during the weekdays at Bahrain Bay, and from 5:00pm until midnight during the weekends in Adliya.The festival will also offer its visitors the opportunity to enjoy the family entertainment including live cooking shows, musical shows and other entertainment.

“Following the tremendous success of the first edition of the ‘Bahrain Food Festival’ last year which was held under the umbrella of the ‘Manama Capital of Gulf Tourism 2016’, we have decided to host this initiative once again but have enhanced its appeal by expanding the offerings and adding more activities and vendors. 

Initiatives such as the food festival are essential in stimulating intra-regional tourism,” commented Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer of BTEA. 

Further commenting on this initiative, Yousef Al Khan, Director of Marketing and Tourism Promotion at BTEA, stated: “We would also like to extend our gratitude to the sponsors who have contributed in enhancing the festival’s events and activities and have helped us strengthen its position as a prominent event in the food and hospitality industry”.

Y.K Almoayyed & Sons will also participate in the festival by providing the kitchen equipment for the live cooking shows at the events area, while Capital Club will be hosting the same time a celebrity Chef from Mexico that will offer Bahraini hospitality students a chance to learn and improve their cooking skills. 

Gagan Suri, Chief Executive Officer at Bahrain Bay project further added, “It gives us tremendous pleasure to be working alongside the BTEA on such significant local initiatives such as the ‘Bahrain Food Festival’ that will be held at the newly completed Bahrain Bay promenade and we look forward to collaborating with the authority on other projects in the future.”