DUBAI FOOD CARNIVAL PRESENTED BY ETISALAT WELCOMES THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES TO DUBAI INTERNATIONAL MARINE CLUB

Dubai’s Largest Food, Beverage and Entertainment Extravaganza Plays Host to 14 Celebrity and Local Hospitality Stars, Bands, DJs, Competitions and Over 40 F&B Brands and Stalls

Great Yalla BBQ winners celebrate with Chef Tarek Ibrahim after triumphing in Dubai Food Carnival’s weekend-long ‘grill-off’ competition.

DFC Caption 2 - day — Thousands of visitors have flocked to Dubai International Marine Club during Dubai Food Carnival.

DFC Caption 3 — England’s Alex Augusti, 27, is crowned ‘King of the Ribs’ after winning SoHo Grill’s ‘Ribs n’ Bibs’ competition by eating a kilogramme of BBQ back ribs in just two minutes and 10 seconds.

DFC Caption 4 — Kids revel in the Carnival atmosphere.

DFC Caption 5 — Chef Manal Al Alem, the ‘Queen of the Arabic kitchen’, shares culinary tips at the Chef’s Dome.

DFC Caption 6 — Dubai Food Carnival’s presenters, Etisalat, put on a circus show for kids on the Main Stage.

DFC Caption 7 — Hummingbird Bakery kept Dubai Food Carnival’s younger foodies entertained with its ‘Little Bakers’ cake-decorating competition.

Having attracted tens of thousands of visitors over three, food-themed days of family-friendly fun at the waterfront Dubai International Marine Club, the curtain came down on the second annual Dubai Food Carnival yesterday.

One of the headline events of this year’s 23-day Dubai Food Festival, the second Dubai Food Carnival offered thousands of families an astonishing range of more than 40 UAE-based restaurants and a further 40 food retail stalls, as well as a diverse line-up of entertainment acts, food competitions and a world-class cast of celebrity chefs and local culinary talent.

On a sun-drenched Saturday, the Chef’s Dome – a dedicated live cooking area for international masterchefs – hosted Simon Rimmer of ‘Sunday Brunch’ fame on the UK TV’s Channel 4; twice Michelin-starred Atul Kochhar; Silvena Rowe, the star of BBC Good Food show, Country Show Cook-Off; India’s Sanjeev Kapoor; Manal Al Alem, the ‘Queen of the Arabic kitchen’, and Fatafeat star, Tarek Ibrahim.