Qatar- Martha Stewart opens QA Cooking Theatre today

3/21/2016 9:52:49 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

DOHA: World famous lifestyle personality Martha Stewart will open Qatar Airways (QA) Cooking Theatre today at Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Park as a highlight of the launch of this year’s Qatar International Food Festival.

Stewart America’s most famous homemaker will cook a healthy menu featuring fresh salads and side dishes and her take on an energising booster juice at 5pm at MIA Park’s main stage.

QA the festival host has brought some of the world’s most celebrated chefs to deliver exquisite culinary creations at the theatre along with expanded activities and new attractions scheduled at the satellite venues in the Pearl-Qatar and Katara Cultural Village until March 28.

Other internationally acclaimed celebrities who will headline the event are restaurateur and MasterChef Australia judge George Calombaris; QA’s Ambassador and multi-award-winning Chef Vineet Bhatia and Chef Massimo Capra partner of Qatar Duty Free’s Soprafino Restaurant at Hamad International Airport.

Michelin star-rated talents will also create in the stage kitchen at MIA Park Katara and the Pearl-Qatar: Japan’s Tagaki Kazuo; Magno Brasserie’s Paul Bentley joins the line-up from Mexico; Tim Butler of Eat Me Restaurant Bangkok fame and Spanish pastry chef Jesús Escalera who is known for sensational work at El Bulli and The Fat Duck.

The line-up also includes the ‘Queen of Qatari cuisine’ Chef Aisha Francisco Ruano owner of one of the top five restaurants in Mexico and former chef at world-famous Noma Restaurant and fabulous chefs from the Arabic food channel Fatafeat such as Daad Abu Jaber Salma Soleiman Mohamad Orfali and Wafa Al Kandari. Fatafeat Chefs will be presented by Darine Al Khatib.

Hamad International Airport partner of FC Bayern Munich has secured the football club’s head chef Alfons Schuhbeck to participate in the theatre giving fans the opportunity to explore the favourite dishes enjoyed by the popular European team’s players.

Salam Al Shawa Senior Vice-President Marketing and Corporate Communications QA said: “It is a great pleasure for QA to welcome these extraordinary talents to Doha bringing together these global culinary ambassadors who embody the airline’s ambitions to provide excellent service and hospitality. QA has curated a selection of our time’s finest culinary masters so that the hundreds of thousands of connoisseurs food fans and guests who visit our cooking theatre and view these talented individual’s exceptional demonstrations will be truly transported to the distinctive destinations that each chef’s unique cuisine represents while enjoying renowned Qatari hospitality.”

The Peninsula

Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.