Alain Ducasse tops line-up of star Michelin chefs at Dubai food fair
Gulfood features 50 renowned chefs at this year's five-day event, along with 5,500 exhibitors from 129 countries showing off more than 1 million products
Chef Alain Ducasse at his Benoit New York restaurant (Getty Images)
Alain Ducasse leads an all-star line-up of international chefs showing off their signature dishes this week at Dubai’s Gulfood fair, the savory event’s 30th annual edition.
Joining Ducasse – whose restaurants have amassed 21 Michelin stars – are some 50 top chefs including Romain Meder of France, Slovenia’s Ana Roš, Spain’s Ángel León and Swedish-born New Yorker Fredrik Berselius.
Amid the pop-up kitchens scattered through the vast Dubai World Trade Centre are 5,500 exhibitors from 129 countries showing off more than 1 million products, according to the organizers who promise “invaluable market foresight into the futuristic era of global food commerce.”
The popular exhibition draws tens of thousands of foodies from the UAE and around the world, who can sign up for tours focused on a range of themes including gourmet, alternative proteins and plant-based foods, digitalization & traceability and Made in the Emirates.
Many of the food manufacturers and kitchen appliance companies will exhibit in national pavilions from the U.S., France, Brazil, the U.K., India, Singapore, Japan and Australia. First-time exhibitors are in Dubai from Kosovo, Madagascar, Mauritius and Zambia. Also featured will be a wide array of halal-certified companies, as well as several producing kosher food.
Among the largest companies exhibiting at Gulfood are the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association, Japan Meat & Livestock, the UAE’s Al Ain Farms, Kuwaiti-owned Americana, Dilmah Ceylon Tea, Savenica Fromage & Dairy, Seara Food Europe Holding, TATA International Ltd. and the U.S. Meat Export Federation.