Nation Thursday, April 1, 2021 03 PRIME MINISTER MEETS ROSNEFT CEO QNTC launches Chefs of Virtual Food Festival

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Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) has announced its Chefs of Qatar Virtual Food Festival, taking place from April 1 to May 12 2021 in collaboration with talabat and Qatar Airways. An exciting initiative, Chefs of Qatar features the masterminds be- hind Qatar’s best restaurants, with top chefs sharing their stories and signature dishes to bring flavours of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani met with Chief Executive Of- the world to your doorstep. ficer of Rosneft Oil Company Igor Sechin and his accompanying delegation in Doha on Wednesday. During the meeting, QNTC Secretary-General and they discussed relations between Qatar and the oil company, particularly in the energy field. (QNA) Qatar Airways Group Chief Execu- (From left) Noor Al Mazroie ,Timur Fazilov, AKbar Al Baker and Chef Hassan tive Akbar Al Baker said, “We are AlIbrahim at the launch of the Chefs Qatar Virtual Food Festival in Doha on very pleased to bring the first Chefs Wednesday. of Qatar Virtual Food Festival to life. In the absence of in-person festivals fen Schnetzke, Marc Fery, Kamal ties.” and large-scale events, this virtual cu- Mers, Friedemann Heinrich, Steven Free Return Tickets: Ashghal completes 7.2-km surface linary festival enriches domestic tour- Peter, Elias Gemayel, Maroun Ge- The festival partner Qatar Air- ism while supporting the F&B sector. brael, Hisham AlBrahim and Chaiwat ways will be giving away 24 return “A melting pot of cultures, Qatar’s Kawikitpraphat. tickets to any Qatar Airways destina- water drainage network in Doha West vibrant food scene reflects this diverse In addition, Mondrian’s Chef tion worldwide from Doha through- and eclectic range of influences. From Timur from Morimoto is collaborat- out the festival. Two winners will be QNA sampling cuisine by world-renowned ing with renowned Qatari chef Has- chosen randomly every week to re- Doha chefs to the chance to win free airline san AlIbrahim, Park Hyatt’s Chef ceive two return tickets each. These tickets, Chefs of Qatar showcases the Steffen is hosting Noor AlMazroei, tickets will be valid for travel for one The Public Works Authority (Ash- best of Qatar.” and InterContinental Doha’s Chef year. One order from the Chefs of Qa- ghal) has announced the completion Fine dining made affordable: Marc is teaming up with Sara AlSayed tar collection through the talabat app of the 7.2km surface water drainage The festival will allow foodies to to offer curated menus and cuisines equates to one entry. network to serve the areas from Al ‘travel the world’ from the comfort of during the festival. Ramadan Give back: Hamm Street to Al-Sailiya Road. their own homes, enabling them to The festival will also provide the The network is connected to another order exclusive 3-course meals, in- Home delivery: patrons an opportunity to care for 4.4km that Ashghal completed in cluding a starter, main and dessert, talabat is the exclusive partner those in need. Automatically on each November 2020, which serves Fer- prepared by world-renowned chefs in for the Chefs of Qatar festival. In its order placed from Chefs of Qatar eej Al-Manaseer, South , Qatar with prices capped at QR200. new Chefs of Qatar collection, the app collection, a meal will be donated to to Al Furousiya Street. Twenty-three fine dining restaurants will host all the participating restau- charity, so residents can help out by Both networks serve several with 19 prominent Qatari and inter- rants and their menus, including the staying in. Western Areas in Doha such as national chefs will be participating in 3-course meal curated by their top Al-Sailiya, , Rawdat Al He said the surface water drain- surface water and storm water in the festival. chef for the festival. Qatar Clean: Naisar, Muaither, Bu Sidra, South- age pipes within the project are laid the main streets in order to reduce Francisco Miguel de Sousa, man- QNTC continues to prioritise the west Muaither, Al-Rayyan East un- along Street, Al Hamm storm water accumulation during Participating Chefs: aging director of talabat Qatar, said: health and safety of residents, ensur- til Fereej Al-Manaseer. Street, Umm Al Shawahin Street the rainy season and facilitate dis- Qatar is home to internationally “We are very happy to host the Chefs ing all restaurants participating in Engineer Fahad Al Otaibi, head and New Al-Sailiya Road to tie into charging of ponds and rainwater celebrated chefs that represent top of Qatar virtual food festival on tala- the Chefs of Qatar Virtual Food Fes- of Western Areas Section at Ash- the pipeline in Street up to effectively, thereby reducing con- hotels and restaurants in the country. bat. Through this initiative, talabat is tival are Qatar Clean certified. Based ghals Roads Projects Department, Al Furousiya Street. The network gestion and the risk of traffic ac- The global and local celebrity chefs proud to contribute to the develop- on international hygiene and safety pointed out that the recently im- eventually flows into Bu Sidra and cidents in the rainy season. They and their restaurants participating in ment of the hospitality sector in Qa- standards, the programme is in part- plemented project involved pipe Al-Manaseer pumping stations. will also contribute to lowering the the festival include Salvatore Silves- tar, providing the opportunity to all nership with the Ministry of Public laying works for storm water drain- Eng Otaibi also stated that the groundwater level to protect the trino, Chef Gina, Vinay Kumar, Mert participating restaurants to run the Health (MoPH) and is being imple- age network and construction of 32 two completed networks provide foundations of buildings and roads Duran, Sezar Esper Eliass, Timur event virtually through our app and mented across hotels and restaurants rainwater drainage manholes. an integrated solution to discharge in these areas, he added. Fazilov, Marios Papadopoulos, Stef- benefit from our logistics capabili- in the country.