What else is happening?

Workshops, cookery classes and more

Les Fanfans Nursery & Creche Kid’s Zone

Your kids can head to their own zone that features arts and craft, a zip line and bungee, face painters and pizzamaking classes.

The Al Ain Dairy Cooking Challenge

You can win prizes and get the chance to create dishes with celebrity chefs such as Indian star Sanjeev Kapoor, Food Network’s Reza Mahammad, South Africa’s Jenny Morris (known as the ‘Giggling Gourmet’) and MasterChef UK 2012 winner Shelina Permalloo.

Taste The World With Etihad Airways

Abu Dhabi’s airline is flying in chefs from around the world to compete in the Taste Of The World cooking competition – and you’ll be able to try the food they cook. The talent includes Dean Parker from London’s The Manor, and Eric Räty, head chef at Café Gray Deluxe in Hong Kong.

Extraordinary Italian Taste Pavilion

Taste has an area devoted just to Italian cooking. Inside you’ll find six Michelin star chefs – Tony Lo Coco, Rosanna Martial, Errico Recanati, Paolo Gramaglia, William Zonfa and Nicola Fossaceca. There’ll also be an acrobatic pizza chef, plus sorbet and burrata making classes.