3rd Warri Food Festival, holds December 13 with exciting new features

The 3^rd edition of Warri Food Festival, will hold Sunday December 13 at Ikengbuwa Primary School, Ajamimogha, Warri in Delta State, Fresh Angle International, can report.

According to Warri Food Festival Project Lead, Adeyemi Oluwatobi, this year’s edition, will feature business spotlight, discounted sales, food and drink tasting trail, local food product launch, side attraction games and horticultural exhibition.

Details of the special features as sent in by Adeyemi Oluwatobi, are as follows;

*1. BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.*

Local vendors, and other participating enterprises, and brands will be given the opportunity to introduce their businesses and showcase their products to the general participating audience at the festival, to enable them gain visibility, and meaningful connections into getting new potential customers and partners.

In other to achieve the business spotlight, we will be creating room for the following:

i. Vendors/Brands will be given a branded booth to display their products and services catalogue. ii. Vendors/Brands will be given some time to talk about their products & services to the general participants of the festival. (For Vendors/Brands With Verified Food Products To Be Launched only)

iii. Announcement will be made for each vendors/Brands about their respective products and services by the master of ceremony (MC) to all the general participants of the festival. iv. Each brand representative will get an interview session with the festival red-carpet host.

*2 DISCOUNTED SALES* Special sales offer will be made available to the general festival participating audience to enable them get the opportunity to access varieties of items at affordable prices.

*3. FOOD & DRINK TASTING TRAIL*

Some of the festival participants, that get to obtain the festival meal voucher will be taken on a guided tour through some selected vendors stations to sample different varieties of meals and drinks in small portions. This which allows participants to explore different meals and drinks offering.

4. *LOCAL FOOD PRODUCT LAUNCH, * Food products manufacturers will be given the platform and opportunity to introduce and reintroduce their new and existing products to the festival audience, so as to enable them gain new customer base and partners, and as well get them more effectively connected to existing ones.

5. *SIDE ATTRACTION GAMES* There will be varieties of side attraction games curated to keep the festival participants entertained and engaged with, in between activities so as improve participants interaction and overall experience.

6. *HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION* At the festival there will be a dedicated area like a hydroponic greenhouse for different varieties of plants to be displayed with the aim of showcasing locally grown plants and other plant varieties, with their different uses(for food, medicine and ornaments)

7. *SIP AND PAINT SESSION*

There will be a Sip & Paint Session where the festival participants will get to be relaxed with a glass of cocktail or Mocktail, while being guided through recreating a themed enthusiastic art piece, this will create an interactive attraction that gives participants something hands-on beyond just eating and watching performances.

8. *NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES*

There will be well structured opportunities, activities, dedicated sessions and zones that allow festival participants and merchants to initiate and create meaningful connections with one another.

*9. CULTURAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCES*

During the festival there will be a combination of both traditional and modern day performances to keep the festival participants entertained, these will include:

i. Musical, percussion and dance performances from selected cultural troupe and individual cultural artistes. ii. Contemporary musical, percussion, comedy and dance performances from selected Performing Art groups and individual performing artistes. iii. Spoken Word performance from selected Spoken Word Artiste.

10. *MUSIC* During the festival, there will be background music and sound from the festival Disk Jockey to keep the festival participants entertained and the atmosphere electrifying.

11. *LOCAL INGREDIENTS IDENTIFICATION CONTEST.*

There will be a contest to have some few participants identify some selected local Ingredients (their accurate name and what they are used for). The contest will be in two phases:

(i) For adults where contestants will have to identify those ingredients by smell

(ii) For children where contestants will have to identify those ingredients by sight. This contest will serve as a fun and educative activity to promote local food(ingredients) knowledge, and as well serve as a means of appreciating culture.

12. *COOKING CONTEST*

During the festival there will be a live cooking contest were selected participants will be made to compete amongst themselves to prepare a specific meal within a given period of time, the contest will be judged by some mystery special guest chefs on the basis of meal taste, presentation, creativity and use of specific ingredients.

13. *EATING CONTEST*

There will be a fun challenge were some selected participants will be charged to finish a specific portion of meal at a given set time, and winners get prizes.

14. *RAFFLE DRAW*

There will be a session were festival participants receive numbered tickets for a chance to win different prizes from festival sponsors. Best regards, On behalf of organizing Committee:

*ADEYEMI OLUWATOBI (Warri Food Festival Project Lead)*

For inquiries, call 08100917343, 09150378753 or email: Warrifoodfestival@Gmail.Com

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