{"id":53228,"date":"2021-10-31T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T11:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=53228"},"modified":"2021-10-31T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T11:33:02","slug":"dubai-moonlight-classic-stars-swap-fairways-for-the-kitchen-in-arabic-cuisine-cook-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/dubai-moonlight-classic-stars-swap-fairways-for-the-kitchen-in-arabic-cuisine-cook-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Moonlight Classic Stars Swap Fairways For The Kitchen In Arabic Cuisine Cook-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the world\u2019s best female golfers showing off their on-course skills during this week\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA, two title-chasing players escaped the intensity of competition to try something a little different \u2013 an Arabic cooking masterclass.<\/p>\n<p>Thai sensation Ariya Jutanugarn and German star Olivia Cowan, two of the field\u2019s self-confessed foodies were joined by Chef Mahmoud at JA Resorts &amp; Hotels, to create two signature regional dishes:\u00a0<em>falafel<\/em> and <em>fattoush<\/em>, the famed Arabic salad.<\/p>\n<p>Cowan, who emerged as champion in the cook-off, said: \u201cIt was quite difficult remembering everything and Chef Mahmoud was as tough on us as our coaches, but I did pretty well for my first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA is a three-day celebration of world-class sport, food and entertainment under the floodlights at Emirates Golf Course running until 29 October.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-presented-by-EGA-is-a-three-day-celebration-of-world-class-sport-food-and-entertainment-under-the-floodlights-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-presented-by-EGA-is-a-three-day-celebration-of-world-class-sport-food-and-entertainment-under-the-floodlights-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-presented-by-EGA-is-a-three-day-celebration-of-world-class-sport-food-and-entertainment-under-the-floodlights-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-presented-by-EGA-is-a-three-day-celebration-of-world-class-sport-food-and-entertainment-under-the-floodlights-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Top-golfers-put-Arabic-cooking-skills-to-the-test-at-fun-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-cook-off-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Top-golfers-put-Arabic-cooking-skills-to-the-test-at-fun-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-cook-off-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Top-golfers-put-Arabic-cooking-skills-to-the-test-at-fun-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-cook-off-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Top-golfers-put-Arabic-cooking-skills-to-the-test-at-fun-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-cook-off-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Top-golfers-put-Arabic-cooking-skills-to-the-test-at-fun-Dubai-Moonlight-Classic-cook-off.jpg 1943w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the world\u2019s best female golfers showing off their on-course skills during this week\u2019s 15th Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA, two title-chasing players escaped the intensity of competition to try something a little different \u2013 an Arabic cooking masterclass. Thai sensation Ariya Jutanugarn and German star Olivia Cowan, two of the field\u2019s self-confessed foodies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53231,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53228\/revisions\/53231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}