The London Halal Food Festival will take place on 19 and 20 August, at London’s Tobacco Dock.

An estimated 18,000 people are expected to attend over the weekend.

There will also be live performances from celebrity chefs in a special cookery theatre, including a live demonstration from MasterChef Champion, Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed. 

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MasterChef Champion, Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed

Other highlights include a dedicated Italian Halal Zone and a Man Vs Food competition open to visitors. Other companies present will be taking advantage of the huge crowds by promoting their new and latest line of halal products – including baby food, convenience meals and home-delivered Halal meat.

Waleed Jahangir, London Halal Food Festival Show Director, said “The Muslim Halal market is booming and during the Holy month of Ramadan, supermarkets estimated to make around £70 million from Halal food offerings alone.

“British Muslims are the most diverse in the world; they have bigger households, they spend more, eat out more often and cook in more volume – which is estimated annually to be worth a whopping £10 billion. 

"That’s why we’re seeing more and more brands reaching out to Muslim consumers and the London Halal Food festival is a fantastic opportunity for both businesses and consumers to come together and learn more about each other.”

Waleed added: “Traditionally, the past few generations of Muslims could only eat what was cooked at home, but now they can finally try the food they couldn’t have when growing up.

"The festival looks to breakdown this barrier by bringing in all types of food, from all over the world, with just one condition, that everything in the show remains Halal.”

Tickets are available from £10 with exclusive packages still available online.