Mumbai’s First 10 day long French Food Festival at Out Of The Blue.

Mumbai, India, May 2019: France doesn't just have culture; the word "culture" comes from France. Most people associate French culture with Paris, which is a center of fashion, cuisine, art and architecture, but life outside of the City of Lights is very different and varies by region. That is exactly what Mumbai’s first ever regional French Food Festival is going to bring to you on the Eiffel tower completing 130 years on 16th May, 2019. Experience the magic of French culture, cuisine, flavours, music, wine and heritage at the debut French Food Festival starting from 17th May to 26th May hosted by Bandra’s iconic restaurant, Out Of The Blue.

Connecting the romantic streets of France to the coast of Mumbai, Out Of The Blue is back with yet another interesting festival!

Kick-starting with interesting events like French Riviera Drunch to Postcard making workshop to Wine and Cheese workshop to Crepe making workshop and more, the festival has a lot to offer while taking you on an expedition across the French province, without having you to visit it. With sponsors like Bon vivant Chocolate, Spotted Cow Fromagerie, Kronenbourg 1664 and French Wines like Barton & Guestier Cuvee Speciale Vin Rouge, Barton & Guestier Cuvee Speciale Vin Blanc, Domaines Barons De Rothshild Lafite Légende Bordeaux Blanc, Domaines Barons De Rothshild Lafite , Légende Bordeaux Rouge from the Aspri Spirits, Each day is lined up with a unique event from France including art music and food, in this 10-day long festival.

French Riviera Drunch

Sunday - 19th May, 12:30 pm to 5pm

Taking inspiration from the Riviera Coastline, lined up with the best of French Restaurants,the French Riviera Drunch promises to take you on a gastrocrawl along the coastline with the best of French dishes and drinks as you find yourself lost to the tunes of fleet-fingered saxophonist, Rodrigues. Vivek Swamy, the head chef of Out of the Blue, will present you with artisanal dishes, cooked with the use of French techniques that, once tasted will never be forgotten.

Postcard Making Workshop (Postcards to France)

Tuesday - 21st May, 10 am to 12 noon

Find yourself writing love notes to France, as Chandan Mahimkar from Ecole.Intuit.lab takes up space for a Postcard Making Workshop from 10 am to 12pm.

Crepe Making Workshop

Wednesday -22nd May, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Learn how to make yourself the fanciest of breakfast, or just midday cheat meal with French Chef -Charlotte taking over to teach you how to make Crepes of your desire. Master everything, right from making of the batter, rolling it in and putting the crepe up on your plate.

French W Day Buffet

Wednesday - 22nd May, 12 noon to 4 pm

Sip on free sangrias and relish in some devine French food as Out of the Blue, pampers the ladies in the most lavish style possible. Indulge in everything from fondues to desserts along with live music by Lydia Hendrikje.

France.Fashion.Fonts - a Creative Workshop

Thursday - 23rd May, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Ecole.Intuit.lab offers you the best of their team, Ms. Falguni, a typographer who will teach you the basics of French fonts, focusing on iconic font ‘didot’ that changed the fashion world. Get introduced to French words, French fonts and French linguistics in this creative and unique workshop that you do not want to miss out on.

Joie de Vivre - a Creative Workshop

Thursday - 23rd May, 4:30 pm to 6:30PM

Joie de Vivre, is an attempt by the people working at Out of the Blue and Viral Thakkar from Ecole.intuit.lab to curate a cheerful experience for the visitors which aims at enjoyment of life and exultation of spirit. Experiment with French symbols, learn about their clichés and gorge on their cuisine as you master their way of life.

Parlez-vous Francais?

Thursday - 23rd May, 6:45 pm to 7:30PM

Tu ne parle pas francais? Then this is the workshop for you, familiarize yourself with the basics of French words, and French lifestyle as Viral Thakkar from Ecole.Intuit.lab teaches you the fundamentals of the language.

MRP Wine Night

Friday- 24th May, 7 pm onwards

France is known for its wines; get yourself, the choicest of the French wines on their MRP rates at this French Food Festival. Call, for the variety of cheese available on the extensive menu from our Spotted Cow Fromagerie to make for a perfect companion.

Truffle Making Workshop

Friday- 24th May, 7:30 pm to 9:30PM

The French have always had a love affair with chocolate. Truffles making workshop makes a brilliant gift for chocoholics to meet like-minded people and enjoy a relaxed workshop making hand rolled chocolate truffle at Out Of The Blue - French Food Festival by Bon Vivant.

Wine and Cheese Pairing Workshop

Friday - 24th May, 8:30 pm to 10PM

France has always been known for its wine and cheeses. Learn their ways this 24th, and pair the best of wines with the choicest of cheeses at Out of the Blue. Join us At the French Food Festival, where we have the experienced Sweta Mohanty- wine connoisseur conducting the wine pairing workshop with the best of Aspri’s White and Red wines, and brie, camembert, homemade chevere and ash washed cheese.

French Pastry Making Workshop

Saturday 25th May, 7:30 pm to 9:30PM

Anurita Ghoshal, Alumni of Le Cordon Bleu Paris, the wonder woman of desserts takes over on Saturday, 25th of May as she teaches you extraordinaire techniques behind her artisanal desserts famous for being gluten free and healthy.

French Cooking Workshop

Sunday 26th May, 1:30 pm to 3pm

Learn from the best, watch Vivek Swamy the Head Chef of Out of the Blue, take over as he teaches you the culinary expertise behind French dishes using French techniques. This

workshop is in association with Spotted Cow Fromagerie as they provide us with the best of their products. You can also enjoy the closing drunch of this festival from 12:30 pm onwards.

Special Dishes from French food festival Menu

1. Mille feulle de artichauts avec confiture de baies

Description: Traditionally in France Mille Feulle was started off as a savory dish using fine quality butter and flour to form the puff pastry and several local native produce were used a part of the dish . Currently Mille Feulle is more used like a dessert and the traditional one is almost forgotten.

2. Savory soufflé

Description: Soufflés are always either black forest or a dark chocolate soufflé or any dessert soufflé. Through this menu, Out Of The Blue is taking it back to old times and creating 2 savory soufflés which is, bacon and cheddar and the beet and asparagus. “The soufflé is considered to be a work of perfection and how many ever times we make it as chefs or cooks , we still are worried about the next one baking in the oven since the smallest of the error can destroy the soufflé totally” the chef mentions. It is a very challenging dish.

3. French Onion Fondue

Description: Traditionally it’s a beef broth based thick and hearty soup topped with a gruyere crusted baguette. Although, at Out Of The Blue, we are doing a vegetarian version of the same using just roasted veggies, caramelized onions and finished with gruyere