Tajine, pastilla, Oum and Acid Arab: Morocco takes over the heart of Paris for three days

After Colombia, Australia and Brazil, the Food Temple festival is dedicating its anniversary edition to Moroccan culture and gastronomy. The event runs until Sunday, September 20, in the main hall of the Carreau du Temple.

Chef Fatéma Hal and Abdel Alaoui have been chosen as the event’s honorary godmother and godfather. For several years, the latter has helped promote the richness of Moroccan cuisine in Paris.

Pop-up restaurants, a tea room, tastings, meals and workshops will provide opportunities to discover or prepare the great Moroccan classics. Pastilla, tajine and couscous will also be served alongside more contemporary creations.

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A market will also bring together spices, olive and argan oils, sweet and savory specialties, books, decorative objects and artisanal products. A photography exhibition will complete this immersion in contemporary Morocco.

Concerts through Sunday

The program is not limited to cuisine. The opening night will combine gastronomy and electronic music with Retro Cassetta, Samifati and Transe Gnawa Express, Francis Latombe and Hervé Carvalho, two figures associated with Acid Arab.

Moroccan singer Oum will perform over the weekend with her repertoire blending jazz, soul and traditional music. Musician Gaouta will bring a different tone with her new wave and post-punk world.

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Food Temple Maroc is open Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., then Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, except for the opening night, meals and certain culinary workshops that require reservations.

Organized as part of the French Ministry of Culture’s Saison Méditerranée 2026, the festival is held at the Carreau du Temple, 2 rue Perrée, in Paris’s third arrondissement.