Celebrating International Workers’ Day, seniors were assigned a table each to look after and serve
On the eve of International Workers’ Day 2023, over 1,000 senior staff and heads of departments volunteered to cook a variety of Asian and Arabic meals and served their 7,000-plus frontline and blue-collar co-workers at their accommodations on Sunday.
The Dubai-headquartered EFS Group, a facilities management company, celebrated International Workers’ Day 2023 in this truly memorable fashion where the front-line workers were not just served delicious meals but also entertained with a variety of melodious music by their co-workers at the company’s camp in Jebel Ali.
Dr Aman Puri, the consul-general of India in Dubai and Northern Emirates, also attended the gala dinner and mingled with the front-line workers who made the most of the opportunity by taking selfies with him.
Tariq Chauhan, Group chief executive of EFS, said around 1,200 staff members and their families were involved in organising, preparing and serving the meals.
“The objective was that anybody who wanted to cook and bring food for their co-workers was welcome. I cooked chicken qorma for 300 people. Similarly, other senior managers also got involved in preparing and serving biryanis, burgers, French fries etc.” said Chauhan.
On Sunday, each table was assigned to an individual senior member and his/her family to look after and serve the dinner to workers.
In addition, the meal was served to around 300 frontline female workers in Jebel Ali and 2,000 workers in Abu Dhabi in their accommodations by the company’s managers.
Sana Ahmed, business development manager at EFS, prepared vegetable biryani, potato gravy and salad for around 20 people and served their co-workers with the help of her 11-year-old son Aryan and eight-year-old daughter Aisha.
“It was an amazing and a totally different kind of experience. The kids were also very happy to see and serve the EFS employees,” said Ahmed, an Indian national.
