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The Foodservice section at HRC brings together all the leading food and drink distributors from across the hotel, restaurant & catering sectors for an innovative and taste-bud tingling display of food and drink products. Place your brand in the Foodservice section and serve your best products to key buyers including Chefs, Food and Beverage Procurement Directors, Contract Caterers, Foodservice Wholesalers and Distributors and more. Leverage new routes to market and increase your product distribution throughout the UK and beyond.

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Foodservice buyers 2023

Across HRC, there are relevant features enticing food & drink buyers through the doors. If you're a food and drink supplier or brand owner this is your golden ticket to success in 2025.

With live demonstrations using food and drink products right off the show floor, the New Products Tasting Theatre is a hive of activity for food & drink buyers to see new products in action and sample creative products that are disrupting the food & drink market.

HRC is co-located with International Salon Culinaire which shines a light on the plethora of talent within the UK hospitality community. Network with seasoned chefs and showcase your products to up-and-coming talent who are on the hunt for the latest innovations across the food & drink sector.

Chef HQ is brought to visitors in partnership with Chef Publishing. This interactive feature will be used as a networking area, demo kitchen and stage where leading chefs from across the UK and Europe will discuss the latest trends and products that they’re passionate about, whilst whipping up some truly tastebud tingling dishes!

The Vision Stage is designed in partnership with Harp Design. Over the three days, the seminar programme will focus on global trends, the future of hospitality & foodservice, managing your team plus so much more. Visitors will be hungry to debate, discuss and learn about the challenges that are facing the hospitality & foodservice sector.

HRC have partnered with the Federation of Wholesale & Distributors to organise a dedicated Meet the Buyer Programme for food & drink manufacturers and brand owners. Present your products to a range of key wholesalers with the aim of gaining a listing for 2025 and beyond.

Aramark, one of the biggest buyers in the UK foodservice sector, is hosting The Producer & New Supplier Showcase at HRC. Showcase your latest solutions to the Aramark Procurement team and if you’re successful, begin the exciting process of launching into Aramark!

The Networking Hub is the beating heart of the show floor and a main attraction for all visitors. It will be used in a variety of different ways to entertain visitors. From Power Breakfasts to drinks receptions, to full day conferences, this space will be a hub of activity all focused on the future of hospitality.

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Foodservice Exhibitors 2023

Cultivate valuable business connections across three days of unparalleled face to-face networking with qualified buyers.

Leverage new routes to market and increase your product distribution throughout the UK and beyond.

Align your brand alongside key industry partners including Aramark, Compass Group, Craft Guild of Chefs, Federation of Wholesale Distributors and more.

Generate new business opportunities and nurture existing relationships.

Drinks @ HRC & IFE

We are delighted to be once again uniting HRC, Hotel, Restaurant & Catering with our sister event, IFE, International Food & Drink Event to take our drinks offering to the next level with an expanded section encompassing every part of the beverage sector. With over 52% of our visitors at the 2023 events looking for new drinks suppliers, Drinks @ HRC & IFE will provide an unrivalled opportunity for drinks producers to leverage new routes to market and increase product distribution throughout the UK and beyond.

NEW for 2024 - The comprehensive drinks showcase will enable drinks suppliers to display their products in a bustling area at the heart of the events alongside interactive features, bringing to light three NEW dedicated drink pavilions ahead of the 2024 show; including the Drinks Pavilion, Low & No Pavilion, brought to you in partnership with Club Soda, and the Hot Beverages Pavilion.

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Across HRC, there are relevant features enticing food & drink buyers through the doors. If you're a food and drink supplier or brand owner this is your golden ticket to success in 2025.

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