PREVIEW
Casual Dining co-locates with Commercial Kitchen and lunch! Casual Dining - co-located once again with Commercial Kitchen (the essential event for executive chefs and leading decision makers from all types of professional kitchens) and lunch! (the definitive event for the café, coffee shop and food to go sector) - returns to ExCeL London on 14 and 15 September 2022.
Thomasina Miers
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Tim Martin
Speaker line-up Renowned for attracting the best names in the business, Tim Martin, founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon, and Thomasina Miers, co-founder of Wahaca will be part of this year’s speaker programme designed to help provide some vital insights and inspiration to the sector. Chef and food writer, Thomasina Miers, is a former MasterChef winner and founder of the Wahaca group of Mexican restaurants. The company opened its first restaurant in London’s Covent Garden in August 2007 and in October 2008 a second opened at Westfield London. Wahaca launched their first mobile kitchen in 2011, selling Mexican street food on the streets of London, and by the end of 2017 Wahaca had 25 branches. Commenting on the show, she said: “Casual Dining is a great opportunity for the industry to meet, share best practice and discover the latest innovations. Really looking forward to speaking at the show in September.” Other big names to be confirmed include Clive Watson (chairman of City Pub Group), David Campbell (Hospitality Rising), Sona Sha (group marketing director from Comptoir Group PLC), Andrew Hazel (head of food & beverage development at Boparan Restaurant Group) and Ollie Rosevear (head of sustainability at Fullers).
Over 200 exhibitors As well as inspiring content across three theatres (sponsored by Yumpingo) – including the dedicated Pub and Bar Keynote Theatre – the show will feature over 200 suppliers, including the latest food, drink, equipment, tabletop, furniture, interior design, technology, and services suppliers all under one roof. The line-up features leading foodservice providers including JJ Foodservice, Menu Fresh, Unilever, McCain Foodservice Solutions, Jack & Bry, Borough Broth Company and Peka Kroef B.V, Craftis, Lumea Ltd, SuperTuffMenus, and IPW1. Visitors can also sample the latest baked goods and cakes from Billington Foods, Little & Cull, Tom’s Pies, and Symphonie Pasquier, and plant-based products from Biff’s Plant Shack, Future Farm, LoveSeitan, Meatless Farm, Moving Mountains Foods, and The White Rabbit Pizza Co – plus many more. Surgital (CD437), who claim to be the first Italian manufacturer of deep-frozen fresh pasta, deep-frozen ready meals and deep-frozen sauce pellets for catering, restaurants, and bars, will be in attendance, as will fresh, artisan pasta company, La Tua Pasta (Stand CD536) and Italian coffee company, Lavazza (Stand CD641b). Foodservice solutions company, Dr, Oetker Professional (Stand CD531), will be present, also offering a slice of their latest insight, innovation and channel expertise. www.pizzapastamagazine.co.uk
