Elevate your business at HRC and IFE

The UK’s largest gathering of the food and drink and hospitality sector returns to ExCeL London on 20-22 March 2023, with a myriad of opportunities for retail and foodservice professionals to grow their offering and network with their industry peers.

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HRC 2023 will include two stages packed with engaging speakers and must-attend sessions for foodservice and hospitality professionals.

HOTEL, RESTAURANT & CATERING (HRC)

HRC is at the forefront of innovation in the foodservice and hospitality industry, traditionally welcoming thousands of visitors each year to discover products from suppliers in hospitality tech, foodservice, design & décor, professional kitchen and pub & bar.

This year’s event includes new feature Chef HQ, curated by Chef Publishing - a networking area, stage and demo kitchen featuring sessions from National Chef of

The Vision Stage, designed by Harp Design, will kick off this year’s seminar programme with a look at the trends and topics that are set to define the global hospitality industry in 2023 from Nicola Knight and James Walton of IGD. This will be followed by a must-attend session on how hospitality trends can be used to unlock new revenue for your business, and featuring Kateline Porritt of Egg Soldiers, Elena Deminska of London Fermentary and HOP Vietnamese’s Paul Hopper.

“I’m so looking forward to hosting this seminar at HRC, which is a fantastic platform to really support businesses,” says Kateline Porritt. “We will take that very inspiration and show how it can be converted into reality for hospitality professionals. Along with tips and guidance from the Egg Soldiers team, we will have real life case studies of how successful businesses have recognised future trends and delivered them for customers now.”

Here are just some of the businesses taking part in HRC 2023 to look our for…

Passione Pizza

An authentic pizza solution, Passione’s pizza bases are designed for foodservice professionals and distributors that demand a supplier of the highest level. Every base is characterised by its quality, thanks to the careful selection of raw materials, and is prepared in an artisanal way according to age-old traditions.

La Tua Pasta

Family business La Tua Pasta started in London in 2006 and are passionate about making authentic Italian pasta. They supply some of the best restaurants in the UK and since March 2020 have been delivering delicious dishes right to their customers’ doors.

Virtue Food Co.

Virtue exists to make great food easy with stunning sourdough pizza and pinsa solutions. Their new ambient Pinsa Romana flatbread product is set to make life even simpler for the foodservice sector, especially cafés, bars and hotels looking to increase the quality of their lunch offering without extra specialist staff or equipment.

Social and Governance) and with an array of industry experts taking deep dives into key topics within sustainability and a full day of content curated by the Food & Drink Federation.

On the Trends & Innovation Platform, visitors can attend invaluable presentations from agencies including FMCXG Gurus, Kantar, thefoodpeople and Stylus as they talk through the latest trends in retail, food and drink and global flavours.

More additions to this year’s event include the Startup Market, where brand new businesses will be showcasing their innovative products and product ranges, and the New Products Tasting Theatre, where visitors will have the opportunity to sample products from exciting startups and attend tastings run by organisations such as Bidfood, Alibaba and Empire Bespoke Foods.

Here’s a taste of the businesses on show at IFE 2023...

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MozzaRisella

MozzaRisella is claimed to be a healthy, highly nutritious, exceptionally tasty and totally allergen-free alternative to diary cheese; a lactose- gluten- and soya-free range of organic products with all the healthy benefits of the sprouts. MozzaRisella use 100% organic brown sprouted rice grown in ‘permaculture’, adopting a sustainable model to achieve zero-pollution farming.

Napoleoni [Gluten Free] Italy

This family-managed company has been operating in the food sector since 1957 and in 2012 expanded its offer with a range of gluten-fresh pastry products. Its product lines include croissants and bundles for breakfast (frozen), single serve cakes (frozen), single serve tarts (ambient) and much more.

Where And When

IFE, INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK EVENT

IFE is arguably the UK’s most comprehensive showcase of innovative food and drink, with countless quality British products and more than 91 countries represented at this year’s event.

For more than 40 years, IFE has been a trusted resource for retail, wholesale and hospitality food and drink buyers looking to unearth the latest innovations, new products and insights to grow their business and enhance their product ranges.

This year’s event is packed with new features designed to streamline product sourcing for visitors and provide valuable insights into trends in 2023 and beyond.

New addition is the Sustainability Stage, sponsored by Elopak - a one-stopshop for all things ESG (Environmental,

This multi-award-winning brand says that it is on a mission to bring delicious, handmade, authentic Italian pizzas to consumers’ plates at home and in the casual dining sector. Their pizzas are entirely handmade, hand-stretched and hand-topped at their state of the art pizzeria in Italy using natural and always fresh ingredients including local stone ground Italian flour, 100% Emilia Romagna tomato pulp and fior di latte mozzarella.

Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC), IFE, International Food & Drink Event, end-to-end food production event IFE Manufacturing, historic chef competition International Salon Culinaire and The Pub Show @ HRC will collectively welcome more than 25,000 visitors and include over 1,500 quality suppliers.

Find out more about HRC at hrc.co.uk, IFE at ife.co.uk, and IFE Manufacturing at ifemanufacturing.co.uk and don’t miss out on your opportunity to stay ahead of the latest trends, source quality products and join the food, drink and hospitality sector at ExCeL London on 20-22 March 2023.