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Professional Gastronomic Event
The city of Barcelona once again becomes the gastronomic and hospitality benchmark with the celebration of two gastronomic and food events of great experience and international focus.
The alliance of the last edition was a success and once again uniting visitors and especially gastronomy, the two events return to Barcelona in a single space of gastronomy, food, drinks and equipment.
The Gastronomic Forum and Hostelco unite their dates and concepts to create value and synergies for the whole world of food, cuisine and gastronomy, becoming one of the main trade fair and event destinations for buyers and producers from European countries such as France, Germany, England, etc.
The exhibition will be at the Gran Vía de Fira de Barcelona venue, from October 23 to 26, with a cross-cutting offer from the food industry, culinary production and foodservice.
This year’s Hostelco
Visitors to the Fair of this 2016 edition will have a global vision of the areas of equipment, restaurants, hotels and gastronomy, with the aim of contributing new ideas that serve as inspiration to the businesses run by these professionals of the hostelry.
As in previous editions of the Hostelco Fair, there will be tastings and the now traditional National Barista Championship that will take place in the Café Area in the program of scheduled events.
We will see again who wins the “Hostelco Awards”, which has the important novelty of the inclusion within the awarded categories of the best startup with the “Hostelco Opportunity” award.
For this new edition, the exhibition hall expands its offer with the incorporation of the ice cream, bakery and pastry sectors to complement its offer of services to the visitor, welcoming them as if the event were held in the center of the city, with the recreation of an authentic urban square where the main workshops and demonstrations will take place.
Another area that lives with us on a daily basis is that of exercise and fitness, and the event itself focuses directly on this sector with great growth potential, which especially in tourist establishments, is acquiring special relevance at the time of the reservation decision. .
Leaving the fairgrounds, the Fair also teaches us a different way of consuming in the city, through the activities designed for the occasion, the Hunting Tours, with routes and experiences designed by “trend hunters” with stops at various catering establishments in the city.
The Gastronomic Forum of 2016
Restaurateurs, chefs and all kinds of people related to the professional world of gastronomy, have their appointment at the gastronomic forum of Barcelona.
As in previous editions of the Gastronomic Forum, distributors or purchasing managers in the foodservice sector, catering and agri-food industry entrepreneurs, even journalists and gastronomic critics, have their meeting point in the program of activities, to attend the cooking sessions with tastings, tastings with pairings, product presentations, or contests.
A great opportunity to acquire and share knowledge in the world of gastronomy, trends in culinary preparation and new concepts of customer demand.
How the slogan of this edition “to be or not to be”, the Gastronomic Forum, sees:
it’s experience, it’s show, it’s proximity, it’s training, it’s fair, it’s business, it’s exchange, it’s trend, it’s values, it’s people …
The kitchens of the world with the best international masters such as Joao Alcántara, Roberto Sihuay, Stefano and Max Colombo or Joan Bagur will introduce us to the American passion for cooking together with the always interesting and exotic oriental contribution from the hand of JM Kao and Meilan Kao oLy Leap.
The Awards and prizes that the event delivers and organizes in collaboration with sponsors and collaborators, will this year be led by the Prize Chef of the Year, where emerging chefs who use local products, are sensitive to organic productions and collaborate with local producers have their place to gain outstanding recognition.
Within the days of the event, the Fòrum Gastronòmic Barcelona 2016 will deliver the InnoFòrum Awards in recognition of innovation in gastronomy. Within the categories of innovative product, packaging and flavor.
There will be no shortage of the now classic but truly innovative FoodTrucks and their spectacular branding and streetfood staging.