The Great Hospitality Show
INNOVATION, INSIGHT &
INSPIRATION AT THE GREAT HOSPITALITY SHOW 2017
Above: CESA Innovation Zone.
Insight, illustrious guests, show-stopping attractions and innovative products all wrapped up in a world-class welcome, await this coming January when the UK’s largest exhibition for foodservice and hospitality returns to the heart of the UK.
The Great Hospitality Show is strengthened by a team of ambassadors, each representing a different facet of the show. Hot off the press is the news that, joining chef and champion of kitchen skills Cyrus Todiwala OBE, Michelin starred restaurateur Andreas Antona, and Mike Coldicott, Director of kitchen design pioneers Tricon, will be Sally Beck, GM of London’s Lancaster Hotel and a passionate champion of young talent in the industry. Each will be involved with events in and around the show floor throughout the three days.
Brexit, skills, apprenticeships, sustainability, careers, trends, branding, productivity and retention, revenue management, marketing, ground-breaking products, kitchen design; throughout the three days, the beating heart of the show floor – The Business Briefing Stage – is set to welcome a host of debates and discussions on topics setting the hospitality agenda.
Just some of the highlights include: holder of two Michelin-stars, Tom Aikens, who will be joined by founder of the World Gourmet Society, Matthias Tesi Baur, to discuss what it takes to reach the very pinnacle of the profession.
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also be up for debate with Great Hospitality Show Ambassador, Cyrus Todiwala, MBE, leading a panel of industry experts including, People 1st Executive Director, Martin-Christian Kent and Chief Executive of the Institute of Hospitality, Peter Ducker.
Simona Pop, Head of Partnerships and Global Communication at mobile procurement solution specialists, Instasupply, will be demonstrating the profit potential of employing integrated back- of-house technology, while Costa Coffee’s MD, Jason Cotta, will show visitors how his company maintains a loyal and hungry workforce of brand ambassadors.
In a Great Hospitality Show coup, one of the UK’s most admired and yet most enigmatic hoteliers, Ken McCulloch, will, alongside his wife, Amanda Rosa, be discussing a long and illustrious career as creator of One Devonshire Gardens and the world famous Malmaison. Amanda is the creative genius behind the design of many of the world’s most beautiful hotels, making this dual interview one not to miss.
Elsewhere, the show is set to crown the industry’s ten best new products giving visitors an enticing first-look at the innovations set to make waves in 2017.
Submissions into the Great Product Awards are already open with Great Hospitality Show exhibitors – hundreds of hospitality’s most industrious innovators in the fields of Catering Equipment, Technology, Food & Drink and Design – entering new products.
By the time the show opens, the submissions will be whittled down to a shortlist of ten
Above: Tom Aikens.
with each product on display in a dedicated area throughout the three-day show for visitors to experience for themselves.
An overall winner will be selected by an esteemed panel of judges and announced on the Business Briefing Stage at 4pm on Monday 23rd January. Show visitors will also be able to have their say in a very special People’s Choice accolade – decided via a Twitter vote.
Yet more high profile industry heads have been added to the Great Hospitality Show’s highly successful business mentor programme which returns to help show visitors with a host of challenges including, menu development, PR & marketing, staff motivation, revenue management, technology, design & branding, kitchen management, legal and skills and development.
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