The Hotel, Catering & Retail Show is one of the UK’s longest running hospitality and food service events, with over 60 years’ history. It features new and innovative products & services and hundreds of delicious food and drink product tastings.  The show provides a unique opportunity to get hands-on and face to face – to see inspiring demonstrations, taste touch and smell different products, and make meaningful comparisons between competing offers.  Get invaluable insights into how the market is evolving, and make fresh contacts whilst mixing with your colleagues, suppliers and customers. 

Hoteliers, restauranteurs, chefs, catering professionals and retail buyers large and small come here to discover what’s on offer in terms of exciting local produce, innovative business services, quality catering equipment and fresh ideas across the drinks and speciality food sectors.

Show features include Liquid, which offers the on-trade and off-trade the opportunity to discover new and exciting products, techniques, services and trends, as well as the chance to network.  Located in Liquid is the Mixology Bar; the alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink zone organised in partnership with the UK Bartenders Guild.  Watch talented mixologists work their magic with local drinks and sample exciting new products whilst discovering fresh techniques, ideas and trends.  There is a lively Demo Kitchen where you can get a close look at leading chefs and as they share their signature dishes, culinary skills and top tips – it’s highly informative and inspirational.   Get the most out of your hospitality business by attending one of the drop-in Hospitality Talks.

Showcasing trends and exciting innovations from industry leaders, the Hotel & Catering show offers the chance to network with current suppliers, peers and key industry players.  Whether you are looking to source new suppliers or are in search of the latest and most original products on the market, this is the leading hospitality and food service event for the South.