2011Shows and Previews

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• a . BBC Summer Good Food Show - NEC Birmingham 15-19 June

• If you love summer then the BBC Good Food Show Summer has it all. From speciality and artisan producers and fresh local produce to seasonal live cooking demonstrations, you’ll find plenty of summer recipe inspiration. Don’t miss all your favourite TV chefs - and above all have a great summer day out!
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  • SHOW INFORMATION
    Advance On the door
    Adult £19 £24
    Over 65s £17 £22
    Children under 5 years FREE FREE
    Children aged 5-16 Wed - Fri £17 £22
    Children aged 5-16 Sat - Sun* FREE FREE
    £1.75 booking fee per ticket applies
    Opening Hours: 9am – 6pm
    Disabled visitors: please contact the NEC on 0844 581 0700 or 0121 767 3951 (minicom).
    
  • To book – Please visit bbcgoodfoodshow.com
    or call 0844 581 1341
• Summer recipes…
  Sit back and watch celebrity chefs, including Rachel Allen and James Martin create their favourite summer dishes live on stage using seasonal ingredients. Summer is about relaxing, and shouldn’t be hard work, so you’ll find all the recipes easy to follow.
  Seasonal food and drink…
  Discover summer food and drink you won’t find on the high street from regional producers. Stock up on homemade goodies ideal for alfresco entertaining – or buy regional cheeses, pickles and wines, and invite your friends to lunch.
  Fantastic shopping…
  Whether you want a traditional picnic hamper or state-of-the-art kitchen gadgets, you’ll find them at the Show. There’s an unrivalled selection of high quality food and drink to choose from and exclusive Show bargains make perfect presents. Stock up for birthday BBQs or weekend picnics and you’ll enjoy yourself as much as your guests!
  Grow your way to five-a-day!
  Nothing tastes as good as fruit and veg picked fresh from your garden, so whether you’ve got an allotment or just a window box, take advantage of free entry to BBC Gardeners’ World Live. Top experts from the BBC series will be on hand to offer advice and you can buy all the seeds, plants and produce you need, to start your own kitchen garden too.
  Top TV chefs cooking live…
  NEW After its popularity at the Winter Show, Saturday Kitchen Live hosted by TV’s James Martin, makes its debut at the Show with a summer twist! With celebrity guests, Food Heaven and Hell and the fiercely competitive Omelette Challenge, it will be better than ever! Plus, you’ll find John Torode, Gregg Wallace and a host of familiar faces from the TV programme in live Cook-offs.
  It’s all taking place in the Summer Kitchen sponsored by Sainsbury’s, so don’t forget to reserve your seat.
  Make your day extra special with exclusive VIP tickets…
  Your VIP package includes a Gold Seat in the Summer Kitchen sponsored by Sainsbury’s, access to the exclusive VIP lounge with refreshments, specialist talks and demos, a fabulous goody bag, VIP cloakroom and bag crèche, fast track book signing, and a glass of bubbly to top it off.
  With top celebrity names appearing at the BBC Good Food Show Summer, you’ll have a fantastic day out and enjoy the freshest, most delicious seasonal food and drink. It’s a celebration of all that’s best about the British summer, whether you spend it with family, friends or just as a couple...
  Who’s the MasterChef?
  Watch previous winners from the top TV show including Dhruv Baker. PLUS the soon to be crowned champion of MasterChef Series 7, as well as judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace live on stage creating amazing dishes in just thirty minutes.

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• a1 . AVEX - 15-16 June

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  • AVEX the premier vending and water exhibition is back at the NEC on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 June.
    With over 120 exhibitors from all round the world, AVEX is jam packed and the range of exhibitors is wider than ever.
    Discover new revenue opportunities
    Meet the experts
    Network
    Pick up tips and ideas at the FREE seminars
    Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the best - register now for FREE.
    For FREE registration, FREE seminars and FREE exhibition catalogue
    Wednesday 15 June 09.30 - 18.00
    Thursday 16 June 09.30 - 16.00
• JOFEMAR PRESENTS ITS VISION OF
  THE AUTOMATED RESTAURANT AT AVEX
  Avex Exhibition 2011 – Stand No B10
  Jofemar, will present its vision of the automated restaurant using a systematised combination of vending machines, merchandisers and microwave ovens. Visitors to the forthcoming Avex exhibition will be able to see this futuristic concept on the Company’s stand, B10. There are four different systems, including the Iceplus system, which reheats from frozen; a fully automatic hot food vendor for ambient ingredients featuring an integral commercial grade built-in microwave oven; an advanced drinks and snacks vending machine with elevator arm capable of vending larger items and a free-standing hot drinks dispenser. All the machines may be shopfitted in a bank to make an aesthetically pleasing presentation of refreshments.
  Also on the stand is a selection of Jofemar’s renowned coin mechanisms and payment systems.
  For further information contact: VASSILIS GOTSIS,
  JOFEMAR UK LTD. TEL: 01543 251253
  Email: vassilisg@jofemar.com

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• b . Nottingham Food & Drink Festival - 29 June - 10 July

• Nottingham Food and Drink Festival returns with new ingredients
  The Nottingham Food and Drink Festival is back for 2011, with organiser We Are Nottingham announcing an exciting new format for this year’s event.
  Extended from four days to 12, the Festival runs from Wednesday 29 June until Sunday 10 July. Venues across the city will be showcasing the best that Nottingham has to offer with a series of seasonal and speciality Festival menus under four price categories: under £10, £11-£15, £16-£25 and over £25.
  A full programme of special events will also be unveiled shortly that will see visitors being offered unique food and drink experiences at bars and restaurants. Amongst the events confirmed so far is a blind cocktail tasting session at The Living Room, tea tasting at Lee Rosy’s and a Mad Hatter’s tea party at Homemade.
  In addition, fans of local produce will be able to indulge themselves at a special Food and Drink Festival market, taking place in Old Market Square from Thursday 30 June to Sunday 3 July. With in excess of 70 stalls, and including a demonstration area, Festival organisers are promising the largest food and drink market that Nottingham city centre has ever seen.
  Commenting on the return of the Festival, We Are Nottingham’s chief executive Sylvia Manser said:
  “We’re aiming to create a 12 day celebration of food and drink that gets everyone in the mood for the summer.
  “Nottingham has a fantastic selection of big name and independent venues and one of the broadest ranges of cuisines on offer outside of London. It therefore makes complete sense to make the venues the true stars for 2011.
  “The Festival is funded by the licensees themselves and they have really embraced the new format with record numbers getting involved. We have over 60 signed up so far, which is a significant increase on previous years.
  “We look forward to welcoming foodies from across the region to enjoy the Festival programme, with a few additional surprises thrown into the mix!”
  For more information on this year’s Nottingham Food and Drink Festival, visit www.wearenottingham.co.uk/foodanddrink
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• lunch! - 29-30 September 2011
  
• For the second consecutive year, Diversified UK’s lunch! food to go trade show has been nominated for “Best Trade Show Exhibition – under 2,000m2” by the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) in its annual Excellence Awards.
  The exhibition industry’s equivalent to the Oscars, last year lunch! scooped the 2010 Best UK Trade Show Award after fending off rivals E-Health Media, UBM Live, William Reed Business Media, and Reed Exhibitions for the title. For 2011 the category remains as competitive as ever, with lunch! and the thrice-nominated complementary healthcare show camexpo, which are both organised by Brighton-based Diversified UK, both in the running.
  Chris Brazier, event manager of lunch!, was delighted that the show had been re-nominated. He said: “To be shortlisted again after winning this important accolade last year is a testament to the ongoing success of lunch!. This would not be possible without the hard work of the team at Diversified but also significant industry support, innovative exhibitors and outstanding buyers. We share this honour with them.”
  Now in its fourth year, lunch! returns to Old Billingsgate, London, on 29-30 September 2011. The event has grown from strength to strength since its inception in 2007 with reports from the show’s organiser that in the first 24 hours of online booking going live, over 500 quality buyers pre-registered at
  www.lunchshow.co.uk.
  lunch! is free to attend for pre-registered trade visitors. For further information and to register, please visit www.lunchshow.co.uk.
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  • DIARY DATE –
    Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2011
    What: Speciality & Fine Food Fair, the definitive industry event for local, regional and fine quality food and drink.
    Where: Grand Hall, Olympia Exhibition Centre, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX
    When: 4 – 6 September 2011
    Sunday 4 September 10:00 – 17:30
    Monday 5 September 9:30 – 17:00
    Tuesday 6 September 9:30 – 17:00
    Website: Register for FREE entry and obtain full event details at
    www.specialityandfinefoodfairs.co.uk
    Contact: For details on exhibiting at the show, contact Soraya Gadelrab on
    020 7886 3057

• c . Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2011 - 4-6 September

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  Features: Key features at the 2011 show will include:
  - Speciality Chocolate Fair – the UK’s only trade event dedicated to artisan chocolate.
  - Small Business Forum – aimed at those running small or medium sized businesses. The forum offers valuable advice, case studies and solutions to those who face challenges in running a small business.
  - Fine Food Forum – a dynamic live cooking attraction that will showcase the latest in flavour trends, cutting edge menu design advice and tips from the experts.
  - Free one to one expert business advice - Our SME experts are on hand to offer free, personalised advice on any aspect of running business.
  - The Great Taste Award Winners – the awards are the benchmark for fine food in the UK and are designed to support speciality food producers and independent retailers who are keeping British food traditions alive.
  Visitors: Key decision makers from the speciality food and drink industry from the UK and abroad. Visitors come from independent retailers, delis, hotels and restaurants as well as leading importers, distributers and wholesalers.