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Casual Dining Interior Design Awards finalists announced

Set up to recognise the ground breaking interior design work going on across the casual dining sector, the Casual Dining Design Awards has named its inaugural finalists for 2014. Reflecting the importance of design in conveying brand identity and enhancing a consumers’ dining experience, these important new awards for casual dining operators will enjoy a prominent showcase at the new Casual Dining trade event, which launches later this month on 26-27 February at the Business Design Centre, London. Selected interior design projects from forty finalists (listed below) will compete for the top spot in one of the following three award…

Equipment brands announce new products for Casual Dining 2014

Launching in just three weeks’ time, final preparations are well underway for Casual Dining – the new trade event for the UK’s £6.7bn casual dining sector.  With exhibition space on the verge of selling out and thousands of buyers already pre-registered, the show is all set for a successful first edition at the Business Design Centre in London on 26-27 February. Catering specifically to the business needs of casual dining operators, the event will feature 120 founding exhibitors showcasing an innovative choice of food and drink, equipment, interior design, furniture, technology and table top.  The following is just a selection…

New Food & Drink launches at Casual Dining 2014

Catering specifically to the business needs of casual dining operators, Casual Dining – the new trade event for the UK’s £6.7bn casual dining sector – will feature 120 founding exhibitors.  The following is just a selection of some of the latest food and drink innovations that will be on show at the Business Design Centre in London on 26-27 February. Food Quality Cuisine will be introducing its new product range – The Longini.  So light that they melt in the mouth, the long puff pastry bases are topped with a choice of five mouthwatering flavour combinations.  Simple to prepare from frozen,…

Casual Dining 2014: Exhibitor show highlights

Launching in just three weeks’ time, final preparations are well underway for Casual Dining – the new trade event for the UK’s £6.7bn casual dining sector.  With exhibition space on the verge of selling out and thousands of buyers already pre-registered, the show is all set for a successful first edition at the Business Design Centre in London on 26-27 February. Catering specifically to the business needs of casual dining operators, the event will feature 120 founding exhibitors showcasing an innovative choice of food and drink, equipment, interior design, furniture, technology and table top.  The following is just a selection…

New Casual Dining show targets food-led pub operators

With food sales becoming an increasingly important income stream for the UK’s pub and bar sector, operators looking to expand their menu offering will find a host of new ideas at next month’s Casual Dining trade show.  Taking place at the Business Design Centre in London, on 26-27 February, the new launch is now just five stands away from selling out of all exhibition space. Catering specifically to the business needs of casual dining operators (including food-led pubs and bars), the event will feature 120 companies showcasing an innovative choice of food and drink, equipment, interior design, furniture, technology and…

Casual Dining secures stellar Keynote line-up for launch next month

All eyes will be on London next month as Casual Dining, the UK’s first dedicated trade event for the casual dining sector, launches into action on 26-27 February at the Business Design Centre in Islington.  Already supported by a host of industry big hitters, the latest names to lend their expertise to speaker duties are Robin Rowland, chief executive of Yo! Sushi, Simon Kossoff, chief executive of Italian restaurant and food shop chain Carluccio’s, Tim Bacon, co-founder and MD of restaurant and bar group Living Ventures, and Ian Neill, chairman of Las Iguanas and a non-executive director at Jamie’s Italian. Rowland, Kossoff,…

Casual Dining Keynotes to feature who’s who of the sector

Jens Hofma, CEO of Pizza Hut UK, Alex Reilly, MD of Loungers, Andrew Guy, CEO of Ed’s Easy Diner, and Peter Martin, vice president of CGA Peach, are just some of the big name speakers already confirmed to host Keynotes at Diversified Communications UK’s new Casual Dining trade show next February. Hofma, Reilly, Guy and Martin, who all feature on Allegra Strategies’ Top 100 Restaurant Who’s Who List 2013[1], will be sharing their observations and expertise on the highly competitive Casual Dining market over the course of the two day show, which takes place on 26-27 February 2014 at the…

Casual Dining launches 2014 Interior Design Awards

Diversified Communications UK – organisers of the ground breaking new Casual Dining trade event at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London – has today announced the launch of the 2014 Casual Dining Interior Design Awards. Forming a central part of the show, the awards will celebrate the best designed restaurants and pubs from across the UK.  The entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts, which will be headed up by David Worthington, chairman of Designersblock and H&M Group and one of the leading design commentators in the UK. The casual dining market is the fastest…

Visitor registration opens for Casual Dining launch

Casual Dining – the highly-anticipated new trade event from lunch! organiser Diversified Communications UK – has kicked off its visitor marketing campaign with a bang having already secured nearly one thousand pre-registrations in just the first few weeks. Launching next year at the Business Design Centre, Islington, in London, on 26-27 February 2014, the event has already garnered industry-wide support from across the UK.  And with visitor registration now open a ‘who’s who’ of big name buyers from across the Casual Dining sector have been quick to signal their intention to attend. Among them are representatives from 3663, Amber Taverns,…

“The right idea at the right time” – industry leaders voice their support for new Casual Dining show

With exhibition space filling up fast and several key seminar spots already confirmed, Casual Dining – the new trade event for the UK’s world leading casual dining sector, is well on track for a successful inaugural event when it launches next year, at the Business Design Centre, Islington, in London, on 26-27 February 2014. Diversified Communications UK, which has a growing portfolio of market-leading events in the food sector, including the award-winning lunch! exhibition and The Natural Food Show, says it’s delighted with the industry-wide support Casual Dining is receiving. “It really is fantastic to see the way that the…