Leaders from JD Wetherspoon, Loungers & Caravan confirmed for Casual Dining 2024

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Bill’s, Greene King, Banana Tree, Wahaca, Hickory’s Smokehouse & Rare Restaurants also announced Casual Dining, the definitive restaurant, pub & bar event has announced its first headline speakers for its highly anticipated 10th anniversary event, returning to ExCeL London on 18-19 September.   Renowned for having the best in the business, the show’s Keynote Programme will deliver important insights for restaurant, pub and bar operators who attend. From keynote interviews to data-driven insights and panel sessions, the three theatres (sponsored by Uber Eats) will be packed with inspiring content across the two days.     This year the show welcomes Sir Tim Martin,…

Commercial Kitchen to integrate into even bigger lunch! & Casual Dining shows for 2024

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Following record attendance at this year’s lunch! & Casual Dining, organiser Diversified Communications has announced that both shows will expand for their 2024 editions.   After feedback from both visitors and exhibitors, companies from this years co-located Commercial Kitchen will now fully integrate into these two shows. Due to the integration and the success this year, the overall footprint of the two award-winning shows will be bigger than the total footprint of the three shows this year.    This year’s event saw a record attendance, with an increase of 11% and these developments will give equipment suppliers even more opportunities to do…

Best ever Casual Dining, lunch! & Commercial Kitchen enjoy record breaking 11% increase in attendance.

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ExCeL London set the stage last week for Casual Dining, lunch! and Commercial Kitchen. The highly anticipated shows for the hospitality and food retail sector took place on 27-28 September and received an overwhelming number of attendees through its doors – 9129 in total.   Senior decision makers from Sainsburys, Center Parcs, Pret A Manger, PizzaExpress, Tesco, Starbucks, John Lewis, Bill’s, Leon, JD Wetherspoon, Hilton UK Hotels, wagamama, Nando’s, Wahaca, Big Table Group, Mowgli, Asda, Co-op, Amazon UK, Greggs, GAIL’s Bakery, WHSmith, BP, Marks & Spencer – and others – visited over the two days.  These buyers took every opportunity to…

Casual Dining, Commercial Kitchen and lunch! open this week at ExCeL London

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The hospitality and food retail industry are preparing for the most important shows of the year, Casual Dining, Commercial Kitchen and lunch! return to London this week.  The co-located shows, Casual Dining – the definitive trade event for the restaurant, pub and bar sector; Commercial Kitchen – the event for executive chefs and decision makers from professional kitchens; and lunch! – the definitive event for the café, coffee shop & food-to-go sector will open their doors at ExCeL London on 27-28 September.   Together the shows will feature over 600 exhibitors, 7 Keynote Theatres (sponsored by Uber Eats), 3 innovation challenges, 165+…

Pizza Pilgrims & BrewDog join the Casual Dining Keynote line-up

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Full keynote speaker programme revealed   Some of the biggest names in the restaurant, pub and bar industry are on the Keynote menu at Casual Dining 2023, which takes place on 27-28 September at ExCeL London.   James Elliot and Thom Elliot, Co-Founders of Pizza Pilgrims have been confirmed to speak at the show. They will discuss how they have been rolling out the Pizza Pilgrim brand so successfully and offering thoughts on the future of the sector. Brewdog Bar’s CEO James Brown will also join the line-up. He’ll be sharing key insights on the meteoric rise of this huge brand.  …

Mowgli, Honest Burgers, Caravan & North Brewing Co announced in first line-up of Casual Dining speakers

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Casual Dining – the definitive trade event for the restaurant, pub and bar sector will feature free-to-attend interviews, talks and panels with the biggest names in the business, when it returns to ExCeL London on 27-28 September.   Nisha Katona, CEO & Founder at Mowgli Street Food; Tom Barton, Co-founder & Director of Food at Honest Burgers; Laura Harper-Hinton, Co-Founder & CEO of Caravan; and John Gyngell, Co-Founder of North Brewing are just a few of the big names who will feature across the show’s three Keynote Theatres (sponsored by Uber Eats).  “In such a broad and important industry, it is so…

Table bookings now open for The Casual Dining Awards 2023

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The Casual Dining Awards – the definitive awards for the restaurant, pub & bar industry has announced that table bookings are now open for its long-awaited return to London. These prestigious awards are about recognising and rewarding multi-site restaurant, pub and bar operators up and down the country for their impeccable work in hospitality. Organised by Diversified Communications UK (event organisers of the Casual Dining show) The Casual Dining Awards will take place at London Marriott, Grosvenor Square on 27 April. Finalists are competing across 18 categories, including Best New Restaurant Site, Best Family Dining Experience, Menu Innovation Award, Sustainable…