Category Archives: Press Releases

Casual Dining Show Opens with Major New Announcement

The highly successful Casual Dining has opened its 10th anniversary show today at ExCeL London with the announcement that the show will change its name to the National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show. This important name change, made possible with support from the industry, will better reflect the full range of hospitality operators who regularly attend the event.    Chris Brazier, Group Event Director for the show says “This is big news and follows feedback from the industry, with both operators and exhibitors feeling that a more inclusive name will attract even more operators to the industry’s favourite event, which…

lunch! and Casual Dining open at ExCeL London this week!

Decision makers across the UK are preparing for the most important shows of the year, Casual Dining, and lunch! which return to London this week.   lunch! – the definitive event for the café, coffee shop & food-to-go sector will co-locate with the 10th anniversary edition of Casual Dining – the definitive trade event for the restaurant, pub & bar sector when they return to ExCeL London on 18-19 September.  Together the shows will feature over 500 exhibitors, 6 Keynote Theatres (Casual Dining theatres sponsored by Uber Eats and lunch! Theatres sponsored by Lipton Ice Tea), and two Innovation Challenge Galleries…

Stonegate, Côte, BrewDog and major investment panel added to the final seminar line-up for Casual Dining 2024

Casual Dining, the definitive restaurant, pub & bar event has announced its full speaker programme for its highly anticipated 10th anniversary show on 18-19 September at ExCeL London. Celebrated for featuring industry leaders, the event’s Keynote Programme promises valuable insights for operators in the restaurant, pub, and bar sectors. Over the two days, attendees can look forward to keynote interviews, data-driven insights, and engaging panel sessions across three theatres (sponsored by Uber Eats).  Jess Cooke, Head of Media & Loyalty at Stonegate Group; Lizzie Isles, Head of Food and Drink at Côte; and Chad Crooks, Global Director of Food at BrewDog…

Pizza Pilgrims, Mowgli, Bundobust & The Devonshire join Casual Dining Speaker Line-Up

Turtle Bay, Comptoir Group, Pho, Red Engine & more announced.  Casual Dining, the definitive restaurant, pub & bar event has announced its next batch of speakers for its highly anticipated 10th anniversary show on 18-19 September at ExCeL London. 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.      Oisin Rogers, Co-Founder, The Devonshire; Lucy Worth, Chief Operating Officer,…

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

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,…

Registration now open for Casual Dining and lunch! 2024

Free trade visitor registration for lunch!, and the much-anticipated 10th anniversary of Casual Dining, is now open. These industry leading shows return to ExCeL London on 18-19 September 2024. Casual Dining and lunch! are the premier trade events for innovation within the casual dining and food-to-go sectors – with a focus on discovering cutting-edge products, industry insights, and unrivalled networking.  As always, the thousands of attendees will be buyers and decision makers from leading restaurant and food-to-go operators, pubs, bars, cafés, coffee shops, supermarkets, contract caterers, hotels, delivery, wholesalers, distributors and more.    The co-located shows bring the whole industry together…

Casual Dining Awards 2024 announce winners of UK’s best restaurants, pubs & bars 

Dishoom, Loungers, Pizza Pilgrims, Mission Mars and wagamama were revealed as some of the UK’s best restaurants, pubs and bars at the 7th annual Casual Dining Awards last night (25th April) at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square.  Hawksmoor, Nando’s, Bill’s, Brightside, Blacklock, Caravan, Bundobust, All Bar One, Albert’s Schloss and Inamo were among the other leading brands who took home prestigious awards. These covered everything from New Concept of the Year and Sustainable Operator to Employer of the Year and Menu Innovation.  Stephen Herring, Event Manager of the Casual Dining Awards & the Casual Dining show, says: “The Casual Dining Awards surpassed…

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

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.

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

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+…