Haaga-Helia sponsored SAUCE2015

Haaga-Helia/HHHCCE sponsored and was present at the SAUCE2015 event - a new type of business forum and social event for restaurant professionals with a passion for excellence targeting chefs, artisans, farmers, drinks people, managers, entrepreneurs, visionaries, service experts, commercial wizards, food geeks, wine lovers, etc.

The 1-day seminar with 600 participants from different countries, but mostly the Baltic Sea Region, took place on September 28 ^th in Tallinn, at the Nordea Concert Hall.

The event founded and produced by  WTF Baltics OÜ, a creative company specialized in advertising and marketing events, was filled to the brim with inspiring presentations and discussions on relevant topics for restaurants and their future.

Speakers from the likes of Massimo Bottura, owner and head chef of the celebrated #2 in the San Pellegrino's Best Restaurants list,  Osteria Francescana; and Magnus Nilsson, the mythic figure behind the famed Fäviken Restaurant in Sweden, blew guests' minds with their presentations and creative perspectives. Other participants included trends and experiences' experts such as Erik Nissen Johanssen, from the creative firm Stylt Trampoli, responsible for creating and designing some of the world's most famed bars and restaurants; and Gerhard Retter, maître of the year in Austria and Germany. 

Haaga-Helia was presented with the opportunity to greet the event and Risto Karmavuo, the Programme Director for the Degree Programme in Culinary Management, introduced Haaga-Helia to the audience. Besides him, Maria Velez and Ain Hinsberg mixed and mingled throughout the whole event among the participants on behalf of Haaga-Helia/HHHCCE

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