Visitors to Formex on 14-17 January 2015 can enjoy the smorgasbord of knowledge and inspiration on offer. Treats include several food-for-thought talks about everything from cookery and meal trends to economics. The choosing of Stockholm’s best semla and celebration of Tulip Day’s 25th anniversary are among other fair highlights.
Nordic food and design have been a big hit abroad in recent years. At Formex, on January 14-17, 2015, visitors will be presented with a superb all-around experience at Nordic Eat, a temporary pop-up restaurant where food and design are intertwined through Nordic Neat, the spring trend theme.
At the Formex interior design and gifts exhibition on January 14-17, 2015, the Nordic kitchen will be in the spotlight at the exhibition's pop-up restaurant, which this time will be called Nordic Eat. In creating the area, the food has as much importance as the interior design.
At the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 3–7, 2015, the Design Bar will be integrated into a new knowledge area that will also include a stage and an exhibition. The task of creating an overall concept for the area went to designer Mattias Stenberg, who offers visitors the pallette of Norrland’s colors, materials and flavors – with a clearly modern twist.
Last week Stockholm was filled with with activities and a gastronomic party as the industry gathered at Stockholmsmässan for the GastroNord and Vinordic exhibitions as well as the Bocuse d’Or Europe chef championships. The party culminated with a gold medal finish for Sweden and Tommy Myllymäki.
The mood at Stockholmsmässan reached the boiling point when Sweden and Tommy Myllymäki took home the victory in the prestigious Bocuse d'Or culinary competition’s European championship on Thursday evening. Implementation of the competition, in the hands of the French organizer GL Events, was also the best ever.
Sweden’s best value wine was presented today as the winners of the Vinordic Wine Challenge were announced at the Vinordic fair at Stockholmsmässan. A record number of wines entered Sweden’s only EU-certified wine competition, and new for this year was the addition of two categories for organic wines.
GastroNord, which will be held May 6-9 at Stockholmsmässan, is bubbling with a passion for food and inspiration. The Entrance Hall will be transformed into an interactive kitchen filled with activities, and the fair becomes a meeting place for discussions and inspiring exhibitions. At the same time, the other halls are hosting Vinordic, the beverage trade show, and the Bocuse d´Or Europe.
Being knowledgeable about drinks can have a larger impact on profitability than the VAT reduction in the restaurant industry. Therefore, the beverage trade fair, Vinordic, which will be held May 6-9, will further develop its Vinordic School concept in order to be able to provide the tools that are needed for improved profitability behind the bar.
This year's Gastronomic Week will be an historic event when GastroNord and Vinordic beverage fair, May 6–9, will take place at Stockholmsmässan concurrently with Bocuse d´Or Europe, May 7-8. Visitors will thus have the opportunity to celebrate with world-class chefs, competitors, national teams and seminar participants – all under one roof.
World-class Swedish food will be on the menu when visitors from the food and beverage industry from throughout the world meet, since GastroNord and Vinordic, May 6-9, and the Bocuse d´Or Europe chef championships, May 7-8, will be held at the same time at Stockholmsmässan.
Gastronomic Week will be held for the third time in Stockholm between May 5 and 10. In conjunction with the GastroNord and Vinordic food and beverage fairs that are taking place at Stockholmsmässan, the general public is also offered a week of food-related events and activities around town. This year the party has an extra dimension; the Bocuse d´Or Europe chef Championship.
On Friday, May 9, the GastroNord food fair, which will be held May 6-9, will turn its focus to cafés, pastry shops, bakeries and students with a number of activities. For example, Sweden’s best barista for 2014 and Student Chef of the Year will be announced.
The hot café and restaurant sector is facing a shortage of skilled, knowledgeable staff. To inspire and develop the industry's future – students – the GastroNord food and beverage exhibition will put special focus on restaurant trainees on Friday, May 9.
This year's GastroNord, May 6–9, will be an historic event as the Bocuse d´Or Europe 2014 will take place at Stockholmsmässan concurrently with GastroNord. Visitors will thus have the opportunity to celebrate with world-class chefs, competitors, national teams and seminar participants – all under one roof. At the same time the Vinordic beverage fair will also be underway.
On May 6–9, 2014 the doors will be open for Vinordic and GastroNord, Northern Europe's largest trade fairs in HoReCa. This year the fairs are packed with new concepts and are focusing on knowledge. The Bocuse d´Or Europe chef championship will be held simultaneously at Stockholmsmässan
The Vinordic Wine Challenge, Sweden’s only EU-certified wine competition, has selected this year’s best wines. Almost 700 wines competed in 37 classes, within ten different flavour types. Within each category, a gold, silver and bronze winner is then named. These are Sweden’s best-value wines.
GastroNord, 24-27 April, will see the launch of the Chef of the Year restaurant. The menu at this temporary pop-up restaurant will be devised by the Chef of the Year Association, including contributions from Klas Lindberg, Tommy Myllymäki and Markus Aujalay, all winners of the Chef of the Year title.
Next week sees the launch of the Vinordic School (25-27 April), which features a whole host of talks. Visitors can learn about the tasting and re-corking of the bottles of champagne found in a shipwreck in the Åland Archipelago. At the fair, there will also be wine tasting and glass testing with Gaja and Riedel, as well as beer tasting with brewmaster Garrett Oliver.
At Vinordic, 25-27 April, which takes place alongside GastroNord at Stockholm International Fairs, visitors will get the opportunity to find out everything there is to know about rosé and champagne. Experts will be on hand at the Rosé Wine Tasting and Josephine Edelskog’s Champagne Bar to offer advice and tips.
