Bustling Dubai will play host to the much awaited Gulfood 2022, the largest annual food and beverage sourcing event in the world. The 27th edition, to be held at the iconic Dubai World Trade Centre from 13-17 February, 2022, is all set to power the agenda of the international food industry with its stated mandate ‘Connect, create, change the future for better’.
Gulfood 2022 promises to be a show that will launch new industry trends, power fast-paced global sourcing, bring together the most diverse world of F&B, and ultimately push the sector conversations from agenda to action.
120 countries will be participating in this year’s edition, featuring over 4,000 companies, 150+ speakers, 21 halls of awe-inspiring food exploration, and in excess of 100 award-winning chefs, business leaders, and government heads. Among the expanded 2022 exhibitor line-up are new pavilions from Norway, Panama, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan, showing the growing competitiveness in the industry.
The show floor is segmented across eight F&B sectors including beverages; dairy; fats and oil; health foods including organic, vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, enriched and fortified foods; meat and poultry; power brands in multiple product categories; cereals, grains, and pulses; and world food with 120 country pavilions featuring niche and specialty products.
Gulfood Inspire is one of the segments with over 200 distinguished speakers from diverse fields. F&B business leaders, ministers, policymakers, retail heads, technologists, agriculturists, analysts, and futurists will provide powerful advice and sharp insight to plan a successful year ahead.
Premiering in the 2022 edition is the Gulfood Top Table, which will take experimental culinary to new heights with a star-studded line-up of 100+ award-winning chefs who will roll out over 50 master classes with more than 1000 new culinary creations, besides industry influencers, food journalists, disruptors, and global trend-setters. Exquisite Tea, Art of Fine Butchery, and Oyster Shucking are some of the highly engaging workshops not to be missed. The Gulfood Top Table will be held on 13-14 February, 2022. In another industry first, Gulfood E-Commerce, an exclusive platform for networking and conference agenda will power the expanding role of digital marketplace in the food supply chain.
Gulfood StrEAT will give food lovers and gourmets a chance to dive into the culinary diversity of the region, as local chefs’ dish out their best street food delicacies.
Gulfood 2022 will also be recognized as the first sustainable edition with its Gulfood Zero Waste, a global campaign in partnership with restaurants and hotels driving the zero waste initiative globally. Zero Waste is a new movement for not only those in the food business but also connoisseurs of food to rethink on the way food is used and consumed. Across the five days of the exhibition, food waste will be collected from exhibitors as well as the live cooking stations to be sent for producing compost. Companies with new innovative solutions in minimizing food wastage and other sustainable ideas relevant to the food and beverage industry will be shortlisted for the Gulfood Innovation Awards 2022, the winners of which will be announced on 13 February, 2022.
Gulfood in partnership with Hilton and Dubai College of Tourism will be the first-ever launchpad for promoting F&B careers through its Gulfood YouthX programme. The first edition will rally young Emirati chefs, right from their mentorship to scholarships to hands-on learning in live kitchen environments, powering the future of the entire F&B industry.
And that’s not all. Visitors can hear from celebrated women chefs, business leaders, and government heads, inspiring stories of success from an impressive line-up of women speakers including Mariam Al Mheiri, UAE’s Minister of State for Food and Water Security.
Gulfood 2022 Opening Timings: 13-17 February, 2022 (10 am – 6 pm).
For latest updates visit www.gulfood.com
