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Ice cream, Beer, Wine & Hospitality – Hotel equipment

Are the Fairs of Tastes to your taste?

Mark in you calendar the weekend 29. 1. – 1. 2. 2025 and join us in the celebration of the achievements of the Gastronomy and Hospitality.

When it comes to the best in gastronomy and hospitality, it is time for the International Specialised Fairs of Tastes, which have a 18-year tradition. The coming Fairs will be hosted at Gospodarsko razstavišče, the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, between 29. 1. – 1. 2. 2025. Last year, the Fairs of Tastes exceeded expectations and broke the record – with more than 20.000 exhibitors and more than 500 visitors, joint by the desire to acquire and share knowledge, expand business contacts and networks, promote their own brands, present and put the catering or hotel industry on the map and find new business opportunities.

Every year, the Fairs of Tastes provide an irreplaceable space for socializing, where professionals and the interested public can meet and exchange ideas. Despite all the advances, changes and technologies, the GASTexpo & Ice Cream Fairs of Tastes are a constant experience for everyone who follows their philosophy – personal contact and a firm handshake is still the best way to make new acquaintances, connections, and business deals. They keep pace with progress and give space to technological innovation in the field, but essentially remain true to the primary role of the Fairs as a medium – emphasizing the importance and quality of the personal contact that opens the door to the world.

Why visit the Fairs of Tastes?

The Fairs of Tastes strive towards professionalism, quality, and variety of programmes and events. A rich exhibition programme, promotions, tastings, interactive presentations and technological innovations prepared by more than 500 exhibitors from Slovenia and abroad. Professional accompanying programme, lectures, workshops, and attractive competitions.

Throughout the Fairs, workshops and training sessions will be free of charge – participants will be able to renew, supplement, upgrade, or re-learn everything they need to know about making various foods using professional equipment. Bakery products of all types and shapes, pastries, ice creams, sorbets, pasta, slow and fast food, pizzas, beer, cocktails, and coffee. And French style cutting and chopping and Sous vide cuisine. All the secrets of the great chefs in one place. Only four days a year.

Do you need any more reasons to visit?

For lovers of the Italian art of milk cream drawing, Latte Art, which is becoming more and more popular, the greatest masters will prepare various workshops where they can learn the science of milk, how to prepare the perfect milk foam and draw different patterns with it.

It will be held under the direction of the best Italian chefs and world champions, in cooperation with the Section of Pizza bakers of the Slovene Association of Chefs and Confectioners. The professionalism and relevance of the workshop is also guaranteed by the certificate of attendance that participants receive at the end.

This is not all, we are curious to know how the official pizza of the 18^th International Specialised Fairs of Tastes will taste like? Well, we do not know that yet either. Visit us at the fair and together we will spoil our taste buds with a mix of genuine Italian flavours.

Expert brewers will also prepare attractive and interactive workshops for beer lovers. In addition, at the Fairs of Tastes we will announce the »GASTexpo Beer of the Year« again, which will be awarded to one of our microbreweries’ boutique beers.

Fairs of Tastes will also open this door. The master of French confectionery, with the diploma of the prestigious Paris Gregoire Ferrandi International School will host free confectionery and bakery workshops La GANACHE.

At the Fairs of Tastes you will be greeted by a program of pastry and ice cream workshops with renowned chefs. You will be able to choose from a variety of workshops under the auspices of the renowned Carpigiani Gelato University from Italy, a leading institution in the field of ice cream production.

Every year, many exhibitors join us at the Fairs of Tastes, exhibiting and presenting the latest hospitality and hotel equipment, providing a first-class experience right at the fair. So you can judge for yourself what is best for your guests. The equipment they provide enables faster, more reliable and easier business, while offering a unique experience to guests.

Join us, and together we will shape the present and future of our profession, one of the fastest growing and changing industries. Every year we go one step further in the offer, the quality and professionalism of fairs. Join us this year!

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