Dates for your diary

18^th October
Flanders’ Finest Flavours
OXO2, London
The ultimate Flemish food and drink event – the first of its kind in the UK – is coming to London. With Flanders emerging as a pioneer in digital and frictionless trade with the UK, it will offer a seamless and easy access point to suppliers from the European Union.

Hosted by Flanders Investment and Trade, it will provide UK food and drink buyers with a unique opportunity to meet 24 Flemish brands first-hand, network and source new, world-class products. Products on show will include everything from artisanal beer, premium gin and spirit brands to organic chocolate, dried meats and keto snacks.
flandersfinestflavours.co.uk/register

7^th Nov
Street Food Championships
Big Penny Social, London
Our annual cookery competition returns to Islington Metalworks, with 16 chefs battling it out for street food supremacy! And, as well as the chance to win the Street Food Dish of the Year award, they will also compete in the Technical and Wings rounds.

The finalists are the very best chefs from the out of home, fast-casual and restaurant sectors, with independent traders taking on nationwide groups in a battle for the big prizes. This will all be hosted at a new, bigger and better venue – Big Penny Social in north London – taking the event to a whole new level!
streetfoodchampions.co.uk

15^th to 16^th Nov
Plant-Based World Expo Europe
ExCeL London
This specialist show is the biggest 100% plant-based trade event in Europe. Indeed, such is the demand that it is moving to a new, larger location, ExCeL London, this time around. 

Now in its third year, registration is open for brands to connect with a mainstream audience of retailers, foodservice professionals and investors in the UK vegan food market, which is one of the largest in Europe, growing at 9.58%. Experts attending will include Abigail Stevens and Jonathan Morley of Plant-Based World Expo, and food and drink broadcaster Nigel Barden (who also hosts our National Pizza Awards, above).
plantbasedworldeurope.com

21^st Nov
National Pizza Awards
Big Penny Social, London
Open to chefs from across the hospitality sector – including restaurants, hotels, pubs, bars and street food businesses – the National Pizza Awards will showcase the very best pizzas the industry has to offer. Organised by our colleagues at Dine Out Magazine, participants taking part in the live cook-off will be in with a chance of winning the coveted National Pizza of the Year title. 

Entrants will also take part in a Technical challenge, in which they are required to use a specific selection of sponsor products in a bid to be crowned Pizza Chef of the Year, and a Vegan round.
nationalpizzaawards.co.uk

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