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Supported by Dubai Municipality, and Truck-a-licious – the founding sponsors, the region’s leading trade show hosted for the restaurant industry is back this year. The Restaurant Show is the only dedicated event for restaurants, cafes and F&B Outlets in the Middle East. The 2019 Show provides ample networking opportunities. It sets stage for professionals and decision makers in the restaurant build, design, furnishing, equipment and technology sectors from all around the Middle East and North Africa to meet, exchange knowledge and conduct business.

Alongside the exhibition, The Restaurant Show will also host the 2nd Restaurant Leadership & Management Conference, Restaurant Recruitment and free-to-attend workshops. Co-located with The Restaurant Show is the 4th edition of the Middle East Food Forum. The conference will be opened by Vishal Pandey, Director, Middle East Food Forum. Commenting on the 4th edition of the Middle East Food Forum, he said, “We are back this year and extremely excited to be co-located with The Restaurant Show to host the 4th edition of MEFF. 

This year, we have an extremely interesting range of topics lined up for the conference with some of the top industry speakers. The conference is an instrumental platform for substantial interaction between the local restaurant fraternity and we are looking forward to how the conference unfolds”.

The 3-day event is centered around a broad range of topics. Core themes to be covered over the course of the event include discussions about the GCC F&B Landscape, Expo2020 opportunities, franchising, investments, food tech, safety and women in F&B.  ​

The event is set to host 75+ exhibitors from around 15+ countries around the globe. The 2019 edition sets an important platform for manufacturers, distributors and service providers to gain exposure and increase their presence in the Middle East’s Restaurant and F&B Sectors.  The third edition of The Restaurant Show will be held from 27-29 April, 2019 at Festival Arena Exhibition Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Visitors can register for the event for access to the exhibition or/and the conference on the official website of The Restaurant Show.