Dates for your diary

18th – 26th Feb
Real Bread Week
Worldwide
Created and run by the Real Bread Campaign since 2010, this is the annual, international celebration of real bread and the people behind its impressive rise. Its aim is to put the spotlight on the Campaign’s key work of encouraging and helping people to buy real bread from local, independent bakeries, and to bake their own.

Each year, bakeries, baking schools, mills, schools, care homes, and youth and other community groups bake special loaves and run classes and other activities. Meanwhile, countless people bake at home, often with their children and other family members, colleagues or friends.
www.sustainweb.org/realbread/national_real_breadmaker_week

Fairtrade Fortnight
27th Feb – 12th Mar
Worldwide
For two weeks each year, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks. Unfortunately, these people are often exploited and underpaid.

This year’s message is: choose Fairtrade now and help save our favourite foods. Climate change is making crops like cocoa, bananas and coffee harder and harder to grow.

However, more of us choosing Fairtrade means extra income, power and support for those communities. So, not only is choosing Fairtrade best for people and planet, it could also help save everyday treats like a hot cuppa too! 
www.fairtrade.org.uk

20th – 22nd Mar
HRC
ExCeL London
This huge show is the destination to experience product innovation. For three days, all visitors will have the chance to meet and connect with over 1,500 suppliers from across food and drink, professional catering equipment, design and décor, and hospitality tech to discover, taste and test the latest products created specifically for hotel, restaurant and catering professionals. 

It also serves up various features to explore, watch and take part in. These include hosting one of the UK's most prestigious cooking competitions, International Salon Culinaire, and welcoming leading industry figures to share their thoughts and expertise on the various stages.
www.hrc.co.uk

20th – 23rd Apr
London Coffee Festival
Truman Brewery, Shoreditch
The London Coffee Festival celebrates the capital’s bustling and vibrant coffee scene. With over 30,000 coffee lovers and foodies, professional baristas, café owners and top decision-makers expected to attend, the event promises to be a unmissable event for caffeine afficionados and industry folk alike.

It will feature over 250 artisan coffee and gourmet food stalls; tastings and demonstrations from world-class baristas; interactive workshops; street food; coffee-based cocktails; live music and DJs; and art exhibitions, hosted across an array of uniquely themed zones. All this and it will also host the prestigious Latte Art Live and Coffee Masters competitions.
www.londoncoffeefestival.com

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