ONE WEEK UNTIL HOSTEX CAPE OPENS ITS DOORS

Cape Town, Western Province / South Africa

15 to 17 May 2012, Cape Town International Convention Centre, from 09:00 to 17:00 daily

Hostex Cape Town

There is less than a week to go until the start of SA’s leading international hospitality and catering exhibition, and there is much to look forward to as this exciting showcase of the best products and services in the hospitality industry returns to the City of Cape Town from 15 to 17 May.

The Hostex Expo is Africa’s foremost and longest-running hospitality and catering exhibition, and features two jam-packed halls filled with new innovations and the finest hospitality-related goods and services, along with a variety of added attractions that will bring extra value to your Hostex experience, not to mention the once-in-two-year opportunity to network, connect with friends and colleagues in the industry and build new relationships with potential suppliers.

Hostex is Africa’s foremost and longest-running hospitality and catering exhibition

Each day, from 11:00 to 11:40, the future stars of the culinary industry from four top chef schools – the HTA School of Culinary Art, Capsicum Culinary Studio Cape Town, 1000 Hills Chef School and Capital Hotel School – will demonstrate what they’ve learnt in their training to date in the City & Guilds Skilled Student Challenge. Next up is the Nestle Golden Chefs Hat, which takes centre stage from 12:00 to 12:40 daily and features talented chefs from The Test Kitchen, Sandton Sun, HTA School of Culinary Art, By Word of Mouth Catering, University of Johannesburg competing against one another for the top prize of a R60 000 international culinary travel trip for the winning team.

Another competition to look out for from 13:00 to 14:00 on Thursday 17 May is the McCain Tribute to Good Taste, in which four young up-and-coming chefs will battle it out, armed with their three-course McCain Alternatives Chunky Parnsip menus, for a first prize of R10 000 cash. Interspersed between all this culinary action are demonstrations of signature dishes by top chefs representing Vulcan Catering Equipment, Chef Neill Anthony, Chef Giorgio Nava, Chef Fanie Sebapo & Chef Chris Lategan from the Palace of the Lost City, and Chef Peter Robertson from the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The awards ceremony takes place from 16:15 on the final day of the show.

SA Chefs Village

Moving on to one of the most-loved foods of all time – pizzas – the South African leg of the Global Pizza Challenge will once again play out at Hostex Cape – and this year the winner chosen at Hostex will travel to Melbourne in Australia to represent South Africa in the global competition. Pizzas will be presented by finalists from all over the country every half an hour throughout the three days of the show.

Most-loved foods of all time

Among the many new product launches and exciting new trends being showcased at Hostex Cape is a new one-stop-shop for restaurants, caterers and foodservice operators seeking to order all their dry, frozen, packaging, cleaning, liquor and fresh goods from one supplier – Checkers Food Services. Also bringing a diverse range of innovation to the show are the Knysna Connection Group, the Tea Merchant, Continental China, Three Streams Smokehouse, Innovizion Africa, Montana Laundries, Cleaning World, SA Leisure Connection, Gross & Co, Liquid Concepts, Parallel Hospitality Suppliers, Sweet Temptations Toffees and Sealy Posturepedic, amongst over 130 other exhibitors.

Checkers Food Services

There’s also a chance to win fantastic prizes, with competitions planned by many exhibitors, including a holiday for two to the Vic Falls from Montana Laundries. You can also win one of three Peel-O-Matic Orange Peelers from Gerber Fresh.  Hostex Cape takes place from 15 to 17 May 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, from 09:00 to 17:00 daily. To avoid the R60 entrance fee and possible queues on arrival, pre-register on www.hostexcape.co.za.

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