11-24-2009, 02:38 PM
A wealth of new, young companies will be exhibiting at Scotland’s Speciality Food Show in January 2010, showing that entrepreneurship and innovation abound in Scotland.
A quarter of all stands booked so far are from new exhibitors, most of which are young companies producing original and unique goods, such as gluten and dairy free ice cream, artisan desserts, roasted garlic and hemp chocolates. Scotland’s Speciality Food Show, which is held from 24-26 January 2010 at the SECC, Glasgow, is the perfect opportunity for many food products to be showcased to the trade for the first time.
Buyers from delicatessens, farm food shops, food halls, butchers, bakers and grocers will have the chance to sample these goods, many of which are artisan products from small, independent producers which have not exhibited elsewhere. The Scottish Speciality Food Show is the only quality food trade show north of Yorkshire so is a focus for premium food and drink producers. It is expected there will be about 100 stands.
Among the new exhibitors are guilt free, fat free ice cream from Belhaven Fruit Farm in East Lothian; Summer Harvest rapeseed oil from a family farm in Perthshire; Choc-affair handmade fair trade chocolates; dessert sauces from The Dessert Depot, garlic products from L’ailolive and fresh and processed garlic from The Garlic Farm; butter free fudge from The Fudge Company; unusual alcoholic drinks and chutneys made using sloes from Sloe Motion; Scotch whisky sauces from Scomac; and chocolates containing hemp from Yorkshire Hemp.
Sue Montgomery from Ardardan Farm Shop and Garden Centre in Argyll said of the Show: “January is the ideal time for us to re-stock and we are always on the look out for original products, preferably produced locally. With business continuing well in the food sector with the rise of consumers eating in we find the Show an excellent opportunity for discovering new talent.â€
Many of the products have won Great Taste Awards from The Guild of Fine Food such as The Garlic Farm’s Rhubarb and Pear Chutney, The Sloe Motion’s SLOE Whisky Liqueur, the Cookroom’s gluten free cakes and oatcakes from The Handmade Oatcake Company.
The Scottish Speciality Food Show is run jointly by The Guild of Fine Food and Springboard Events and runs in conjunction with Scotland’s Trade Fair, giving buyers the option to source products from both gift, homewares and fashion accessories and food items.
Springboard Director Mark Saunders said: “It is so encouraging to see that there is so much fresh talent in the food industry and this Show provides the perfect platform for buyers to source innovative food and gift goods. The food industry has performed well, despite the economic downturn making this Show a key date in the fine food calendar in Scotland.â€
A quarter of all stands booked so far are from new exhibitors, most of which are young companies producing original and unique goods, such as gluten and dairy free ice cream, artisan desserts, roasted garlic and hemp chocolates. Scotland’s Speciality Food Show, which is held from 24-26 January 2010 at the SECC, Glasgow, is the perfect opportunity for many food products to be showcased to the trade for the first time.
Buyers from delicatessens, farm food shops, food halls, butchers, bakers and grocers will have the chance to sample these goods, many of which are artisan products from small, independent producers which have not exhibited elsewhere. The Scottish Speciality Food Show is the only quality food trade show north of Yorkshire so is a focus for premium food and drink producers. It is expected there will be about 100 stands.
Among the new exhibitors are guilt free, fat free ice cream from Belhaven Fruit Farm in East Lothian; Summer Harvest rapeseed oil from a family farm in Perthshire; Choc-affair handmade fair trade chocolates; dessert sauces from The Dessert Depot, garlic products from L’ailolive and fresh and processed garlic from The Garlic Farm; butter free fudge from The Fudge Company; unusual alcoholic drinks and chutneys made using sloes from Sloe Motion; Scotch whisky sauces from Scomac; and chocolates containing hemp from Yorkshire Hemp.
Sue Montgomery from Ardardan Farm Shop and Garden Centre in Argyll said of the Show: “January is the ideal time for us to re-stock and we are always on the look out for original products, preferably produced locally. With business continuing well in the food sector with the rise of consumers eating in we find the Show an excellent opportunity for discovering new talent.â€
Many of the products have won Great Taste Awards from The Guild of Fine Food such as The Garlic Farm’s Rhubarb and Pear Chutney, The Sloe Motion’s SLOE Whisky Liqueur, the Cookroom’s gluten free cakes and oatcakes from The Handmade Oatcake Company.
The Scottish Speciality Food Show is run jointly by The Guild of Fine Food and Springboard Events and runs in conjunction with Scotland’s Trade Fair, giving buyers the option to source products from both gift, homewares and fashion accessories and food items.
Springboard Director Mark Saunders said: “It is so encouraging to see that there is so much fresh talent in the food industry and this Show provides the perfect platform for buyers to source innovative food and gift goods. The food industry has performed well, despite the economic downturn making this Show a key date in the fine food calendar in Scotland.â€