The show will offer independent café owners and buyers from the high street chains, hotels and restaurants expert advice on choosing the right products for their business, as well as showcasing the latest industry innovations and sampling hundreds of premium products from larger well-known brands and independent suppliers.  

In addition, this year’s event will see the Caffè Culture Show taking a new artisanal focus, reflecting the growing consumer desires to know where their food has been sourced. An area of the show, supported by The Artisan Food Trail, will be dedicated to a new artisan food market, bringing together a host of independent suppliers and producers.

Big industry names to take part in the event will include Peter Sidwell of TV’s Britain’s Best Bakery and Richard Johnson, creator of the British Street Food Awards.

Free visitor registration will open towards the end of January 2014 and for the first time the organisers will be running a hosted buyer programme to guarantee the attendance of the country’s most senior-level buyers.