The next edition of the GastroPan Exhibition, the largest B2B exhibition dedicated to the bakery, confectionery, hospitality and food service industries, bringing together hundreds of suppliers from around the world with tens of thousands of visitors, will be held from 28 to 30 March 2019 in Romania, in the city of Arad (Expo Arad). 

Numerous important suppliers of equipment, ingredients and technologies have already expressed their intention to participate in the XI.th edition of GastroPan, the only international exhibition of its kind in Romania. In addition to the demo shows held at the exhibitors’ booths the three-day exhibition will host GastroPan Competitions, acknowledged for awarding the “Bread of the Year” and “Cake of the Year” prizes. Organized annually, GastroPan Exhibition brings together supply and demand, suppliers and operators of the bakery, pastry, confectionery, hospitality and food service industries in a place that allows complex product, technology and service presentations held by specialists to an interested public. In 2018, the exhibition attracted 21,811 visitors and 152 world-class exhibitors and suppliers from 25 countries that presented technologies, ingredients and the latest international trends. Beyond the technologies presented by exhibitors from Romania and abroad, visitors will be attracted by the GastroPan Competitions, in which the best chefs, bakers and pastry chefs will compete to win the trophies for the best products. GastroPan Competitions are divided into 9 categories and 3 sections (Bakery, Confectionery and Gastronomy) and will bring innovative products on the market, boosting the sector’s competitiveness and promoting bakery, confectionery and catering businesses.