Industry Focus
Bakery Foods Confectionery Food Processing Machinery Others
Products and Services Focus
food and drink, bakery and pastry, confectionery, catering equipment, technologies and services,hotel mangement, cafe trade
General Information
Sirha will surpass itself again to create an outstanding experience
• Even more international, hosting new countries and international pavilions. Japan will be the 2009 guest of honour – a country open to the culinary cultures of the world, with a cuisine traditionally focused on nutrition and an envied art of living.
• An ever richer and more comprehensive offering: food and beverage, catering equipment, products and equipment for bakery and pastry, hotel supplies, cafeterie equipment, and the very latest technologies. An array supplemented by wines, cheeses and intermediate food products, but also by sustainable development and respect for the environment – core concerns for catering-industry professionals...
• Trends, creations, innovations: Sirha 2009 will be a showcase of free expression geared to ser ving consumers! Through all the exhibitors' offerings, of course, but also through the programme of events and high points. These will include Lyon Food Trends, a stage for no-limits expression by international chefs in association with young Lyon talents. In addition, the international contests run by Sirha – the Bocuse d'Or, World Pastry Cup, International Caseus Award and World of Bread Contest – will give free rein to bakers' creativity and to culinary heritages from all over the world.
• The "nutrition, health, pleasure" motto will more than ever be at the heart of Sirha, with the best international specialists gathering for the symposium, and all your "nutrition, health, pleasure" innovations displayed to their best advantage. Know-how, creativity and passion – Sirha's magic ingredients!.
Attendee Information
4,100 head chefs
1,530 pastry chefs
2,203 buyers
2,304 restaurant or hotel managers
1,749 R&D managers
646 category managers
566 intendants
49,209 companies (+ 20 % compared to 2005)
Exhibitor Information
Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Japan, Norway,Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Sweden were the countries with the largest presence
