The Restaurant Show | TAF’s 2021 TAKEAWAYS

TAF’s Top Takeaways from this month’s Restaurant Show continues our post pandemic Trade Show Season.

On Wednesday TAF Catering Consultancy attended The Restaurant Show – the unique trade event bringing together the best of the hospitality industry, in a post pandemic arena, offering solutions to those facing many of today’s return-to-work challenges.

Visiting Olympia for the first time in over two years was inspiring, in that it clearly signalled a reboot to the foodservice sector, with tech clearly high on everyone’s agenda.

Here are TAF’s 13 show take-aways, according to Consultant Tracey Fairclough:

1 | TECHTALK by Big Hospitality… inspiring you to think smarter around tech and staffing

2 | SMARTER Staff Styles… inspiring you to think about first impressions being key, warm & welcoming

3 | WARMER Ambient Areas… inspiring you to think about employee welfare in alternate areas

4 | MICRO HERBS … inspiring you to think about dishes looking more premium than ever

5 | DUNCH … inspiring you to think about marketing and new buzzwords to entice your people

6 | PIZZA OVENS … inspiring you to think about delivering more authenticity

7 | BLEEP … inspiring you to reassure customers with self-service kiosks

8 |  GIFT TREES … inspiring you to think about planting a tree for every employee meal

9 | THERMONIX … inspiring you to be wiser with soups given labour challenges

10 | MOCKTAILS… inspiring you to think mood and performance boosting tasty tipples

11 | PECKWATER … inspiring you to be wiser about variety and choice in franchise brands

12 | SUSTAINABLE Packaging… inspiring you to be kinder to the planet

13 | WORKFORCE … inspiring you to use tech to build smarter rotas on actual demand

Important to remember these small steps could lead to giant leaps for foodservices and hospitality, beyond the pandemic!