Fair of Gastronomy and Food Processing Technology and Equipment
GASTRO-TECH, 16-18 October 2008
The Fair of Gastronomy and Food Processing Technology and Equipment
GASTRO-TECH is dedicated to a whole spectrum of issues related to the bakery
and gastronomy industries, featuring products and services offered by
manufacturers and distributors of food processing equipment as well as equipment
and furnishings for restaurants and catering establishments. It is also a place for the
exchange of information on nutrition technology and food processing.
The 1st Fair of Gastronomy and Food Processing Technology and Equipment
GASTRO-TECH, which was held in the Kielce trade fair centre, hosted more than
50 exhibitors. The visitors became acquainted with state-of-the-art solutions related
to equipment used by bakeries, confectionaries, restaurants, bars, canteens, and
food processing plants. The beginning of this fair was marked by the opening of a
two days' Forum of the Polish Bakery Association, the aim of which was to present
bakery accessories to be used in the gastronomy sector.
The fair was accompanied by competitions, with the Polish Championship of
Young Confectioners, which is organized every two years alternately with the
Polish Confectioner Championship, being especially interesting. The calendar of
the competitions held in Poland has been correlated with the World Championships
(of Confectioners and Young Confectioners), which are organized by the
International Union of Confectioners, Pastry Cooks and Ice Cream Makers
(UIPCG). During the 1st GASTRO-TECH, the young confectioners were
competing not only for medals and titles of the best confectioners in Poland, but
also for the right to represent our country at the World Championship, which will
be held in April 2008 in Lisbon.
Equally interesting and impressive was a contest organized for all those
specializing in selecting, brewing and serving coffee. The aroma of the best coffee
spreading within the hall during the National Barista Contest attracted crowds of
coffee amateurs. The coffee, whether weak or strong, bitter or sweet, black or
white, with its wide variety of flavours, proved to be delightful.
The best products exhibited at the Fair of Gastronomy and Food Processing
Technology and Equipment GASTRO-TECH were honoured with medals and
awards of distinction. Kielce Trade Fairs presented only one medal – for the LEEN
LIFE bread – which was received by the company ANIKA Stanisław Butka with its
seat in Luboń. Awards of distinction were given to two companies: Zakład
Wyrobów Gumowych GENES Eugeniusz Mieczkowski with its seat in Sokółka –
for silicone trays for baked goods, desserts and frozen food, and RESTAURATOR
SERWIS Wojciech Kiercz and Wiesław Kiercz in Kielce – for the gas convection
oven CONVECT – AIR EXPORT, KÜPPERSBUSCH.
The 2nd Fair GASTRO-TECH was organized under the auspices of the Polish
Bakery Association and the Polish Association of Confectioners, Pastry Cooks and
Ice Cream Makers.
Products and services exhibited at GASTRO-TECH are first and foremost aimed at
retailers, canteens, restaurants and catering establishments, hotels, as well as food
processing companies, attracting considerable attention of cookery experts, chefs,
restaurant owners and technologists.