Fantastic business done at The Source Trade Show 2024

The 2024 Source Trade Show took place on the 6th-7th February 2024 and provided the perfect mix of passionate producers, alongside the hottest hospitality and catering companies, and the freshest food service.

This trade only event was dedicated to those with a serious interest in speciality foods, quality drinks, profitable catering and inspired hospitality. The Source is the South West’s biggest and best show of its kind for good reason. No other event serves up such a rewarding and valuable mix of comparative tastings, innovative ideas, networking opportunities and inspirational experiences. The event gifted exhibitors the ideal platform to showcase their products and innovations as they gear up for the season ahead.

The Demo Kitchen proved very popular and was a great way to draw inspiration and ideas on the latest trending foods and cuisines that could be the next best thing added to your menus. Leading chefs showed off their skills as well as share ideas on how to add value to your business. Visitors lavished in the fact that they could take full advantage of their expertise and knowledge and apply it to their business. Alongside the Source Trade Show ran the Westcountry Tourism Conference, with two half day events bringing together leading tourism businesses and industry experts.

The best thing about this show is the variety of exhibitors and the way it champions local producers as well as large corporations allowing both to share the same space of accessing a wider audience that could lead to greater sales. We have selected some of our Top Exhibitors from the show whose products positively contribute towards the growth of the food and beverage industry. These include: 79 North, supplying some of the very best Hotels, Restaurants & Independent Wine Stores throughout the UK with Portuguese wine direct from the vine. All’s Fair Ltd t/a Some Like It Hot. Shop, creators of the UK’s widest range of chilli sauce. Baked to Taste, whether you are looking for a delicious pie, a wickedly tasty pasty, an awesome sausage roll or an indulgent chocolate brownie, then you’re in the right place but guess what…ALL products are 100% gluten-free and wheat-free!

Denhay Farms, producers of award winning dry cured bacon using only RSPCA Assured, British outdoor bred pigs. Franke Coffee Systems, a division of Franke Group, a technology and solution provider of professional coffee machines. Georgie Porgies Puddings, gorgeously tasting handmade desserts using only the finest ingredients. HS French Flint, the glass bottle and jar specialists –Supplying quality and innovative containers to specialist and artisan food and drink producers with products including storage jars, food jars, bottles, caps & corks, swing-stopper bottles, growlers & tapped bottles.

Heritage Cider, producers of multi-award-winning craft cider grown in orchards yielding the finest Somerset fruit. Luscombe Drinks, winners of over 110 Great Taste Award stars from the Guild of Fine Food: Luscombe is passionate about making premium soft drinks. No More Lids, sustainable creators of the 100% plastic free hot and cold drinks cup with integrated folding lid.

Southwest Coffee Company, suppliers of wholesale coffee and coffee machines to businesses across Devon, Cornwall & the South West. The Proper Marmalade Company, winners of 10 World, Great Taste and Regional Gold awards and creators of Proper Marmalade handmade in Devon using fresh fruit. The Wiltshire Distillery Company, producers of the finest English whiskies using the very best ingredients from the crops growing on the prime chalk downlands that surround Fonthill Estate, mixed with Fonthill’s pure water, naturally filtered through limestone rock on its journey to the bottle.

The Source Trade Show 2025 will take place on the 4th-5th February 2025 at Westpoint, Exeter.

For more information, please see below: https://thesourcetradeshow.co.uk