The Sirha International Gastronomy Exhibition has opened in Budapest

The Sirha Budapest International Food and HoReCa trade fair opened on Tuesday at Hungexpo, reports hellomagyar.hu.

The European Final of Bocuse d’or is also happening now

The Sirha trade fair will host the European final of the Bocuse d’Or as well as the catering chef’s competition.

In his greeting, Gábor Ganczer, CEO of Hungexpo, said that the hotel, restaurant and café industry, HoReCa, used the period of the crisis to develop its offerings in order to exceed expectations when businesses will reopen.

“At the Sirha food trade fair, three hundred exhibitors from 16 countries will present their products, services and developments in three pavilions until 24 March in three pavilions. Sirha Budapest has clearly become the largest trade fair in the region today”, emphasized Gábor Ganczer.

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The revamped Hungexpo conference center

The CEO of Hungexpo also mentioned that they used the pandemic period to redesign Hungexpo, one of the first international competitions of the now completely renovated Hungexpo Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center.

Among the upcoming events of Sirha, Ganczer highlighted the European final of the Bocuse d’Or cooking competition, which will be held in the Hungarian capital for the second time after 2016;

the Sirha Dessert Competition, the Catering Competition, confectionery and bakery demonstrations, professional conferences, and the very first Hungarian Wine Summit which will showcase the works of 100 international wine experts and 70 Hungarian winemakers.

The best chefs in Europe

During the two-day event, the jury will select Europe’s best chefs, which will take place on Wednesday.

Ten teams from the Budapest competition will advance to the Lyon finals, which will be held in Jovore, January 2023, in the competition’s home country, France.

The Hungarian team was joined by coach Tamás Széll and president Szabina Szulló. Bence Molnár, who is known as the commiss of István Veres from the previous competition season, also took part in the preparation.

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The Hungarian team is passionate about local gastronomy

Bence Dalnoki, a participant of the Hungarian Bocuse team, told the press: “I really like Hungarian gastronomy and my mission is to break into the forefront of Europe with Hungarian flavors.

Throughout most of my career, I was assisted by my team members Szabina Szulló and Tamás Széll. We also share a common past with Patrick, our commis, as we have worked together at Stand Restaurant.

What makes us a great team? We understand each other from half a word, we have a similar mindset and share a common goal. Now that we have entered March, we spend six days a week preparing. There are days when we rehearse for the competition while other times we prepare the entry dishes”.