Save the date Sigep and Rhex 2016
15.12.2015
N. B. For entrance, journalists must apply for accreditation online via the link http://bit.ly/1I4dAvG and print out the confirmation e-mail.
The document is valid for the duration of the expo and must be shown on arrival
to the expo’s service staff for access to the Press Room (south entrance, centre foyer, right-hand balcony).
From Saturday 23rd to Wednesday 27th January 2016 at Rimini Fiera
the world’s most important event for the artisan gelato production chain,
the baker’s art with bread and pastry, and food service.
With the simultaneous staging of:
SIGEP
International Exhibition of artisan Gelato, Pastry and Bakery production _ www.sigep.it
RHEX
Rimini Horeca Expo, the international expo dedicated to trends in food service and eating out _ www.rhex.it
The sixteen Rimini Fiera halls await 180.000 trade members from all over the world. At the Expo, over a thousand companies playing a key role in a dynamic economic sector that is aggressively focused on international development. 20% of the visitors come from abroad (38,122 at the last edition).
THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS The program includes the 7th Gelato World Cup (14 teams from all continents); in the Pastry Arena, The Pastry Queen with ten contestants competing for the crown of the world’s queen of pastry.
For the coffee world, SIGEP 2016 will host the presentation of the ten finalists of Barista & Farmer, the coffee talent show that will be held in Brazil in May 2016 and in the five days also the world’s best products and all the finals of the competitions focussed on coffee that are part of the prestigious international circuit of World Coffee Events, promoted by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe and Specialty Coffee Association of America.
Spectators at the Pastry Events will follow the spectacle of The Star of Chocolate, International Chocolate Contest for master chocolatiers who, at this edition, will base their work on the theme of Jazz music. Contestants are taking part from Japan, Brazil, India, Italy, Austria and France.
On the national front, ten contestants will compete for the title of “Pasticciere d’Italia”, representing the best of Italy’s pastry art in a competition that will be a true spectacle of skill. This edition will be dedicated to the art of Ikebana.
For the cake design world, the 5th edition of the Coppa Italia della Pasticceria Artistica (Italian Artistic Pastry Cup), will have as its theme “Songs, music, artists”. Lastly, the 25th SIGEP Young – Luciano Pennati Memorial, with the students of twelve training schools competing in the contest dedicated to “Chocolate….what passion!”
For bakery, the sensorial spectacle of Bread in The City, under the banner of biological products, artisan skills and high quality. The international contest, promoted by SIGEP in collaboration with Richemont Club Italia and with the patronage of Richemont Club International, will feature eight teams of professionals from the same number of nations
RHEX, the international expo dedicated to food for catering and eating out, will host Food Factor, show cooking with award-winning chefs. A focus on the issue of menus’ “cost factor” is also scheduled. Chefs of the calibre of Ilario Vinciguerra, Agostino Iacobucci, Simone Ciccotti, Emanuela Tommolini, Gegè Mangano, Mattia Borroni, Marco Vegliò and Stefano Broccoli will be at the “hobs”.
SIGEP and RHEX can be reached directly by train, thanks to the on-site railway station (on the main Milan - Bari line), just 50 yards from the expo’s south entrance. Timetable info on the Web sites www.riminifiera.it/stazione or www.trenitalia.com.
