2005 Restaurant Trade Shows & Events (1/2)

August 3—4,2005 Northeast Pizza Expo New products and services in addition to demonstrations will be part of the show. Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York Web site: www.pizzaexpo.com. Tel: (800) 489-8324 August 20-22,2005 Western Foodservice &Hospitality Expo Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA Web site: www.westernfoodexpo.com Tel:(800)840-5612 September 12-13,2005 All Asia Food Expo Hosted by Asian Restaurant News * Exhitors from the Far East,Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent so you can source a variety of Asian foods and bever-ages at one time a one place. * Hundreds of new products for restaurants that will spice your menu. A Free Keynote Address that will provide insider insight into the vibrant Asian market. * Culinary Demonstrations with celebrated chefs who will share their traicks of the trade. * “Wok&Roll”, a series of culinary demon-strations featuring chefs honored in the Chi-nese Restaurant News Top 100 ceremony. * Industry seminars by business leaders who will provide actionable advice on issues affecting your business, including “Asian ingredients: Menu for Success”, a half-day program organized by Asian Restaurant News at the New York show. Location:Jacob K.Javits Convention Cen-ter, New York, New York Web site: www.allasianfood.com September 14—16,2005 Global POS & Store Operations Summit the latest trends and strategies for point of sale, store operations, customer management/ CRM, merchandise planning and analysis and loss prevention Hosted by Chain Store Age and Retail Tech-nology Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Web site: www.POS-Summit.com September 16—18,2005 Culinary R&D Conference Information packed within culinary-focused workshops including Regional Italian Cuisine, Salads and The ABC's of R&D (Answers, Best Practices and Competencies), where topics relating to fresh foods will be presented. Also back this year are the always popular, interac-tive, "Table Talk" roundtables, where multiple hot button issues will be discussed in an inti-mate, idea-exchanging format; and the enter-taining Culinary "Cook-Off" Challenge, where teams will compete "iron-chef" style to create new menu items from a mystery basket of in-gredients. Teams compete for scholarship money to benefit local culinary school students. Location:Kissimmee, Fla. Web site:jparzial@nrn.com. September 18—21,2005 MUFSO 2005 Location: Gaylord Palms Resort & Confer-ence Center in Kissimmee, FL. Web site: www.mufso.com September 23-25,2005 NAFEM Show Location:Anaheim, Calif. Web site: www.nafem.org/thenafemshow/ October 9-10,2005 All Asia Food Expo Hosted by Asian Restaurant News * Exhitors from the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent so you can source a variety of Asian foods and bever-ages at one time a one place. * Hundreds of new products for restaurants that will spice your menu. A Free Keynote Address that will provide insider insight into the vibrant Asian market. * Culinary Demonstrations with celebrated chefs who will share their traicks of the trade. * “Wok&Roll”, a series of culinary demonstra-tions featuring chefs honored in the Chinese Restaurant News Top 100 ceremony. * Industry seminars by business leaders who will provide actionable advice on issues affecting your business, including “Asian ingredients: Menu for Success”, a half-day program organized by Asian Restaurant News at the New York show. Location:Jacob K.Javits Convention Center, New York, New York Web site: www.allasianfood.com October 9-10,2005 West Coast Seafood Show Location:Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles Website:www.westcoastseafood.com October 18-19,2005 Michigan Restaurant Show