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Summer Fancy Food Show Exhibitor Invite The Summer Fancy Food Show brings together thousands of buyers, retailers, foodservice professionals, and media from across the United States and beyond. It is widely recognised as a key gateway into the US specialty food and drink market. By participating, you will benefit from: A cost-effective means of visiting the USA Be part of a collective Welsh presence under the Cymru/Wales banner Network and engage with key businesses and...

Welsh food and drink producers will take centre stage at one of the world’s most influential trade events later this month, as the Cymru Wales stand returns to the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. Taking place from 28–30 June 2026, the Summer Fancy Food Show is North America’s largest specialty food and beverage exhibition, attracting more than 47,000 industry professionals and over 2,500 exhibitors from across the globe. The event provides a key...

Young people with an interest in the food and drink industry are being offered a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes at one of Wales’ largest events, the Royal Welsh Show. Welsh Government Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru / Food & Drink Skills Wales programme is inviting Expressions of Interest from individuals aged 18 and over to take part in an exclusive, immersive experience within the Welsh Government Food Division’s prestigious Business Lounge and...

Golden Road Gin, a premium Welsh dry gin from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, has been awarded a Gold Medal at the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, one of the world’s most respected spirits competitions. The award marks a major international milestone for Golden Road, an independent, founder-led gin created by husband-and-wife team Philip and Jennifer Wheeler. It places the Pembrokeshire brand among an international field of spirits recognised for exceptional quality, balance and...

Wales’ thriving wine industry will take centre stage this summer as Welsh Wine Week returns from 29 May to 7 June 2026, bringing vineyards, winemakers and producers together to showcase the quality, diversity and growing reputation of Welsh wine. Now firmly established as a key moment in the calendar, Welsh Wine Week shines a spotlight on the people, places and processes behind Welsh wine, offering a national platform to champion the sector and its continued...

Welsh Government Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru / Food & Drink Skills Wales programme (the programme) has teamed up with Expoverse Wales - the immersive virtual careers expo - to shine a spotlight on the wealth of exciting career opportunities across Wales' thriving food and drink industry. Developed by Welsh digital innovators One Step North, Expoverse Wales is an interactive digital platform designed to connect businesses, educators, and learners within a fully immersive 360-degree environment...

Wales is set to take centre stage on the global culinary map over the coming days as it hosts the prestigious Worldchefs Congress & Expo 2026, the first time in its 98-year history that the event has been held anywhere in the UK. Taking place at the ICC Wales in Newport over four days (16-19 May), the biennial event will bring together 1,000 chefs, food innovators and hospitality professionals from 110 countries. Delivered in partnership...

Welsh Government are pleased to announce they will be exhibiting at FHA, Food and Beverage Singapore 2026. The show will take place between 21-24 April 2026 at Singapore Expo. Please note, the exhibition ProWine Singapore, part of the ProWein World Series of leading wines and spirits trade fairs, the 6th edition, is also taking place at the same time and venue. Applications are now open if you would like to take a space on the...

The Welsh Government Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru / Food & Drink Skills Wales programme (the programme) is celebrating significant achievements to date, having now engaged 10,073 students across Wales and worked collaboratively with 369 schools to inspire the next generation of food and drink talent. Kate Rees, Welsh Government Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru / Welsh Food & Drink Skills Wales Programme Manager said: “The engagement intervention of the programme has been exceptional. Through...

A new report from IGD (Food and drink workforce – a quiet crisis building?, February 2026) highlights a “quiet crisis” building within the UK food and drink workforce, warning that the sector will require a dramatic step‑change in technical, digital and scientific capability by 2030. With the system becoming increasingly automated, data‑driven and sustainability‑focused, the report states that many of the essential future skills “do not exist at scale today,” calling early investment “critical” to...