Registration Now Open for lunch! 2026
The London Food & Drink Festival has today opened visitor registration for its inaugural edition, uniting four leading events under one roof. Taking place on 16-17 September 2026 at Excel London, the festival brings together lunch!, The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show, Natural & Organic Food Show and the Artisan Food & Drink Show – creating the UK’s most comprehensive food and drink trade event this Autumn.
This exciting new festival format will connect thousands of food and drink trade buyers, retailers and operators with over 600 exhibitors, and will feature a comprehensive speaker programme of 200+ speakers across 8 stages of free content.
Past attendees (across all shows) have included senior representatives from Pret, wagamama, Greggs, Burger King UK, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Holland & Barrett, Planet Organic, GAIL’s, Hawksmoor, Wahaca, Dishoom, Caffè Nero, Costa Coffee, Aldi, Whole Foods Market UK, M&S Food, Jamie Oliver Restaurants, Pizza Pilgrims, and many more.
Alongside thousands of new products and an unmissable speaker line-up, The London Food & Drink Festival will introduce a dedicated ‘Chef Live’ Stage, the launch of a dedicated drinks zone, 2 Launchpad Zones, 2 Innovation Challenge Galleries, Live DJ sets, and interactive festival features throughout both days.
Biggest brands in food and drink already confirmed
Alongside household names, this year’s exhibitor list also features exciting new start-ups at the forefront of the latest industry trends. From cutting-edge technology to sustainable packaging, finished products to artisan specialties, ingredients, and more.
The Natural & Organic Food Show and the Artisan Food & Drink Show showcase the best choice of natural, organic, sustainable, and artisan food and drink products on the market. Brands already confirmed here include Suma, English Tea Shop, Windmill Organics, Infinity Foods, Superkeen, Clearspring, The HerbTender, Wedderspoon, Fungi Folks, Doves Farm, Sweet Revolution, and more.
lunch! – the national food-to-go, retail and coffee-shop event, has some of the biggest names in food-to-go already confirmed. These include Oatly, TRIP, Popcorn Kitchen, Deliciously Ella, Organix, MOJU, Capri Sun UK, Minor Figures, Twinings, Love Corn, Yeo Valley Organic, Walkers Shortbread, Vegware, Kellogg’s, and more.
The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show will display menu-worthy food and drink, plus alcohol, tech, table-top, design and commercial kitchen equipment from a range of industry leading brands, including Nestle, PepsiCo, Peppadew, La Vie, Ocean Spray, 3SPOS, Food Fellas, Dutch Cocktail Club, THIS, The Tofoo Company, Pizza Si, MOTH Drinks, Bose Professional + Marquee AV, and more.
FREE visitor registration now open
The London Food & Drink Festival will take place on 16-17 September 2026 at Excel London. Relevant visiting buyers and operators can register in advance for free to attend all four events (registration is subject to verification ahead of the event).
