London Food & Drink Festival opens registration for inaugural edition

The London Food & Drink Festival has opened visitor registration for its inaugural edition, uniting four 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 (formerly Casual Dining), Natural & Organic Food Show and the Artisan Food & Drink Show. 

This new festival format aims to connect thousands of food and drink trade buyers, retailers and operators with more than 600 exhibitors, and will feature a programme of 200+ speakers across eight stages of free content. 

Past attendees (across all shows) have included senior representatives from Pret, wagamama, Greggs, Burger King UK, Gail’s, Hawksmoor, Wahaca, Dishoom, Caffè Nero, Costa Coffee, Jamie Oliver Restaurants and Pizza Pilgrims.

The London Food & Drink Festival will introduce a dedicated ‘Chef Live’ Stage, the launch of a dedicated drinks zone, two Launchpad Zones, two Innovation Challenge Galleries, live DJ sets and interactive festival features throughout both days.

The exhibitor list spans cutting-edge technology providers to sustainable packaging, finished products, artisan specialties and ingredients. 

lunch! – the national food-to-go, retail and coffee-shop event, has food-to-go suppliers already confirmed including Oatly, Trip, Popcorn Kitchen, Deliciously Ella, Organix, Moju, Minor Figures, Twinings, Love Corn, Yeo Valley Organic, Walkers Shortbread, Vegware and Kellogg’s. 

The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show will display food and drink for menus, plus alcohol, tech, table-top, design and commercial kitchen equipment from a range of brands. These include Nestle, PepsiCo, Peppadew, La Vie, Ocean Spray, 3SPOS, Food Fellas, Dutch Cocktail Club, This, the Tofoo Company, Pizza Si, Moth Drinks and Bose Professional + Marquee AV. 

Relevant visiting buyers and operators can register in advance for free to attend all four events.

The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show rebranded from Casual Dining for its 2025 edition to “better reflect the full range of hospitality operators who regularly attend the event”.

The name change also reflected the event’s link with the Northern Restaurant & Bar Show in Manchester, which Diversified acquired in 2022.