Food & Hotel Indonesia 2013 will return 10-13 April at the JIExpo Fairgrounds, Kemayoran, Jakarta, following this year's highly successful edition which attracted a record 20,783 trade and business visitors from throughout Indonesia.
A total of 901 companies showcased their products, expertise and services to Indonesia's growing food, hotel and tourism industry.
This year International Pavilions came from Brunei Darussalam, Germany, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey and USA.
The exhibition which occupied a total floor space of 19,435sqm was officially inaugurated by Ir Firmansyah Rahim, Director General for Development of Tourism Destination on behalf of the Minister of Culture and Tourism of The Republic of Indonesia.
Throughout the event, the Salon Culinaire chefs' cooking competitions were staged which attracted 328 young chefs competing in 24 culinary classes ranging from fruit, vegetable and ice carving to butter sculptures, live cooking competitions and table displays, including the traditional Indonesian table display, lesehen.
In addition, the 4th Indonesian Barista Competition 2011, organised by the Indonesian Specialty Coffee Association was held which attracted 142 competitors from throughout Asean.