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The No.1 Event in the Irish Food & Beverage Sector. CATEX 2025 is the must-attend foodservice event!
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Ireland’s largest and most influential foodservice event, CATEX, will mark a major milestone in 2023 Join us 21-23 February 2023 at the RDS, Dublin, as we celebrate Irish hospitality’s best-loved show.

08/08/2024

31/07/2024

📅 CATEX is taking place on the 18th-20th February 2025. Don't miss this opportunity to meet new decision making clients face to face over a fantastic 3-day event!

For more information on exhibiting or sponsorship, click the link here 🔗 https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN

24/07/2024

🎉NEW EXHIBITORS🎉

Nevielles
JR Press
Chef's House Limited
qnips
National Laundry Industrial Equipment
K & C Norton Wholesale Foods

Join us in celebrating 60 years of excellence at CATEX 2025! Don't miss out on this milestone event – secure your stand now before we sell out! 🎉
Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more info on exhibiting.

22/07/2024

🌟 DID YOU KNOW!

Visitors come to CATEX in search of new fresh food suppliers.

If you're a company looking to branch out into the Foodservice and Hospitality Industry, then become a CATEX 2025 exhibitor today. 🌐

For more info on exhibiting, click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN

18/07/2024

📸🕰️ Throwback Thursday

CATEX 1999 - Chefs competing at the culinary competition.

Competing at the CATEX Culinary Competitions offers a platform for junior chefs to showcase their skills, offering invaluable recruitment opportunities. 🌟

Share your memories and stories to celebrate 60 years of CATEX! Email us at [email protected] 🎉

16/07/2024

Be part of the 60 year celebrations of CATEX! 🎉

Book your stand now to avoid disappointment! For more info on sponsorship, click the link in our bio.

29/06/2024

🎉NEW EXHIBITORS🎉

GLORY
Winterhalter & Classeq Ireland
CSB-System
Draynes Farm
Griffith College Dublin

Join us in celebrating 60 years of excellence at CATEX 2025! Don't miss out on this milestone event – secure your stand now before we sell out! 🎉
Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more information.

25/06/2024

CATEX 2025 is an amazing opportunity for visitors and exhibitors to network create potentional business partnerships
Ireland’s largest foodservice & hospitality event is now confirmed for 18th-20th February 2025 at the RDS Simmonscourt.

For more info on exhibiting & sponsorship, click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN

20/06/2024

📸🕰️ Throwback Thursday

Our 2019 coffee champions ! SCA Irish Chapter will be hosting both the National Barista Competition and National Latte Art Championship at CATEX 2025

Share your memories and stories to celebrate 60 years of CATEX! Email us at [email protected] 🎉

17/06/2024

CATEX brings everyone in The Foodservice & Hospitality industry together! 🍽️🏨

Celebrate 60 years at CATEX and become an exhibitor now! 🎉

To exhibit, click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN 🔗

13/06/2024

📸🕰️ Throwback Thursday

Eugene McSweeney competing in the 'Chef of The Year' competition at Hotelmpia London, 1980

Share your memories and stories to celebrate 60 years of CATEX! Email us at [email protected] 🎉

11/06/2024

🎉NEW EXHIBITORS🎉

Join us in celebrating 60 years of excellence at CATEX 2025! Don't miss out on this milestone event – secure your stand now before we sell out! 🎉 Click the link in our bio for more information.

10/06/2024

Thinking about exhibiting at CATEX 2025? 🤔
88% of exhibitors from CATEX 2023 were happy with the volume of visitors. 👍

It’s your industry, and CATEX is your only chance every two years to be part of Ireland’s premier event where industry supports industry. 🇮🇪

👉 Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more info

06/06/2024

📸🕰️ Throwback Thursday

2013, Past President of The Guild of Sommeliers, Mary O'Callaghan being served by a competitor in the Guild competition

Share your memories and stories to celebrate 60 years of CATEX! Email us at [email protected] 🎉

03/06/2024

🍽️✨ Be part of Ireland's Largest Foodservice & Hospitality event, CATEX 2025! Don't miss out – act fast and book a stand now before we sell out! 🎟️💼

Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more information.

30/05/2024

📸🕰️ Throwback Thursday

Izabella Donnelly makes an early appearance as the youngest ever exhibitor at CATEX 2011 with Michael Flannery Catering Supplies Limited who will be exhibitng next year!

Share your memories and stories to celebrate 60 years of CATEX! Email us at [email protected] 🎉

29/05/2024

🎉NEW EXHIBITORS🎉

Join us in celebrating 60 years of excellence at CATEX 2025! Don't miss out on this milestone event – secure your stand now before we sell out! 🎉
Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN
for more information.

27/05/2024

Attention interior designers & construction fit out companies! Showcase your expertise at CATEX 2025 and reach a wide audience of decision makers in the Foodservice and Hospitality industry.

From bespoke shop fittings to large-scale commercial projects, demonstrate your commitment to quality and value for money. With 24.5% of our 2023 visitors working in the hotel and restaurant industry, your business can make a significant impact.

Stands are filling up fast, for more info on exhbiting, click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN
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23/05/2024

📸🕰️ Throwback Thursday

CATEX 2005 - Annette Sweeney wins the Product of The Year show presented by Frank Corr 🏆

Annette is currently a senior lecturer in TU Dublin, Tallaght as well as one of the founder members of Chef Network and remains an active member of the Chef Network Advisory Council. 🎓🍽️

Share your memories and stories to celebrate 60 years of CATEX! Email us at [email protected] 🎉

21/05/2024

Put your brand directly into the hands of over 12,500 visitors and become our pocket show guide sponsor.

Let's celebrate 60 years and make a lasting impression of the foodservice and hospitality industry. Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN to learn more !

20/05/2024

🎉NEW EXHIBITORS🎉

Join us in celebrating 60 years of excellence at CATEX 2025! Don't miss out on this milestone event – secure your stand now before we sell out! 🎉 Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more information.

15/05/2024

Thinking about exhibiting at CATEX 2025?
Over 86% of visitors from CATEX 2023 are planning to visit CATEX 2025.

Book your stand today and meet with over 12,000 visitors over the course of 2 action packed days!

Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more info!

13/05/2024

CATEX is Ireland's largest foodservice and hospitality event and is sponsored by Bunzl McLaughlin and Calor Ireland reland 🍴

Take a look at the live floorplan by clicking the link here: catex2025.expofp.com , and see what brands have already booked their stand at CATEX 2025!

13/05/2024

With less than a year to go, CATEX 2025 is already over 50% sold out! Ireland's largest Foodservice and Hospitality event returns next February, 18th - 20th 2025 at the RDS, Dublin🍴

Celebrate 60 years in the Foodservice and Hospitality industry with us and become an exhibitor now before we sell out!

Supported again by our sponsors, Bunzl Ireland and Calor Ireland , CATEX is a real celebration of skills, service, excellence and innovation within foodservice and hospitality

09/05/2024

📸🕰️ THROWBACK THURSDAY

CATEX 1975 - captured by the late Eddie De Barra.

Here we see Noel Fairbrother, Minister Michael O'Leary John English, Pat Keane, and John O'Rourke at the CEA stand.

If you've exhibited or attended CATEX in the past 60 years, we'd love to hear from you! Share your photos or stories from your years at CATEX to the email [email protected] 🎉

Let's celebrate 60 years in the foodservice and hospitality industry together! ✨

09/05/2024

📢 Shoutout to our newly booked exhibitors!

Costa Systems
Toast
Kelsius
KRB foodservice Ireland
Hospitality Ireland

Join us in celebrating 60 years of excellence at CATEX 2025! Don't miss out on this milestone event – secure your stand now before we sell out! 🎉 Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN
for more information.

04/05/2024

Elevate your brand by sponsoring the Network Lounge at CATEX 2025! Connect with culinary professionals, showcase your support, and make a lasting impression.

Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of Ireland's premier foodservice event. click the link in here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN to learn more about sponsorship opportunities! 🍽️✨

02/05/2024

CATEX is an essential tool for the hospitality and foodservice industry to boost their sales and meet new and existing customers.🍽️☕

Thank you Xcarbonator for your support!🎉

It’s your industry and CATEX is your only chance every two years to be part of Ireland’s premier event where industry supports industry. Click the link here to book a stand! https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN

27/04/2024

🍽️✨ Catex gives your brand the opportunity to showcase your goods to the Irish market and pick up new important contacts! Don't miss out – act fast and book a stand now before we sell out! 🎟️💼

Click the link in our bio here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN

25/04/2024

📸🕰️ THROWBACK THURSDAY 🕰️📸

Tommy Caves and staff members at Stephen's Catering in 1977. Stephen's Catering has been a longtime exhibitor at CATEX, and we can't wait to welcome them back to our 2025 show!

If you have any photos from previous CATEX shows over the last 60 years, fill out our formstack here: https://bit.ly/3Jcyjjo

Let's celebrate 60 years of CATEX together! 🎉🥂

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RDS, Simmonscourt Pavilion
Dublin
DUBLIN

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http://www.catexexhibition.com/

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Drive your brand forward at CATEX 2025! Don't miss this chance to accelerate your brand exposure and connect with top industry professionals. What's included? - Branding on the CATEX Website - Product placement outside the exhibition hall - Branding on all CATEX 2025 marketing - 5x3 sq/m stand - Dedicated newsletter spotlight Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN for more details #CATEX2025 #Sponsorship #Foodservice #Hospitality

Calor Ireland is proud to be one of our main sponsors for CATEX 2025 Calor Ireland is a key supplier to catering businesses as well as many hotels and restaurants in Ireland Interested in being a sponsor? Click the link in our bio for sposnorship opportunities #CATEX2025 #SPONSORSHIP #calorireland"

🎒 Bag this opportunity to sponsor the official visitor bag at 🎉 Let's celebrate 60 years and make a lasting impression on the foodservice and hospitality industry. 👉 Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN to learn more! #CATEX2025 #Sponsorship

🌟 'CATEX is a brilliant chance for us to meet our customers and to meet our suppliers' 🤝 We are delighted to have BWG Foodservice Foodservice exhibiting again at CATEX 2025. If you're a company looking to branch out into the Foodservice and Hospitality Industry, then become a CATEX 2025 exhibitor today. 🌐 Catex is proudly sponsored by Bunzl McLaughlin & Calor Ireland For more info on exhibiting, click the link here https://bit.ly/3VwOPlN 🔗

The Chef Ireland Culinary Competitions return to CATEX 2025, hosted by The Panel of Chefs of Ireland & The Irish Foodservice Suppliers Alliance (IFSA). 🍽️ Brendan O'Neill highlights CATEX's vital role in providing junior chefs a platform to showcase their skills and compete in our Culinary Competitions, offering invaluable recruitment opportunities. 🌟 Competitions in professional cookery raise the bar in culinary arts, offering prime opportunities for culinarians to shine. Get ready to compete and refine your expertise! Stay tuned for competition details and application forms. #CATEX2025 #ChefIreland #CulinaryCompetition

Join the 89% of companies who exhibit at CATEX to meet new customers and experience the importance firsthand. ✨ Celebrating 60 years of excellence, CATEX 2025 is a milestone event you can’t afford to miss. Secure your stand now and join the celebration! 🎉 🔗 For more information, click the link in our bio. #CATEX2025 #Hospitality #FoodService #Expo #60YearsOfCATEX

🍽️🎉 3 days of action-packed culinary excellence! CATEX 2025 will be celebrating 60 years of service from February 18th to 20th, 2025, at The RDS Simmondcourt. Stands are selling out quickly – make your mark in the foodservice and hospitality industry and secure your stand now! 🚀 More info in our bio. #CATEX60 #CATEX2025 #foodservice #hospitality #exhibitnow

🎉 Calling all Catex enthusiasts! Join us in celebrating 60 years of culinary excellence at Ireland’s largest hospitality and foodservice event. Share your cherished memories, whether you’re a past exhibitor, visitor or competitors.📸 Send us your snapshots, menus, and stories that capture the essence of Catex throughout the years to [email protected] or dm us! Let’s reminisce and witness how the industry has transformed. See you at Simmonscourt, RDS, from February 18th to 20th, 2025! 🍽️ #CATEX2025 #hospitality #foodservice #expo #60yearsofCATEX

THROWBACK THURSDAY Savour the flavour of our unforgettable moments from CATEX 2023! We can’t wait to see you again in 2025 to celebrate our 60th year in service. Ireland’s largest foodservice & hospitality event is now confirmed for 18th-20th February 2025 at the RDS Simmonscourt. Click the link in our bio to reserve a stand! #CATEX2025 #sustainability #innovation #RDS #hospitality #foodservice #catex #Expo #Event

🐰🍀 Happy Easter from all of us at CATEX! 🌼 Join us in celebrating the spirit of Ireland’s hospitality industry at The RDS, Simmonscourt on February 18th-20th, 2025. Enjoy egg-citing exhibitions, delicious food, and fantastic networking opportunities! 🎉🐣 #CATEX2025 #sustainability #innovation #RDS #hospitality #foodservice #catex #Expo #Event

We're delighted to have @calorireland returning again as one of our main co-sponsors for CATEX 2025. Calor has been supporting CATEX for over 30 years, and we look forward to celebrating this milestone event with them! #CATEX2025

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from all of us at CATEX! 🍀 Join us in celebrating the spirit of Ireland’s hospitality industry at The RDS, Simmonscourt February 18th-20th 202 For more info on exhibiting & sponsorship, click the link in our BIO #CATEX2025 #sustainability #innovation #RDS #hospitality #foodservice #catex #Expo #Event

CATEX 2025 is Ireland’s Largest Foodservice and Hospitality event, taking place at the RDS Simmonscourt, on February 18th - 20th 2025. THE destination to experience product and service innovations, meet and reconnect with over 12,000 industry professionals and over 270 suppliers, and of course, watch hundreds of chefs and baristas complete on a national stage! 60 years ago, CATEX took place at the Mansion House in Dublin and we were delighted to return and talk to @lordmayorofdublin about the launch of CATEX 2025, 60 years on! We're absolutely thrilled to confirm the continued support of long standing sponsors @calorireland and @bunzl_bml for CATEX 2025. Join us next February to celebrate not only 60 years of CATEX but 60 years of our incredible industry! #60YearsOfCatex #CATEX2025 #Hospitality #foodservice #skills

With just under a year to go until we celebrate 60 years of CATEX, now is the perfect time to look back on the last CATEX event! CATEX 2025 will be a real celebration of skills, excellence, and innovation for the industry, and we look forward to welcoming over 270 suppliers and over 12,000 visitors to the RDS from February 18th - 20th 2025! CATEX 2025 is sponsored by @calorireland and @bunzl_bml #60yearsofcatex #foodservice #hospitality

Our chefs have been cooking up a storm over at the Chef Network Live stage over the last three days! 👨‍🍳 On Tuesday Chef @tomflavin hosted a Pork Masterclass, yesterday Chef @tracie_daly_ hosted a Veggie Masterclass in association with @ballymaloefoods and today Fishmonger @hal.dawson.3 Hal hosted a Fish Skills Masterclass with @nicks_fish_ash and @sarahdebrun Huge thanks to all of the sponsors involved including @bordbia @bordiascaighmhara @ifsa_info #CATEX2023 #AnIFSAEvent

Our chefs have been cooking up a storm over at the Chef Network Live stage over the last three days! 👨‍🍳 On Tuesday Chef @tomflavin hosted a Pork Masterclass, yesterday Chef @tracie_daly_ hosted a Veggie Masterclass in association with @ballymaloefoods and today Fishmonger @hal.dawson.3 hosted a Fish Skills Masterclass with @nicks_fish_ash and @sarahdebrun Huge thanks to all of the sponsors involved including @bordbia @bordiascaighmhara @ifsa_info #CATEX2023 #AnIFSAEvent

We had a lovely chat with Andrea Humphrey, a chef at St. Columbus College in Rathfarnham 👩‍🍳 Andrea is here at CATEX to take a look at all the new offerings available, especially in the areas of gluten free and vegan 🌱 Thank you for taking the time to speak with us, Andrea 🎤 #CATEX2023 #AnIFSAEvent

We spoke to Andrew Lynas from Lynas Food Service over at their stand yesterday 🎤 Andrew spoke to us about why Lynas come to CATEX #CATEX2023 #AnIFSAEvent

The culinary talent was on another level at the first day of CATEX! 👨‍🍳 Well done to all the chefs who took part in the @chefsofireland Competitions today Huge congratulations to the winners in these categories: 🍳National Apprenticeship - Chef Skills Open Class 🍳Culinary Olympic Chefs Table on Fire Menu 🍳National Apprenticeship Skills - Restaurant Service 🍳Plant-It - Plant based Competition - Junior Class 🍳Irish Lamb Competition, Senior Class - Heat 1 🍳Irish Lamb Competition, Senior Class - Heat 2 #CATEX2023 #AnIFSAEvent

We caught up with Liz Timony from Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, who attended the show today 🏥 Liz tells us why she visited CATEX today and her favourite features at the show #CATEX2023 #AnIFSAEvent

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Ireland’s largest and most influential food service event, CATEX is back from 26-28 February 2019 at the RDS, Dublin. Join us as we celebrate Irish hospitality’s best-loved show.

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00

Thursday 10:00 - 17:00