What’s on the menu at the National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show and lunch! 2025?

At lunch!, buyers can discover a mix of food-to-go innovation, from gourmet sandwiches and artisan coffee to functional drinks and better-for-you snacks.

Exhibitors confirmed across lunch! include Oatly, itsu Grocery, Smeg Professional UK, Simply Lunch, Bridge Coffee Roasters, Lost Sheep Coffee, Lindt, Innocent Drinks, Candy Kittens, Tropicana Drinks, Grounded, Proper Corn, Eat Real, BOL and Twinings.

For new challenger brands to hit the market, visitors can explore the show’s Start-Up Zone, where trends are spotted early and innovative new suppliers launch first. Dynamic new brands confirmed here include Picoso Drinks, Frank Food, Miss Kim and Blynk + Drinks.

Unmissable speaker programme

A big attraction at both the National Restaurant Pub & Bar Show and lunch! is the expert-led seminar programme, which is renowned for delivering high-level insights from some of the most influential names in foodservice and hospitality.  These industry trailblazers will share their unique perspectives across three dedicated theatres, offering visitors invaluable access to the strategies and innovations shaping the future of UK hospitality.

Speakers Will Beckett of Hawksmoor, Amber Wood of New World Trading Company and James Brown of Prezzo Italian

The leading operators speaking so far

• Will Beckett, co-founder and chief executive, Hawksmoor
• Amber Wood, managing director, New World Trading Company
• James Brown, chief executive, Prezzo Italian
• Laura Harper-Hinton, co-founder and chief executive, Caravan
• Marcel Khan, chief executive, the Fulham Shore
• Martin Wolstencroft, chief executive, Arc Inspirations
• Simon Potts, chief executive, the Alchemist
• Mark Derry, chairman, Heartwood Collection
• Ed Loftus, global restaurant group director, Jamie Oliver

Representatives from restaurants include

• Gemma Glasson, managing director, Wahaca
• Laura Irving, managing director, JKS
• Kate Lister-Clancy, group sales and marketing director, New World Trading Company
• Mark McCulloch, chief marketing officer, Prezzo Italian
• Ria Pattni, marketing director, JKS
• Laura Mimoun, chief marketing officer, Franco Manca and the Real Greek
• Naddy Onions, marketing director, Prezzo Italian
• Gavin Smith, managing director, Pizza Pilgrims
• Éadaoin McDonagh, chief operating officer, White Rabbit Projects and Lina Stores
• Christobell Giles, managing director, Vagabond Wines
• Hannah Avery, head of food, Zizzi

Speakers Julian Metcalfe of itsu, Marta Pogroszewska of Gail’s and Caroline Ottoy of WatchHouse

Expert speakers joining the lunch! line-up

• Julian Metcalfe, founder and group chief executive, itsu 
• Marta Pogroszewska, chief operating officer, Bread Holdings Limited (Gail’s) 
• Caroline Ottoy, managing director, WatchHouse 
• Andy Naylor, chief executive, Tortilla
• Bharti Radix, founder, BloomsYard
• Everett Fieldgate, chief executive, Creams Cafe
• Jon Lake, managing director, Chopstix
• Alicia Thompson, director of hospitality, Marks & Spencer
• Spencer Craig, founder, Pure
• Florian de Chezelles, co-founder, the Salad Project
• Kai Hepworth, managing director, Knoops
• Jack Brewitt, founder and chief executive, 92 Degrees Coffee
• Rachel Cullen, head of food, Paul UK
• Romy Miller, chief marketing officer, Knoops
• Elio Elia, head of food, Chopstix
• James Flett, marketing director, Caffè Nero
• Edyta Stec, operations director, Gail’s
• Luke Shaughnessy, regional operations director, Costa Coffee
• Shoaib Muhammad, director of operations, Wendy’s – Square Burger
• Arnaud Kaziewicz, head of proposition and product, Cornish Bakery
• Will Kenney, commercial director, 200 Degrees
• Thomas Campbell-Rawlinson, international food development manager, Marks & Spencer
• Adam Miller, founder, Rolled
• Will McIntosh, group operations leader, 92 Degrees
• Siobhan Randles, head of marketing, Auntie Anne’s
• Rusty Warren, senior culinary innovation manager – EMEA, Subway
• Matt Ashley, founder, Assenheims 56
• Simran Sablok, chief marketing officer, Creams Cafe

Register for a free trade ticket to the National Restaurant Pub & Bar Show and lunch!

Registration for the National Restaurant Pub & Bar Show and lunch! in advance is free for trade visitors (a door fee will apply on the day) and all visitors must be approved before entry. For more information and to register, please visit www.nrpbs.co.uk or www.lunchshow.co.uk and quote priority code VLU59.