In the spring of next year, between 17-19 March 2023, Brașov becomes the meeting point between visitors with old and new exhibitors, but also between manufacturers, suppliers of machines, equipment, raw materials, utensils and entrepreneurs of the bakery, confectionery and HoReCa industry. GastroPan exhibition brings together supply and demand, suppliers and customers in a setting that enables complex presentations of products, technologies and services for an interested specialist audience.
Next year, there will be three interesting days for the bakery, confectionery and HoReCa industries: for 14 years, GastroPan has become one of the most important meeting points in the world for the specified industries, being the only exhibition for the bakery and confectionery sectors in Romania. Its attraction has extended far beyond Romania's borders, with exhibitors and thousands of visitors from abroad. One of the core aspects of GastroPan exhibition is the complex program, which offers various opportunities for technical discussions, exchange of views and creation of new connections. New technologies are demonstrated, ideas are examined and tasty recipes are presented.
The courage to follow difficult paths
The future was and is unpredictable, this has been stated even by the main representatives of industry associations and patronages, but GastroPan exhibition provides a certain orientation and through B2B meetings between suppliers, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, mutual help is created through to face the challenges.
The industry is currently facing a difficult period where the control of the business is much more accentuated. Companies need to examine their own portfolio of products and technologies, analyze their product to reduce raw material consumption, energy needs and staffing requirements and focus on what really makes up the company. Thus, at GastroPan 2023, solutions, new and modern technology that have been assembled and thought out according to current requirements, raw materials and utensils, but also new ideas and themes of food products will be exhibited.
Professional event, with and for specialists
GastroPan has developed rapidly due to its professional, B2B character, with visitors finding solutions and technologies strictly for their fields of activity. Exhibitors are also attracted to this aspect, appreciating the fact that GastroPan is a closed-circuit event. This means that visitors come exclusively from producers and entrepreneurs in the field, being invited using a carefully monitored and constantly updated database. The ability to bring together market demand and supply have made GastroPan the most efficient business platform in the bakery, confectionery and HoReCa industry in Romania.
Attractive program for those presents at GastroPan
The thousands of types of machines, accessories, utensils, raw materials, dozens of demonstration programs, numerous contests and LIVE demonstrations enrich the program of the three days of the exhibition. In addition to current and future-oriented specialist topics, topics related to the new era supply chain, changes in energy scarcity and resources will also be integrated into the program.
The product and service offer that the exhibitors prepare for GastroPan visitors includes the latest innovations in the fields in which they operate, as well as the most sought-after solutions for their customers.
BAKERY-PASTRY – Machinery, furniture and stainless-steel equipment, customized equipment, solutions for equipping bakeries, complete bakery and pastry lines, consumables, bakery equipment, consulting services and technological flow design, bags, boxes, wrapping paper, gifts, paper and cardboard packaging for the food industry, flours, ingredients, premixes, flavorings, yeast, essences, colorings, additives etc.;
CONFECTIONERY – machines, equipment, utensils and accessories for confectionery, thousands of utensils and accessories for confectionery, wide range of ingredients, specialized software solutions for confectionery, professional packaging for confectionery etc.;
ICE CREAM – equipment and machines for preparing ice cream, consumables for ice cream, wide range of ingredients and raw materials for ice cream, concepts, ideas, innovations in completing the offer of ingredients and raw materials, machines for homemade ice cream etc.;
COFFEE, TEA AND BEVERAGES – coffee machines, frappes, rare coffees and teas, unique coffee solutions, specialty teas from around the world.
CHOCOLATERY – chocolate packaging machines, chocolate coatings and glazes, glazing lines, chocolate tempering machines.
HORECA – furniture and various stainless-steel equipment for all sectors of the food industry: restaurants, professional kitchens, pizzerias, fast foods, catering activities, bars, butchers, laboratories, complete services for the food industry, innovative solutions for hotels, restaurants, fast food, software and hardware solutions for hotels, restaurants, cafes, pizzerias etc.
In addition to the representative sectors, there will be exhibitors who will exhibit solutions and technologies valid for the present, but especially for the future:
DIGITALIZATION, ROBOTIZATION – automation, management, product improvement, the existence of robots – another way to counter the lack of skilled workers is the intentional use of technologies and digitization. This topic has gained significant momentum due to current situations, pandemic and war. Intelligent systems are increasingly used for efficient staff deployment planning and help to avoid human error. Digitization offers an opportunity to rethink operational processes and make them better and more efficient. In addition to the many changes in production, there may be new communication channels in the interaction between production, sales and the company's customers.
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY – IT software, e-commerce, POS systems, product management – as businesses turn to technology to fight inflation and improve efficiency, food technology is reshaping the food industry by using the latest technology to manage production, distribution and consumption.
ELECTRICITY AND HEAT – modern electricity systems, energy and heat utility providers, energy management, ventilation devices etc. – currently, it is a very widespread theme: rising electricity and heat prices. Europe is facing an energy crisis and EU countries are working together to find an answer to the problem of high prices and to ensure energy supply or even exhibit solutions to save electricity and heat.
HYGIENE AND CLEANING – cleaning systems, work equipment, foreign material detection, cleaning machinery and equipment, cleaning solutions – as cleaning and sanitation can be the most important aspects in the bakery, confectionery and HoReCa industries, a very high emphasis on this, especially the existing conditions today.
LOGISTICS – logistics planning systems, transport machinery, transport vehicles and accessories – significantly influence food supply chains by creating logistics plans under profit maximization criteria.
EXPERIENCE PRACTICALLY AT GASTROPAN – Most of the exhibited solutions will be able to be experienced at the stands through practical demonstrations, tasting campaigns and production demonstration workshops.
CREATIVITY AND SKILL FOR GASTROPAN COMPETITIONS
The GastroPan competitions will reward the best confectioners, bakers and students in the country and are grouped into 5 competitive sections - bakery-pastry, confectionery and the category intended for students, each having days dedicated to the section. Competitions have the role of imposing the Products of the Year on the market and at the same time supporting talents and businesses in the field. The level of competition will be even higher, after many of the competitors have graduated in the last year numerous training programs, after which they have accumulated new skills.
Here are the contest sections and categories in brief:
CONFECTIONERY SECTION | March 17, 2023
For the Confectionery section, confectioners from all over the country can register, who will have the opportunity to win the Cake of the Year 2023 trophy, contestants will be challenged to develop original, creative tastes and delicious. Confectioners and cake decorators will also have the opportunity to demonstrate their talent in the Artistic Creation category from sugar paste.
- Cake of the Year 2023 – theme: semi-prepared choux – scalded dough
A properly baked choux retains its puffy shape with an interior hollow, with a crispy exterior and quite dry, with a golden color on top all. When cut it should be somewhat hollow with a middle/core slightly moist inside.
- Artistic creation from sugar paste – theme: Wedding cakes – extravagance
A royal wedding is a real storybook. Everything is magic from the way the bride and groom dress to the way the space is decorated or the cake decorated. The piece de resistance of any wedding, the cake almost never disappoints, this is the visual treat and tasteful of the wedding guests.
BAKERY-PASTRY SECTION | March 18, 2023
Bakers will have a chance to win the Bread of the Year 2023 trophy.
- Bread of the Year 2023 artisanal – theme: Products of bakery with the addition of seeds with a functional role
- Pastry products – theme: Pastry products with a role functional
FUNCTIONAL RAW MATERIALS – a functional food can be a natural food or a food to which a component has been added or removed by technological or biotechnological means. Those foods that contain a nutritional bioactive component (vitamins, minerals, proteins etc.) or non-nutritive (prebiotic fibers, polyphenols etc.), which influence for the better the functioning of the body, protects against the occurrence of diseases, prevent nutritional deficiencies.
SECTION DEDICATED TO STUDENTS|March 19, 2023
- Theme: Love Food, Hate Waste – reuse of by-products in bakery-pastry products
BY-PRODUCTS – the use of generated by-products of food processing is a developing concern to improve economic performance and ensure environmental sustainability. Compounds recovered from food waste would could have the potential to be used in various food applications and biotechnological purposes.
Soon, more information will be available regarding the GastroPan Competitions. For registration or details, call 0732 575 556 or write to the email address
For more information and details prepared by the organizers for suppliers in the field, contact the organizers at
