Food & Hospitality Queensland

About this event

Food & Hospitality Queensland (Brisbane 2026)

Food & Hospitality Queensland is Queensland’s major trade event for the foodservice, hospitality, retail and convenience ecosystem, bringing together the full supply chain to discover new products, source smarter solutions, build supplier relationships and explore the trends shaping the future of the industry.

Event basics

• Dates: 12 & 13 October 2026
• Venue: BCEC Brisbane (Brisbane, Australia)
• Industry position: Trade event covering hospitality & dining, takeaway & food-to-go, catering, institutional & contract foodservice, and workplace & onsite foodservice

1) Who attends (Buyers / Attendees)

While the event is built as a trade show, it is designed to attract practical, decision-making attendees across the commercial hospitality and food supply chain. The highest-value attendee groups typically include operational leaders and commercial buyers who are responsible for choosing products, negotiating supply arrangements, and implementing new equipment, ingredients and solutions.

From the event’s positioning (“direct access to the operators, retailers, distributors and decision-makers”), the best attendee/buyer-fit categories usually include:

• Hospitality operators and managers (restaurant groups, cafés, bars, and dining operators) looking to refresh menus, improve margins, and adopt new equipment and ingredients.
• Retail and convenience buyers involved in sourcing and stocking packaged and ready-to-eat offerings, improving product range and supply reliability.
• Foodservice buyers and procurement teams for catering and contract/institutional foodservice (including workplace/on-site models).
• Distributors and wholesalers focused on expanding lines, negotiating brand partnerships, and meeting demand across Queensland.
• Technical and category decision-makers tied to equipment selection, workflow efficiency, food safety requirements, and supplier performance.
• Industry professionals and specialists attending across multiple stages/features and competitions, increasing engagement and meeting density for solution providers.

2) Where the show is happening + attendee geographic origin

The event is scheduled to return to BCEC Brisbane in Brisbane, Australia (Queensland). Because it is positioned as a major Queensland-focused opportunity, the attendee base is strongly expected to include participants across the state, with additional representation from other Australian states as suppliers, distributors and multi-site operators seek growth in Queensland’s hospitality and foodservice market.

The event’s messaging emphasizes Queensland’s growth context and the Brisbane economy’s projected expansion, supporting the idea that many attendees will be Queensland-based decision-makers, plus national players building or strengthening a presence in the region.

3) Audience reach (Local / National / Global)

Based on the event being explicitly framed as Queensland’s “biggest” and focused on Brisbane, the primary reach is local-to-regional (Queensland). However, the nature of the supply chain gathering—where brands and distributors often serve multiple regions—also means the show functions with a broad national commercial audience.

In practice, attendees and exhibitors commonly include businesses with distribution networks and multi-state operations, so the show is not limited to only local operators. It is best understood as a Queensland-first marketplace with wider Australian supply-chain participation.

4) Sample buyer company names (Buyers ONLY) + websites

Below are buyer-style targets that are representative of the kinds of operator/distributor/procurement decision-makers Food & Hospitality Queensland attracts. These are examples for list-building and outreach planning; exact exhibitor/attendee participation can vary by year.

Note: If we receive your client’s website and product/service category (for example: ingredients, equipment, food packaging, coffee systems, vending solutions, foodservice tech, refrigeration, kitchen automation, or catering services), we can refine this into a tighter buyer list with correct job titles mapped to what the client sells.

5) Job profiles, industries & event type

Food & Hospitality Queensland is a trade event focused on hospitality and foodservice commercial operations. It attracts buyers from restaurant groups, café operators, caterers, distributors and retail/convenience stakeholders who care about product innovation, supply chain performance and operational outcomes.

Best job profiles to target:

• Procurement Manager / Purchasing Manager (Food, Beverages, Equipment, Packaging)
• Category Manager (Convenience, Food-to-go, Retail Supply)
• Foodservice Operations Manager / Catering Operations Manager
• Head of Supply Chain / Supply Chain Manager
• Kitchen & Equipment Manager / Technical Services (where relevant)
• Business Development Manager (Foodservice channel) / Key Account Manager
• Distribution & Wholesale Channel Manager
• Venue Food & Beverage Manager
• Contract/Institutional Foodservice Manager
• Retail Store/Regional Manager (for convenience range decisions, depending on org structure)

Best industry categories to align (using your target list approach):

• Food & Beverages
• Hospitality
• Retail
• Restaurants
• Packaging & Containers (especially if the client provides packaging, food wraps, containers, labelling, or supply packaging solutions)
• Logistics & Supply Chain (especially if the client provides cold chain, warehousing, delivery tech, or distribution services)
• Events Services (where the client is catering-related or venue services adjacent)
• Industrial Automation / Mechanical or Industrial Engineering (only if the client sells kitchen automation, food processing equipment, or warehousing/handling systems)
• Computer Software / Internet (only if the client sells hospitality/dining tech such as ordering platforms, workforce scheduling, inventory software, POS add-ons, or restaurant analytics)
• Pharmaceuticals and other unrelated filters should be avoided unless the product has a direct compliance, cold chain, or health-service catering relevance

6) Estimated attendance (expected total footfall)

Food & Hospitality Queensland states the following event scale indicators:

• 6,500+ industry professionals
• 170+ exhibiting brands
• 1,200+ products & solutions
• 100+ expert speakers
• 9 stages, competitions & features

For planning purposes, we model attendance as a strong buyer-and-professional-heavy footprint, anchored by the 6,500+ industry professional figure and supported by feature/stage activity (which typically increases on-floor engagement and the number of decision-makers who move between zones).

7) Key focus areas & buyer engagement

The event’s themes and feature content indicate that buyers engage around practical adoption of solutions—new ingredients, equipment, and operational improvements—rather than purely brand awareness. The show’s headings emphasize:

• Hospitality & Dining and upgrading service and menu operations
• Takeaway & Food-to-go operations, packaging, throughput and supply reliability
• Catering including both commercial and larger-scale delivery models
• Institutional & Contract Foodservice with procurement-driven purchasing cycles
• Workplace & Onsite Foodservice focused on consistency, cost control and vendor performance

Engagement points (stages and features) also create structured touchpoints for decision-makers, including specialised experiences such as:

• Café & Coffee Experience
• Aged Care Catering Summit
• Café Success Stage
• Business & Tech Stage
• Chef's Table
• Competitions such as QLD Professional Chef of the Year and QLD Pizza Championships

For outreach and attendee prioritization, we recommend positioning the client’s value proposition to match these zones—for example, tech and software claims should align with the Business & Tech Stage audience, while equipment/ingredient offerings should align with kitchen readiness and menu execution audiences.

8) Client-product fit note (we will refine the best buyers once we review the client website)

We can produce a highly accurate “best buyer” attendee/account list only after reviewing the client’s website and understanding exactly what they sell. Please share the client website so we can map product-market fit to the event’s buyer segments and recommend the most relevant job titles and industries.

Typical fit examples (for guidance only):

• If the client sells foodservice equipment (kitchen systems, refrigeration, coffee equipment, prep/handling): we will prioritize procurement, operations and technical decision-makers.
• If the client sells ingredients and consumables (coffee, sauces, bakery inputs, proteins, convenience components): we will prioritize category/procurement buyers, menu and product managers, and channel/account owners.
• If the client sells packaging (containers, labels, clamshells, takeaway packaging): we will prioritize takeaway/food-to-go supply chain decision-makers and procurement leads.
• If the client sells foodservice tech (inventory, ordering platforms, workforce scheduling, analytics): we will prioritize the Business & Tech Stage-aligned buyer personas.
• If the client sells logistics/distribution or supply chain services: we will prioritize distribution channel buyers and supply chain managers.
• If the client sells catering capability or institutional catering solutions: we will prioritize institutional procurement and catering operations roles.

9) Final buyer-list direction (industry focus recommendations)

If we are building buyer targeting for Food & Hospitality Queensland, we will structure the buyer segmentation around:

• Hospitality/Restaurants (operators, group procurement, kitchen/equipment decision-makers)
• Food & Beverages (ingredient suppliers, coffee and beverage channel managers)
• Retail and Convenience adjacency (category buyers and food-to-go sourcing)
• Packaging & Containers (takeaway and food-to-go packaging solutions)
• Logistics & Supply Chain (cold chain, delivery, distribution, fulfillment)
• Computer Software / Internet (only if tech directly supports hospitality operations)

Next step: Share the client website and (if available) the primary product categories and target customer type (for example: catering, cafés, aged care, retail convenience, workplace dining). Once we review that, we will provide a refined “best buyer” list aligned to Food & Hospitality Queensland’s buyer mix and job-title decision makers.