Supporting Programme

Daily
treats at the
GASTRONOMIA 09

45th Austrian Federal Apprentices’ Competition
for Tourism Trades

28 February – 4 March, Hall C

Austria’s best apprentices compete as cooks, restaurant
specialists and hotel & hospitality assistants, and also
face the stringent scrutiny of a professional jury as well
as the interested trade fair audience. In the preliminary
selections of the nine federal provinces, a total of 117
apprentices have qualified for the grand finale in Graz!
More info: www.blwb.at

Innovation Park: International recipes for success
from the catering and hotel industry

1 to 4 March, Stadthalle

Here you will encounter innovative examples of success.
Among other things, these are: the “Catering Report”
with 13 – 14 architectural models on the topic “Catering
and Guest Garden”; the “Beer Bike” – a bicycle with
beer tap, pedals and eight barstools; and many other
innovative, successful and partially bizarre ideas from the
industry
 

Specialities
from the menu
plan of the GASTRONOMIA 09:

Show Bar Award – the somewhat
different championship in show bar mixing

powered by
Eristoff

Mon, 2 March, Stadthalle VISUAL LOUNGE, starting at 17:00

For the second time, the Graz Bar Society Graz is bringing
the 8 best show barkeepers in Austria to the competition
in Graz. Here the Champion of the Year will be determined
in a preliminary round and in a final round. The compe-
tition is a spectacular show and absolutely worth seeing!
More info: www.barsociety-graz.at

Cost advantages through electronic data exchange
in the catering industry

Sun, 1 March, Stadthalle Stage, 15:00
Ing. Mag. Gerd Marlovits
“GS1 project group for the harmonisation of catering interfaces”,
EDITEL Austria GmbH, Vienna
The developed GS1 standards for uniform business
processes between catering enterprises and supplies will
be implemented. (german language)

Special presentation – Styrian oil pumpkin

Tue, 3 March, North Foyer, starting at 16:00

Styrian pumpkin seed oil and more: special presentation
of Styrian pumpkin seed oil producers and tasting Styrian
pumpkin seed oils and products pertaining to Styrian oil
pumpkin.

The brand new Holidaymaker Study 2009

Wed, 4 March, Stadthalle Stage, 14:00
Mag. Claudia Brandstätter-Kobalt
bmm GmbH
New holidays – in terms of tourism, the year 2009 brings
many exciting things!
Do Austrians go on holiday? If so, where? What are they
willing to spend money for? Which motives count? Who
will have advantages? These are just a few selected questions
which will be answered!