The Publican Live..add to taste...

With food becoming more important than ever to pubs, visitors to Publican Live will find a wide range of menu and equipment ideas from exhibitors. For more information about visiting Publican Live log on to www.publicanlive.com or call 01923 690 642.

3663 - stand 330​

This year, 3663 is once again a mainstay of the show. The 3663 Live Food Experience will cover a range of topics to help pubs build their business, provide a place where visitors can pick up innovative meal ideas from industry chefs and learn about new products. It will also offer plenty of opportunities to get involved with tasting areas and audience participation. Events will include:

The Lamb Experience - Expert butcher Glenn Eastwood from The Barton Meat Company will be demonstrating the different cuts available and how to get the best out of them. David Wood, 3663's client development manager, will be on hand to cook up some recipes using the different choice cuts selected.

The Fish Experience - Shaun Hill, executive head chef at 3663, will be demonstrating an exciting selection of recipes from the recently launched and incredibly popular range of fresh fish from 3663. There will also be a specialist session on how to fillet fish.

Menu Planning - David Wood, client development manager at 3663 will be advising on all aspects of menu planning, from marketing through to food costs with hints, tips and recipe suggestions. With the smoking ban in mind, there will also be experts on hand to offer support to pubs looking to introduce food or upgrade their existing food offering.

The 3663 Live Food Experience will have two tasting areas, one showcasing the White's range of products and the other introducing the new, exclusive 'Di Capri' range of authentic Italian dishes.

Premium range White's will be previewing and demonstrating eight centre plate items and six new desserts. The 3663 development team will provide inspiration on how to add your individual finishing touch to these products.

Also launching at the show is the new 'Pasta Di Capri' range of authentic Italian pastas and calzones available exclusively to 3663. This range is an addition to the 'Di Capri' family of products that builds on the resounding success of the existing pizza range.

Italian's Food - stand 349A​

With Mediterranean flavours always popular on pub menus, Italian's Food provides healthy, tasty and quick alternatives to fast food while maintaining the traditions, culture and cuisine of Italy.

The product range includes cooking equipment as well as food. Pasta Break enables pubs to prepare first course pasta dishes using precooked and quick frozen single portions of pasta and sauces.

Pizza Break is fitted with a ventilation hood that contains a carbon filter. The stainless steel chambers can cook two pizzas in two minutes.

Black Rock Grill - stand 210​

Following its appearance last year, Black Rock Grill is bringing table theatre to an increasing number of pubs. A slab of volcanic rock, heated in an oven, is bought to the table. The customer cooks their own meat or seafood on the rock, with the heat sealing in the natural juices and flavour. The rock stays hot at the table for at least an hour, allowing a large helping of steak and swordfish, for example, to be cooked chunk-by-chunk, with the final mouthful as tasty as the first. New this year are stylish black plates.

Curry Sauce Company - stand 416​

Pubs can serve authentic tasting curry meals prepared in minutes, with genuinely ready to use sauces from the Curry Sauce Company - no need to even chop an onion! There are no artificial ingredients in the products, and a choice of 14 flavours including Indian, Thai, Moroccan, Malaysian.

P&G Professional - stand 228​

Fairy is a British brand known to millions. P&G Professional has brought the same brand standards to its warewashing range, with something for every commercial kitchen. At Publican Live P&G will focus on three essential products: Fairy Powder Bursts for short cycle dishwashers - fast dissolving pouches that work quicker and for longer than hard tablets; Fairy Commercial Detergent and Rinse Aid for professional short cycle dishwashers - reduces the need for maintenance through limescale prevention; and the famous Fairy Liquid, which reduces costs through long-lasting value for money.

Salty Dog - stand 264​

The crisp company will be spotlighting Darling Spuds, the wholesome, more cultured younger sister of feisty tearaway Salty Dog. The snacks are GMO and gluten free and come in four distinct flavours -  crushed sea salt, sea salt & Modena balsamic vinegar, fire roasted jalapeno peppers & west country cheddar, and leek & pink peppercorns.

Nella Cutlery - stand 131​

Helping pubs stay sharp, Nella Cutlery is a fourth generation family business which has been established for more than 100 years. It provides a national knife sharpening service, delivering new sharpened knives weekly, fortnightly or monthly to customers in exchange for the blunt ones. All knives are colour coded and comply with health and safety regulations with chipped or broken knives exchanged at no extra cost.

Silesia Grill Systems - stand 426​

Over 25 years the Silesia Grill has achieved an unmatched reputation for quality and reliability, with a constantly updated design. The company is demonstrating a range of products cooked on the Silesia High Speed Contact Grill.

The fast and efficient grill allows pubs to serve tastier, more succulent foods with greater versatility. The grill is easy to clean and can produce food to order quickly:

• Bacon 30 secs
• 4oz burgers 1 min
• Toasted sandwiches 1 min
• Panini 2.5 mins
• Breakfasts 1 min

Real Crisps - stand 640a​

Welsh premium crisps manufacturer Real Crisps, is featuring its Chip n' Dip concept. The product is a new snacking concept, which provides 45g of Real Crisps with a dip in the same tray. There are two varieties, lightly salted crisps with salsa dip or honey-mustard dip.

Classeq - stand 1118​

The warewashing specialist will be spotlighting its latest compact undercounter glass and dishwashers, with the Duo range of dishwashers given special prominence. The Duo 750 has a wash cycle of just three minutes and can handle big 500 x 500mm racks, giving fast, brilliantly clean results. Its double-skinned cabinet keeps both heat and noise in, reducing energy consumption and ensuring its ultra-quiet operation.

The machines are simple to operate, with filter systems and wash tank design which reduces water, energy and chemical consumption, saving pubs money.

Amore Coffee - stand 400​

Amore Coffee is the UK importer of high quality espresso equipment, manufactured by Gruppo Izzo of Napoli, Italy. Gruppo Izzo also roasts coffee beans in the Neapolitan tradition.

Amore aims to prove that pubs don't have to trade price for quality. Gruppo Izzo's exclusive espresso equipment is supplied in traditional semi and fully automatic styles. The most popular machine is the Pompeii 2 Group Lever Machine. This offers great style and gives a measured dosage, pre-infusion and boasts very low maintenance.

Izzo Verde is a unique blend of full flavoured coffee beans, roasted to a superior quality to suit the British market, and sold in six 1kg bags. Supermiscela is a balance of blending and roasting sold in a 3kg nitrogen flushed tin.

Amore Coffee is also able to offer a wide range of bean to cup, vending, and pour and serve units, as well as all necessary ancillary products, including filter and cafetiere coffee.

Celebrate St George's Day with Peeks​

Theme nights and special events are big drivers of trade for pubs, and Peek the Event Makers has everything you need to throw a great party, with themed products for a min