IBIE Attracts 20,000 Baking Execs After Three-Yr Hiatus

• The Worldwide Baking Trade Exposition (IBIE) featured greater than 800 business suppliers, award shows and demos.
• Exhibitors mentioned the 2022 occasion was the perfect in IBIE historical past for connecting with consumers from outdoors the U.S.

Associated: IBIE celebrates the nation’s finest bakers in Las Vegas

Almost 20,000 baking professionals signed up for the Worldwide Baking Trade Exposition (IBIE), which befell in Las Vegas, from September 17 by means of September 21, after a three-year hiatus attributable to COVID-19.

Over the four-day expo, attendees flooded the halls of the Las Vegas Conference Heart, in search of the most recent gear, elements and provide options from greater than 800 business suppliers. Whereas exhibitor personnel and non-exhibiting provider friends fell simply shy of pre-pandemic numbers, baker attendee participation was an astounding 25% forward, additional cementing the notion from exhibitors that high-quality bakers—with intent to purchase—had been strolling the present ground.

In accordance with an IBIE press launch, many exhibitors mentioned this was the perfect IBIE in historical past for connecting with consumers from outdoors the US—consumers that many exhibitors wouldn’t have been in a position to attain on their very own. Regardless of COVID-related journey challenges, the variety of worldwide bakers elevated 34% over 2019, hailing from greater than 105 nations and making up greater than 27% % of baker attendance. The most important participation was from Brazil, Canada, Colombia and El Salvador—and a record-setting delegation from Mexico.

“IBIE 2022 has exceeded all expectations,” mentioned IBIE Chairman Dennis Gunnel. “The Baking Expo has an extended historical past of championing innovation aimed on the altering wants of our bakers—from the developments on the present ground and IBIEducate shows to the high-quality consumers strolling the aisles. Throughout a time when commerce occasions are getting a fraction of their pre-pandemic participation, our business confirmed up.”

A few of the highlights from the 2022 IBIE occasion included:

• Greater than 100 schooling periods, together with a full day of schooling on Saturday, Sept. 17.
  Demonstrations from grasp bakers, celeb cooks and influencers within the RBA Bakers Heart, together with Buddy Valastro, Paulina Abascal, Coinneach MacLeod (The Hebridean Baker), Lauren V. Haas, Jenna Hutchinson and Ashley Kosowan (Jenna Rae Truffles), Keegan Gerard and Sébastien Canonne.
• Two new pavilions, one targeted on sanitation and the opposite on hashish as an ingredient. Demos in Hashish Central had been livestreamed to audiences outdoors the conference middle.
• A stay musical efficiency from Duff Goldman and his chef-led rock band, Foie Grock.
• In style returning options included The Artisan Market, Nice American Pie Competition, Pizza Data Heart, and an expanded Innovation Showcase.

IBIE, along with Snack Meals & Wholesale Bakery journal, additionally acknowledged greater than 70 business suppliers and bakeries which have made in particular notable achievements in sustainability, sanitation, workforce growth, and innovation. Within the fifth version of this business awards program, the next corporations earned high honors in every of the respective classes and acquired an honorary plaque, onsite recognition and extra.

Sustainability: AMF Bakery Programs – Sustainable Oven Service

Sanitation: Middleby Meals Processing – Vyv Antimicrobial LED Lighting

Workforce Improvement:
Retail Bakery: Daybreak Meals – Girls’s Management Improvement Program
Provider: Puratos, Puratos Bakery Faculty – Pennsauken NJ Faculty District

Product Innovation:
Wholesale | Excessive-Quantity Bakery: Grupo Bimbo – Sustainably Baked Supán & OroWeat 100% Complete Grain Natural Bread, together with Web Zero Carbon Mobility and Regenerative Agriculture
Wholesale | Intermediate-Quantity Bakery: Lenny & Larry’s – The Full KickStart Breakfast Bars
Retail Bakery: Nick Vina Artisan Bakery – More healthy Alternative Bread

Plant Effectivity (New):
Provider: Bundy Baking Options – Synova AccuTech Pan Greaser
Wholesale | Excessive-Quantity Bakery: Grupo Bimbo – GBConnected Monitoring System

Automation and Robotics (New): Apex Movement Management – Baker-Bot

In the meantime, the Retail Bakers of America’s twenty first Annual Pillsbury Baker’s Plus Grand Champion Artistic Adorning Competitors acknowledged the next winners:

General Winners– Sponsored by Pillsbury:
1st Place: Kaytlyn Stanuszek & Lee Ann Parsons, Dorothy Lane Market
2nd Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Fondant – Sponsored by Satin Ice:
1st Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
2nd Place: Cory Jong & Emerlie Ann Miller, Hey! Cake This!
third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Sculpted Hyper-Real looking – Sponsored by American Cake Adorning Journal:
1st Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
2nd Place: Marianna Gomez Romero & Nicole Restrepo, Jalisco, Mexico
third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Buttercream Class – Sponsored by Cargill:
1st Place: Kaytlyn Stanuszek & Lee Ann Parsons, Dorothy Lane Market
2nd Place: Cory Jong & Emerlie Ann Miller, Hey! Cake This!
third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Wedding ceremony Class – Sponsored by CakeDeco:
1st Place: Kaytlyn Stanuszek & Lee Ann Parsons, Dorothy Lane Market
2nd Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
third Place: Marianna Gomez Romero & Nicole Restrepo, Jalisco, Mexico

For the primary time, the Tiptree World Bread Awards—the US’ main nationwide celebration of the artwork of bread-baking—had been judged and introduced at IBIE. Click on right here for a roundup of the winners.