IBIE Attracts 20,000 Baking Professionals After Three-Yr Hiatus
- The Worldwide Baking Trade Exposition (IBIE) featured greater than 800 trade suppliers, award displays and demos.
- Exhibitors stated the 2022 occasion was the most effective in IBIE historical past for connecting with patrons 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 came about in Las Vegas, from September 17 by means of September 21, after a three-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19.
Over the four-day expo, attendees flooded the halls of the Las Vegas Conference Heart, searching for the newest gear, substances and provide options from greater than 800 trade suppliers. Whereas exhibitor personnel and non-exhibiting provider company 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—have been strolling the present flooring.
In accordance with an IBIE press launch, many exhibitors stated this was the most effective IBIE in historical past for connecting with patrons from outdoors the US—patrons 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 international locations 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,” stated IBIE Chairman Dennis Gunnel. “The Baking Expo has a protracted historical past of championing innovation aimed on the altering wants of our bakers—from the developments on the present flooring and IBIEducate displays to the high-quality patrons strolling the aisles. Throughout a time when commerce occasions are getting a fraction of their pre-pandemic participation, our trade confirmed up.”
Among 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, movie star 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 Muffins), Keegan Gerard and Sébastien Canonne. - Two new pavilions, one centered on sanitation and the opposite on hashish as an ingredient. Demos in Hashish Central have been livestreamed to audiences outdoors the conference heart.
- A dwell musical efficiency from Duff Goldman and his chef-led rock band, Foie Grock.
- Widespread returning options included The Artisan Market, Nice American Pie Pageant, Pizza Data Heart, and an expanded Innovation Showcase.
IBIE, along with Snack Meals & Wholesale Bakery journal, additionally acknowledged greater than 70 trade suppliers and bakeries which have made specifically notable achievements in sustainability, sanitation, workforce improvement, and innovation. Within the fifth version of this trade 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 Methods – Sustainable Oven Service
Sanitation: Middleby Meals Processing – Vyv Antimicrobial LED Lighting
Workforce Growth:
Retail Bakery: Daybreak Meals – Ladies’s Management Growth Program
Provider: Puratos, Puratos Bakery College – Pennsauken NJ College 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 Selection 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:
Total 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-Lifelike – 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
Marriage 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—have been judged and offered at IBIE. Click on right here for a roundup of the winners.
