The 16th edition of Food and Hotel Malaysia (FMH), Malaysia’s premier trade-only food and hospitality exhibition has managed to return with it’s first physical event in two years which featured 200 participating brands and welcomed over 8,000 attendees in the course of just four days from 29 March to 1 April 2022, coinciding perfectly with Malaysia’s move into Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan.
Top multinational and Malaysian brands – FrieslandCompina Professional, Pasty Pro, BidFood Malaysia, Global Pacific Victory, DKSH Malaysia, Unox (Asia) and Bestari Sales & Marketing were able to showcase their latest products, services and innovations at FHM 2022.
YB Dato Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Reflecting the latest industry trends, the key themes of FMH 2022 included plant based foods, food tech industry 4.0 advancements, pastry innovations and sustainable packaging while visitors enjoyed a wide array of stimulating side activities and mouth-watering culinary displays during the event.
Ms. Margaret Ma, President & CEO, Informa Markets Asia
Highlights of the event include a Pastry Innovation Lab which featured 15 live cooking showcases and demonstrations by top chefs from the Professional Culinary Association (PCA) over the week. Culinary Malaysia, Asia’s most distinguished culinary competition or known as “The Battle of the Chefs,” hosted up to 1,000 professionals that competed in seven gastronomic categories. The top chefs put a spotlight on their innovative techniques, ingredients and state of the art machinery to craft unique desserts, pastries and showpieces infused with Malaysian and Asian flavours.
“We are thrilled to be spearheading the long-awaited return of face-to-face physical exhibitions for the food and hospitality industry,” said Mr Gerard Leeuwenburgh, Country General Manager of Informa Markets Malaysia, “We encourage all of our exhibitors and visitors to leverage FMH 2022 to help their businesses recover from the impacts of the pandemic and discover the exciting opportunities that lie ahead.”
YBhg Dato N. Subramaniam, President, Malaysian Association of Hotels
