An immersive two-day festival bringing together foodservice and hospitality leaders to explore practical solutions for a more sustainable, resilient and future-ready industry.
Overview
Who is this for?
This event is particularly suitable for:
- Directors and senior leaders
- Heads of catering and hospitality
- Sustainability and ESG leads
- Executive chefs and food development teams
- Procurement and supply chain professionals
- Facilities and operations managers
- Nutrition, health and wellbeing leads
- Corporate affairs, communications and policy professionals
- Anyone responsible for organisational resilience and sustainable food strategy
The programme will be particularly relevant to university catering teams looking to strengthen sustainability strategies, future-proof their operations and translate environmental commitments into practical changes across menus, kitchens and supply chains.
Why should I take part?
Footprint Festival is a unique sustainability event held on a working farm in the Hampshire countryside. Designed for senior leaders and decision-makers across foodservice and hospitality, the festival combines thought-provoking content with practical workshops, live demonstrations, sustainable food experiences and extensive opportunities for networking.
Across two days, delegates will hear from operators, suppliers, policymakers, academics and sustainability specialists tackling some of the most significant challenges facing the sector. The programme is designed to move beyond ambition and explore how organisations can deliver meaningful environmental, social and commercial change in practice.
What to expect
The festival programme includes keynote presentations, industry panels, interactive workshops, roundtable discussions, culinary demonstrations and an innovation exhibition.
Key themes include:
- Net zero, carbon reduction and business resilience
- Sustainable menu development and plant-rich food
- Food waste prevention and circular solutions
- Nature, biodiversity and regenerative agriculture
- Water security and responsible resource management
- Packaging and Deposit Return Scheme readiness
- Sustainable procurement and resilient supply chains
- Public health, nutrition and changing consumer demand
- Modern slavery and responsible business practices
- Practical uses of artificial intelligence in sustainability
- Leadership, governance and securing investment for change
Delegates will also experience sustainable food and drink concepts, low-carbon cooking demonstrations, farm-based activities and informal networking throughout the event.
How will it help me?
By attending the Footprint Festival, delegates will:
- Understand the emerging environmental, social and commercial risks affecting foodservice and hospitality.
- Explore practical approaches to reducing carbon emissions, food waste, packaging and resource consumption.
- Identify opportunities to develop healthier, more sustainable and commercially successful menus.
- Consider how procurement decisions can support resilient British and international supply chains.
- Gain insights into changing customer expectations, food trends and public policy.
- Learn from organisations implementing sustainability strategies at scale.
- Build connections with operators, suppliers, innovators and sustainability specialists from across the sector.
- Take away practical ideas that can be applied within their own organisation.
What’s included?
Festival tickets include:
- Access to keynote presentations, panels and discussions
- Workshops, breakout sessions and working groups
- Live demonstrations and hands-on learning
- Access to the exhibition and innovation areas
- A light bite on arrival
- Lunch and food and drink sampling
- Tea, coffee and water throughout the day
- Drinks reception and evening entertainment
- Complimentary on-site parking
What’s not included?
- Accommodation and travel are not included.
Important information
This is an external event organised by Foodservice Footprint. Programme content and speakers may be subject to change. Delegates should review the organiser’s booking terms and cancellation policy before confirming their place.
Academy Credits are not available for this event - the booking link is directly with Foodservice Footprint and TUCO Members will be able to access the event with a 20% discount.
Using the booking link:
The default is a 2 Day Pass.
If you would prefer a 1 Day Pass, add it to your cart, then adjust the quantity of the 2 Day Pass, which will allow you to remove it from your cart.
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Receipts and invoices
A standard receipt is emailed after purchase by default.
If you are VAT registered, please tick the "I'm purchasing as a business" checkbox and enter your VAT info.
A VAT receipt will then be emailed to you after purchase.
Registering your attendees
Once payment is completed, you will be redirected to a form where we ask you to register more details about your attendees.
We ask this as you may be purchasing tickets on behalf of one or more people.
Should you need to revisit the form, there is a link to 'Save and resume later' which will email you a link to follow.
If you need to visit the form directly, please use this link: http://foodservicefootprint.com/festival-registration
To keep up to date with the latest news and information, please visit: https://footprintfestival.com/
Pricing
Location
Barnsgrove is situated on a 1,500-acre working farm near Basingstoke and the M3. Sessions will take place around the former dairy, farm and purpose-designed Barnsgrove event space.
