TRADESHOW

On the Catersource Tradeshow floor, you’ll find the newest in buffet and table top ideas, linens and china options, creative displays and décor; check out the most up to date transport and holding units; find the latest kitchen innovations for cooking in and outdoors and serving equipment geared just for catering; test software options and see the upcoming trends in plastics and disposables - all in one place!

Get thousands of ideas while you take advantage of the many show specials, meet with your vendors face-to-face and discover new suppliers that want to do business with you. Of course, you’ll also sample some of the best catering-tailored foods and beverages you won’t find anywhere else.

Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Halls
Tuesday 3/1 Noon - 6:00pm
Wednesday 3/2 9:00am - 2:00pm

So, what can you expect?

Show specials
Dozens of exhibitors plan new product launches and special show pricing on the best catering products and services. Bring your check book and plan to save hundreds on the things you need to run your business!

Sampling
Where else can you try before you buy? Meet your vendors face-to-face and see, touch and taste the best catering-tailored foods,  beverages, products and services.

Catersource Tabletop Contest
Watch great ideas being built then vote for your favorites in the  Tabletop Contest. This challenge asks caterers to create their best table for eight and the concepts are limitless! Bring your camera and capture ideas and how-to's that'll let you create fresh new tabletop designs the minute you get home. Click here to find out more.

ACE, CATIE and Spotlight Awards Viewing Areas
Ever wonder what goes into a winning idea? Browse the award viewing cases on the Tradeshow floor and see the entries caterers have submitted for some of the most prestigious industry awards.

Buffet Building LIVE Event sponsored by the ICA
Contests are one thing, but how do you apply the concepts to your real-life, hectic, day-to-day business? Come and watch five teams build actual, usable buffets in only 60 minutes! Interact with the builders, ask questions, get answers and understand how easy it is to create stunning presentations in a real time frame.

The BIG TICKET Raffle
This is your chance to walk away with some BIG TICKET items! Your registration includes one entry into the BIG TICKET Raffle where you can win amazing prizes like a vacation for two, catering software, a valuable advertising package or even a new delivery truck*! Stay tuned as we finalize and announce this year's BIG TICKET Raffle items soon!
*Examples of past BIG TICKET Raffle prizes.

And we have even more planned for the 2011 Tradeshow floor:

More Xperience Stages
In addition to the Xperience Stages at The Cosmopolitan, you can take in Culinary, Design and Sales & Marketing presentations on the stages at the Tradeshow.

T-shirt Design Contest
We get dozens of requests and ideas for merchandise every year. And this year we’re going to take these suggestions one step further and let you design and vote on the next Catersource T-shirt! Create some thing fabulously eye-catching and creative, but also wearable and practical. It should be a fun, stylish and creative design that any caterer would be proud to wear. Click here to find out more.

i-STAGE
Experience solutions in integration, interaction, innovation and inspiration at the i-STAGE. Event suppliers will offer a variety of presentations showcasing products and services that will assist you in your own event creation! Plan to inspect live entertainment, innovative special effects and production elements, design and creative concepts, new technologies for events and business and a whole lot more!

ACF Culinary Challenge
Join us for the exciting ACF sanctioned Culinary Competition on the Tradeshow floor. More than 50 chefs will be competing as they show their creativity, individual skills, techniques and styles and raise the standards of culinary excellence and professionalism!

Flair Bartending Contest