Press Registration Open For Summer Fancy Food Show In Washington, D.c.

Spot trends, taste new products, and meet food producers from across the U.S. and around the world at the Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington, D.C. The show runs June 17 - 19, 2012, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
To register for a press badge, go to fancyfoodshows.com.

Now in its 58th year, the Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages in North America. It is the must-attend event for buyers from top names in retailing and restaurants worldwide including Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Dean & DeLuca, Zingerman's, Williams-Sonoma and venues ranging from museum caf�s to Las Vegas hotels.

The exhibit halls will be filled with the latest specialty foods and beverages from food artisans, importers and entrepreneurs from 80 countries and regions. The thriving local food scene will be well represented with more than 100 exhibitors from the D.C. Metropolitan Area, with such products as salted caramel ice cream from Silver Spring, Md., tortilla wraps from Manassas Park, Va., and Ib�rico ham from an importer in Washington, D.C. Click here to search the exhibitor list.

Show highlights include:
- 180,000 specialty foods and beverages
- 2,400 exhibitors from 80 countries and regions
- State Pavilions, including Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York and Virginia
- sofi Awards ceremony hosted by Jose Andres, the noted chef and culinary innovator
- All-day seminar on how to break into the specialty food business
- A Visual Feast, a new exhibit tracing 60 years of specialty food
- Guided Tastings: Korean Cuisine; Best of DC Farmers Markets; Salt and Pepper; Butter
- Major food donation to the Capital Area Food Bank at end of show
The Fancy Food Show is closed to the general public. The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc., (NASFT), the show's owner, provides complimentary press badges to qualified media. Learn more and register.

About the NASFT

The NASFT is celebrating its 60th anniversary. It is a not-for-profit trade association established in 1952 to foster commerce and interest in the specialty food industry. Today there are more than 2,900 members in the U.S. and abroad. The NASFT's website for consumers, foodspring.com, provides an insider's look at specialty foods and the companies, food entrepreneurs and artisans behind them. For more information on the NASFT and its Fancy Food Shows, go to specialtyfood.com.