Visitor FAQ's

Speciality & Fine Food Fair will take place from 15 - 16 September 2026 at Olympia, London.

The opening times are:

• Tuesday 15 September 2026, 09:30am - 16:30 (last entry at 16:00)
• Wednesday 16 September 2026, 09:30am - 16:00 (last entry at 15:00)

As an industry show, Speciality & Fine Food Fair is open to trade visitors, industry professionals, and businesses involved in the specialty food and beverage sector. This includes Retailers, Foodservice Professionals, Distributors and Wholesalers, Producers and Manufacturers and Food & Beverage Professionals.

As this is a trade only event all visitors will be vetted in advance and entry is not guaranteed to the Fair until you receive your visitor confirmation email.

Visitors will be required to provide proof of trade status and industry relevance when registering for the Fair. To ensure a smooth registration process you will need to provide the below:
- Website or social media business page URL
- Connection between yourself and the business (i.e. work email address, LinkedIn profile)
- Connection between the business and fine food & drink industry

If you cannot provide any of these then regrettably we cannot grant entry to the Fair. 

Please refer to our admissions policy here.

As the Fair is an industry only event, we operate on a no student policy. This policy will be enforced across both days of the show and as such we sadly cannot issue you with a visitor pass.

Entry to Speciality & Fine Food Fair is for buyers looking to meet with producers to pull together an enticing selection of products for their outlets. This is the heart of the Fair and therefore it important to us that we do everything we can to ensure the Fair enables buyers and producers to connect, do business and gain value from the event.  

We understand that suppliers to food & drink brands are an important part of the industry ecosystem, however following feedback from our exhibitors last year we want to ensure we focus on facilitating those invaluable new connections between buyers and speciality producers and that is why we have decided this year to introduce the fee of £350 including VAT to suppliers. Following registration you will be emailed with a link to pay the supplier charge.

Registration for the 2026 edition of the Fair is not yet live. 

As this is a trade only event all visitors will be vetted in advance and entry is not guaranteed to the Fair until you receive your visitor confirmation email.

Visitors will be required to provide proof of trade status and industry relevance when registering for the Fair. To ensure a smooth registration process you will need to provide the below:
- Website or social media business page URL
- Connection between yourself and the business (i.e. work email address, LinkedIn profile)
- Connection between the business and fine food & drink industry

If you cannot provide any of these then regrettably we cannot grant entry to the Fair.

There is a charge of £350 for suppliers to enter the Fair.

Please refer to our admissions policy here.

No you do not need to book on in advance.

Visitors are prohibited from bringing wheelie bags, suitcases or large rucksacks or carrier bags into the event. If a visitor does arrive with one of the mentioned above, they will be required to check-in these items to one of the cloakrooms. We also enforce a one bag of samples policy when visitors are leaving the event. This is subject to the Organisers discretion. Please refer to our admissions policy here.