EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF THE NEW YORK RESTAURANT SHOW
Expanded Product Sourcing
We're excited to host another year of the New York Restaurant Show at the Javits Center. With an exhibitor list boasting hundreds of vendors from food & beverage products, equipment, services, distributors, technology, and more.
World-Class Education
The New York Restaurant Show brings together world-class education with industry-influencing demonstrations. The Education Program provides the gold-standard, industry-leading educational content that is practical and relevant for today's food service professionals. Industry leaders deliver real, applicable business lessons, the latest information on trends and best practices in the market, and their own opinions of what creates success in this 3-day education program.
Competitions and Culinary Demonstrations
Experience the excitement of live cooking and creativity in action at the Culinary Innovation Theater. Throughout the show, you’ll enjoy a dynamic lineup of celebrity chefs, culinary experts, exciting competitions like the 2026 Rapid Fire Challenge, and industry innovators showcasing the latest techniques, trends, and flavors shaping today’s restaurant scene. These entertaining demonstrations and exciting competitions bring the art of food to life—offering inspiration, edge, flair, fresh ideas, and insider tips you can take back to your own kitchen.
Your passion for food. Your creativity. Your dedication to nourishing both bodies and souls. Now, imagine three days in the heart of New York — the world’s most vibrant culinary stage — where you can immerse yourself in everything that first inspired your love of food. Give yourself the gift of learning, spark your creative appetite, and turn your passion into a thriving, sustainable business.
Watch live culinary demonstrations, celebrate excellence at our awards ceremonies, and cheer on competitors in our food & beverage contests. Energize your business at one of our expert-led sessions in Education Alley, and explore emerging trends across hundreds of exhibitors and interactive activations on the show floor.
We’re proud to partner with Chefs Feeding Kids, and we thank all our partners and supporters for helping make this event unforgettable!
Bring a Team, Save Big: Groups of 6 or more can take advantage of our TEAM BUNDLE registration package for significant savings.
Whether you’re an independent owner, quick-serve restaurant operator, chef, caterer, baker, bar or nightclub operator, hospital, hotel, or commercial foodservice personnel — join us March 8-10, 2026 at the New York Restaurant Show at the Javits Center. Join thousands of your peers at the show, where you'll have access to the hottest menu trends, state-of-the-art design and decor, the best in business education, and hundreds of the leading vendors and purveyors dedicated to serving the restaurant & foodservice community — all under one roof.
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IMPORTANT EVENT ADMISSION POLICIES:
EVENT ADMISSION POLICY: Please note this is an industry-only event and is not open to the public. To accommodate family-run businesses, we will allow children onto the show floor during official show hours, provided they are accompanied at all times by a parent, guardian or chaperone (21+). Any child under the age of 18 found unaccompanied on the show floor will be escorted back to the lobby and will have their badge voided (along with the badge of their chaperone), with no refund. This policy applies to all visitors including attendees, competitors, exhibitors, media, etc. Children ages 15 years and above are required to register for a show admission badge.
STUDENT ADMISSION POLICY: We will be happy to welcome culinary arts instructors onto the show floor as our guests. If you wish to expose your students to the industry through this business-to-business event, students may register at the rate of $30 per person. Each group of 5 students must be accompanied by a faculty member or chaperone (21+), and the group must remain with their chaperone at all times. As with the Event Admission Policy, any students found unaccompanied on the show floor will be escorted back to the lobby and will have their badge voided with no refund. No more than 10 students will be permitted per educational institution. Please note that if our maximum student allotment is reached, student registration will be closed. Please note: discount codes are not valid on Student Admission registrations.