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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Summer Fancy Food Show 2025: The Ultimate Photo Recap

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Everyone Loves the Summer Fancy Food Show! (All Photos By Gail)

In recent weeks, I’ve enjoyed bringing you a selection of tasty appetizer posts as a preview of what tantalized my tongue and whet my appetite at this year’s Summer Fancy Food Show — which took place at NYC’s Javits Center in late June. But you know, good things take time, which is my excuse for taking a minute to fully digest this spectacularly food-centric event so that I can bring you a full and satisfying meal that is my Ultimate Photo Recap of deliciousness. Let’s dig right in to my two full days of grazing like a free-range cow at SFFS 2025 — I’m sure you’ll agree it was worth the wait!
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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Summer Fancy Food Show 2024: The Photo Recap

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It’s Me, a Very Big Sausage, and Pat from Konopelski Meats (This Image By Anne Raso, All Others By Gail)

Attendees of the annual Summer Fancy Food Show will offer no argument that the main focus of the event is right there in the name. Fancy Food  – which completely dominates New York City’s Javits Center for three days in late June – is all about Specialty Foods of all varieties and the people who love and obsess over them.

At Fancy Food, your mouth will definitely be doing the heavy lifting, but while you’re feeding your face, trawling the trade show floor in a food-coma, on a continuous quest for your next nosh, important visual cues will alert you to a must-visit pitstop for stuffing yourself with yet another gut-busting bite. Yes, I’m calling out the awesome marketing and design skills that make the big difference in memorable branding. Without it, your delicious and unique food product could go unnoticed, and that would be a  shame.
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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Endless Eating at The Summer Fancy Food Show 2023!

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Nailed It! Me with French Chef and Chocolatier Jacques Torres at SFFS 2023 (All Photos By Gail)

Put on your fat pants, bitches, because we are about to do some serious grazing. The culinary event of the summer has come and gone, leaving our taste buds with memories of euphoric ecstasy. The Summer Fancy Food Show (sponsored by the Specialty Food Association) packed NYC’s magnificent Javits Center for three gustatorily glorious  days in late June.  Boasting an impressive (read: sold out) lineup of over 2,200 makers and manufacturers from six continents, this gastronomic extravaganza showcased the very best of the specialty food and beverage world across a staggering 40-plus categories. It certainly was a lot to digest, but we will do our best to satisfy your cravings for the show’s highlights with our famous Photo Recap. Are you hungry yet?

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The Specialty Food Association’s Signature Award, The Sofi
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Summer Fancy Food Show Returns for 2022: The Photo Recap!

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The Men of Konopelski’s Meats and Their Very Cool Hats! (All Photos By Gail)

Over the past two years, I’ve enjoyed covering the slow return of various favorite trade shows, such as the Affordable Art Fair and NY Now while holding-out for what I like to call ‘The Big One.’ Finally, after an absence of two excruciating years, the Summer Fancy Food Show (sponsored by the Specialty Food Association) made what can only be called a triumphant comeback in June of this year. It has taken me this long to distill the experience because, wow, the show was just overwhelming on so many levels.

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Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of The Day: Dash of Pep Booth Display at NY Now

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Photos By Gail

Never underestimate the power of a fantastically designed display to draw people into your booth. Image is important, and the owner of Dash of Pep clothing and accessories got everything right — starting with her foundation color of an irresistible Hot Pink with lots of pink accents and pink props!

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