Kosherfest
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Exhibitions |
| Frequency | Every November |
| Venue | Meadowlands Exposition Center |
| Location(s) | Secaucus, New Jersey |
| Inaugurated | 1989 |
| Founder | Menachem Lubinsky |
| Previous event | November 10–11, 2015 |
| Next event | November 15–16, 2016 |
| Attendance | 6,000 |
| Area | 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) |
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Kosherfest is an annual, two-daytrade fair for the kosher-certified food industry held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Established in 1989, it includes an exhibition hall, lectures, cooking demonstrations, a culinary competition between celebrity chefs, and new product awards. Kosherfest is considered a showcase for food trends and innovations in the kosher-certified food industry. The event is closed to the public, but admits manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, buyers, caterers, retail stores, and media personnel, including photographers and food bloggers. Kosherfest is co-produced by Lubicom Marketing and Consulting and Diversified Communications.
Kosherfest was conceived in 1989 by Irving Silverman, who hired Menachem Lubinsky, President and CEO of Lubicom Marketing and Consulting, to market it. It was originally called the International Kosher Food and Food Service Trade Show. At its inaugural event, staged at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal, there were 69 exhibitors and 700 attendees. By 2001, the show was attracting 500 exhibitors and 12,000 buyers from across the United States and 29 countries at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. In 2014, 330 exhibitors and 6,000 registered attendees participated, filling all 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey.
In 2004 Diversified Communications of Portland, Maine, began co-producing the event with Lubicom.
In the 1990s Kosherfest was staged at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, but moved to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in 1998, where it convened continuously from 2003 to 2007. In 2008 it moved back to the Meadowlands, where it has been held ever since.
Attendance at Kosherfest is restricted to manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, buyers, caterers, retail stores, and media personnel, including photographers and food bloggers. The majority of participants are from the USA, however exhibitors come from diverse countries including Finland, Argentina, and Japan. In 2014, a majority of attendees were Orthodox Jews. Kosherfest furnishes areas for daily prayer services and stations for ritual hand-washing.
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