Do you have what it takes to impress the Aramark Ireland judges?

Aramark, Ireland’s largest integrated services provider, is scouting for innovative, new value-added food, non-food and service products to supply to its network of sites in Ireland and the UK. The Producer and New Supplier Showcase a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style platform gives companies the opportunity to present their products to a panel of Foodservice experts, spanning culinary, purchasing, operations and finance.  The panel will listen to pitches from potential suppliers and ascertain whether they and their products could be the perfect partner for Aramark.

The judging panel for this years Aramark Producer and New Supplier Showcase are as follows;

Stephen Brennan – Supply Chain Director
Dermot Connolly – Strategic Sourcing Director
Ivor O’Connor – Culinary Development Chef
Darren Curran – Culinary Development Chef
Aoife Ryan –  Avoca Food Buying Manager.

CATEX exhibitors can catch the eye of this major buyer by entering the ‘Aramark Ireland Producer and New Supplier Showcase’ in advance of this year’s show. Entry Deadline – Friday, 7th February 2025! 

*Note: this is only open to CATEX 2025 Exhibitors. 

​Following the first round review of entries a shortlist of applicants will be invited to pitch at The Producer and New Supplier Showcase at CATEX 2025 in the RDS, Simmonscourt on Wednesday 19th February.

By day three of CATEX 2025 and following the presentations, the panel will provide final feedback and choose companies that they feel best fit Aramark’s requirements, and the exciting process will then begin in terms of launching the successful products or services into the Aramark Foodservice business, supplying its network of sites in Ireland and the UK.