SIGEP World 2026 - The World Expo for Foodservice Excellence, organized by Italian Exhibition Group, is now open, showcasing the very best of gelato, pastry, chocolate, coffee, bakery and pizza. The show returns to Rimini Expo Centre (Italy) from Friday, January 16 to Tuesday, January 20, 2026. In 2025, SIGEP World hosted 1,300 exhibiting brands from 33 countries in 30 halls, welcoming an audience of professional operators from as many as 160 countries.

Gelato will be the protagonist of a strategic project: Gelato Meets Chains. Prior to the show, selected buyers will participate in webinars and digital meetings to learn about the opportunities that gelato has in modern foodservice. A strategic guide, compiled together with the UIF and ACOMAG associations, will illustrate the economic, operational and image advantages of including gelato on menus. The show will also make room for business matchmaking with speed dates and one-on-one meetings. It’s all supported by the “What is Gelato?” digital campaign, which aims to connect the Italian artisan gelato supply chain with major international groups in the restaurant, hotel and retail chains.

The Gelato World Cup, the only competition in the world that sees the world's best gelato masters up against each other, in addition to the Juniors Pastry World Cup, where pastry’s young talents compete in a contest that combines training, passion and global visibility, will be among the top international events.

The focus will also be on pizza with Pizza (R)evolution, a project capable of divulging new synergies between ingredients, technologies and consumption formats, as well as on coffee thanks to Innovation Bar, an immersive area that will describe the evolution of the global coffee shop, including specialty coffees, artificial intelligence, robotic solutions and new taste languages.

Another new feature at the 2026 edition will be a special focus on the world of high-end hospitality and bars of the future. The Luxury Hotel Food Experience, a new project that will showcase the very best of tableware, is an experience designed to create direct dialogue with top buyers from leading international hotel chains.