Activities
School meals of the future with Carola Magnusson
Meet Carola Magnusson, school dinner guru and star of Swedish television food programme Matakuten. In the school dinner hall of the future she serves school meals prepared mainly from organic produce. She explains how important school food is for growing children, and how chefs, teachers and parents can influence children’s food habits in the schools of the future.
“Interfood is a superb arena for me to pass on my message of food that is cooked locally. A school lunch that is made from fresh ingredients, not preheated industrial food in the form of powder, readymade minced products or pressed meat. The entire food industry will be here – exhibitors and visitors,” says Carola.
Taste of Gothenburg
Along with the Gothenburg Restaurant Association, meat producer Johan i Hallen and others, we will be giving you the chance to sample the best that Gothenburg can offer. Enjoy a relaxed sit-down lunch or dinner.
Sharpest Chef 
See onions chopped at lightning speed and fish filleted with ultimate precision. The Sharpest Chef is a competition in supreme culinary dexterity organised by the restaurant magazine Restauratören.
The Sharpest Chef is a competition that rewards the daily skills that chefs use to earn their living and help ensure a profitable kitchen: speed, precision, know-how and quality. Compared with other challenges for chefs, which are often a marathon lasting several hours, the Sharpest Chef is definitely a sprint event.
The winner of the Sharpest Chef 2009 will be chosen during Interfood at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Gothenburg on 18 May at 10.30 am
Would you like to be Sharpest Chef of the year?
Organiser: Restauratören
AWT – Austrian Wine Terroirists 
AWT 09 kicks off on Monday 18 May at Interfood/Wine & Spirits. Mondowine and Interfood are jointly hosting a mini-fair to showcase some of Austria’s finest and most exciting wine producers. Exclusive wine tastings and seminars will be held throughout the day in conjunction with a mini-fair on the theme. A wine-makers dinner will take place at restaurant Heaven 23 in the evening.
The number of places is limited so we recommend that you book quickly. We will get back with information on how to register shortly, so keep an eye out!
Theme day: Organic wines in the spotlight
On Sunday 17 May we will be turning the spotlight on organic wines at Wine & Spirits. Meet suppliers and take part in wine tastings and lectures that focus on organic products.
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Wagner’s tour – open day
Ulf Wagner is one of the leading names in the world of Wine & Spirits. Besides hosting exclusive wine tastings and other events he will be giving interested visitors a guided tour of the exhibitors’ wines on 20 May, when the fair is open to the public.
“I will be leading an enjoyable and interesting tour of wines from some of my selected producers. Those who come along will learn a little about the wines and get to taste a cross-section of wines, including sparkling, white, red and dessert wines. It’ll be great fun,” says Ulf Wagner.
Ulf Wagner is a familiar name on Swedish television, and in 1989 won a Michelin star. He is also a winner of the Swedish Best Sommelier award for his knowledge of spirits and French wines.
Interfood Award
The Interfood Award is to be given out for the second year in succession. The award is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to promoting awareness and interest in organic food and organic production in the food industry. A jury will select several candidates, then announce and present the award on 17 May at Interfood/EkoNord.
The jury consists of: chefs Martin Berg and Mattias Dahlgren from the Grand Hotel; Ann-Helene Meyer von Bremen, journalist with Uttryck AB; Bengt Lindhe, chairman of Gothenburg Restaurant Association; Carola Magnusson, who runs the Carolas Eko chain of school meal restaurants; and Angela Anyai, sales manager for Interfood.
Subject to change.