Mar 2, 2012

Key Brands Expected to Return to 2nd Annual Gourmet Housewares Show

Scores of leading gourmet products and housewares resources from around the world are expected to return to New York City in August 2012 for the Gourmet Housewares Show® at the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®). The 2nd annual edition of the Show will feature refined concentrations of both housewares and tabletop suppliers, as well as a new four-day date pattern – running Sunday, August 19, through Wednesday, August 22, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

“The Gourmet Housewares Show is a proven marketplace for housewares suppliers wishing to expand their reach into the gift, home and lifestyle markets,” said Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice president. “There is a dynamic synergy between NYIGF’s design-driven resources and the Gourmet Housewares Show’s upscale gourmet products, offering clear benefits for buyers and exhibitors.”

The Gourmet Housewares Show presents some 175 suppliers of high-end resources in cookware, bakeware, kitchen gadgets, kitchen textiles, bar and wine accessories, small electrics, specialty food, cookbooks, storage/containers, and picnic/barbecue accessories.

Key companies expected to return for the 2012 edition include: Aladdin; Blockhouse featuring Arc, Durand and Mikasa Brands; Core Bamboo; JK Adams; Joseph Joseph; Mastrad; Mepra; Nespresso; Oggi; Picnic Time; Room Copenhagen; Scantrends; Yedi Housewares; and Zoku. Several other returning exhibitors have requested larger exhibit spaces, including: Corkcicle, Core Bamboo, DKB, Picnic Time, Pillivuyt USA, Polder and Zevro.

The Gourmet Housewares Show’s positioning between NYIGF’s Tabletop and Accent on Design® divisions offers synergistic access to complementary design-focused suppliers and specialty tabletop lines. On its northerly side, Accent on Design will present ASA Selection, Blomus, Eva Solo, Mydrap, Stelton and UMBRA; and on its southerly aisle, Tabletop will feature Arte Italica, Beatriz Ball, Deborah Rhodes, Frances Stoia, Juliska, Kim Seybert, Lunares, Mariposa, Match, Michael Aram, Mottahedeh, Vagabond House, Vietri. In total, the summer 2012 market will present 350 upscale resources for table and kitchen.

Since its inception in 1975, the Gourmet Housewares Show has provided a professional marketplace for the gourmet products and upscale housewares industries, offering a comprehensive mix of innovative new products, leading resources, and industry trends, and the only industry event to focus exclusively on high-end cookware, cutlery, bakeware, gadgets, tabletop, kitchen textiles and specialty food.

NYIGF is the nation’s premier gift, home and lifestyle marketplace, with 2,800+ exhibiting companies featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. Some 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than 85 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nyigf.com.

For exhibitor information, contact Marc Delman, sales manager, at (914) 421-3260, or mdelman@glmshows.com. Information and attendee registration is available online at www.thegourmetshow.com