The first day marked the following speakers:

Albert Adria with the theme: “From kitchen management to creating the best restaurants in the world”

Cases: El Bulli, Tickets, el Nino Viejo, Hoja Santa, Bodega 1900, Pakta, Enigma, Heart.

Teleconference from New York - Doug Satzman with the theme: “Building empires. From one restaurant to the chain”

Cases: Starbucks, Le Pain Quotidien, Joe Coffee Company.

Alan Yau with the theme: “Boutique restaurants. Eating as a business. Formats, profitability, capitalization”

Case studies: Wagamama, Hakkasan, Busaba Eathai, Yauatcha, Princi, Park Chinois, Babaji, Yamabahce.

Simon Taylor with the topic: “Rules for a profitable restaurant brand”

Cases: Conde Nast Restaurants, Bacardi, Swipe Right Experience Afterwards a discussion panel was held to give all the speakers a chance to speak about their mistakes and challenges that led to success.

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On the following day, the RestArt program divided guests into participants of masterclasses and private sessions that were held at the same time.

The masterclasses (Chefs Lab) were led by:

Ben Orpwood / Gordon Ramsay Group - “Trends on a plate - from vegetables to dessert”

Reginald Ioos / Le Cordon Bleu - Lecture and masterclass “Poultry on the menu”

At the closed sessions (Managers Lab) visitors had a chance to communicate with:

Simon Taylor - "Branding successful restaurants, trends, global brands, creation, development, adaptation and monetization"

Albert Adria - Talking on equal terms - “Chef - inspired creator or calculating manager”

Alan Yau - Talking on equal terms - “Evaluation of trends and adaptation to your guest”

Each block ended with a thematic discussion of specialists on the topics.

This year, the RestArt Forum was visited by more than 2290 guests from Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan. Many restaurateurs noted that this event is much larger than those that took place in Ukraine earlier.

The RestArt Forum has become a high-profile international event, which confirms that the Ukrainian restaurant community is striving to reach the world level thanks to its innovations, technologies and methods.

All presentations, videos and photographs will be available soon on the site restart.show and in social networks.

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