World Espresso Portal and Allegra Group are happy to announce ABODE, a brand new Antipodean espresso, meals and hospitality gathering going down in London on Thursday, 4 June 2026
Created to deliver collectively the folks shaping and supporting the Antipodean hospitality group within the UK, ABODE will convene main operators, founders, cooks, espresso specialists, suppliers, drinks manufacturers, business companions and pals of the sector for a day and night of perception, dialog and connection.
The occasion will have fun the affect of Australian, New Zealand and wider Antipodean hospitality in London, whereas making a invaluable discussion board for like-minded business leaders and visitors to attach. The occasion will even increase invaluable funds for Venture Waterfall, delivering clear water, schooling and sanitation in coffee-growing communities.
Who’s ABODE for?
ABODE is designed for these working throughout, investing in, supplying to, or championing the hospitality, espresso, food and drinks industries. The occasion is especially related for:
- Café, restaurant and hospitality operators
- Espresso roasters, espresso manufacturers and specialty espresso professionals
- Meals, drink and beverage manufacturers
- Hospitality suppliers, distributors and commerce companions
- Know-how, funds, reserving, workforce and operational platforms serving hospitality
- Cooks, founders, model leaders and entrepreneurs
- Australian, New Zealand and Antipodean companies with a connection to hospitality, meals, espresso or drinks
- Business companions enthusiastic about connecting with a curated hospitality viewers
Occasion format
ABODE shall be cut up throughout two elements of the day, permitting visitors to attend the afternoon classes, the night gathering, or each.
ABODE Afternoon Talks & Inspiration
Residence Home, London 1:00pm – 6:00pm
The ABODE Afternoon Classes will deliver collectively a curated group of audio system and business voices for a day of talks, dialog and connection.
The programme will discover themes throughout espresso, meals, hospitality, brand-building, entrepreneurship, management, buyer expertise and the affect of Antipodean hospitality tradition within the UK and past.
Mild snacks and drinks shall be obtainable all through the afternoon.
Confirmed audio system embody:
- Richard Farleigh, Entrepreneur, Economist, Dragon's Den investor
- Roland Horne, CEO and Founder, WatchHouse (keynote visitor)
- Agnes Potter, Managing Director, Allpress
- Shelagh Ryan, Founder, Lantana Cafe
- Stuart Forsyth, CEO and Founder, Minor Figures
- Tom Clark, CEO and Founder, Coutume, Paris
- Sian Almond, Chef, Pavyllon
- Philip Khoury, Pastry Chef & Creator
- Siala Farani-Tomlin, Head of Espresso, Elsewhere Espresso
- Jeffrey Younger, CEO and Founder, Allegra Group
Afternoon Classes ticket: £150
ABODE Night Gathering & Celebration
Gracie’s, Hampstead, from 6:30pm onwards
The ABODE Night Gathering will provide a extra casual alternative for the group to return collectively over meals, drinks and dialog.
Hosted at Gracie’s, Hampstead, the latest addition to the Culinary Grace restaurant group, the night will take the type of a relaxed networking dinner and cocktail-style gathering, that includes Antipodean meals, drinks and (climate allowing) a backyard BBQ.
This shall be a chance for visitors to attach in a extra social setting, construct relationships and have fun the rising affect of Antipodean hospitality in London.
Night Gathering ticket: £150
Why attend?
ABODE has been created to do greater than host one other business occasion. It’s designed to deliver collectively a extremely related and punctiliously thought-about viewers throughout the hospitality ecosystem.
Friends could have the chance to:
- Hear from main hospitality, espresso, meals and model voices
- Join with founders, operators, suppliers and business decision-makers
- Discover what makes Antipodean hospitality tradition distinctive
- Construct relationships throughout the UK, Australian and New Zealand hospitality communities
- Uncover new companions, collaborators, suppliers and alternatives
- Have fun the folks and companies shaping London’s hospitality panorama
For business operators, the occasion affords a uncommon alternative to attach with friends, suppliers and model companions in a setting designed to be heat, related and commercially helpful.
For suppliers and companions, ABODE affords direct entry to a curated viewers of hospitality operators, founders, cooks and decision-makers.
For Antipodean companies and professionals, the occasion affords a platform to have fun shared tradition, creativity and affect inside one of many world’s most dynamic hospitality markets.
Tickets
Tickets are actually obtainable for each elements of the occasion. Friends are welcome to attend both the afternoon session, the night gathering, or each. Areas are restricted and shall be allotted on a first-come, first-served foundation.
Unique business operator entry
A restricted variety of unique ticket charges for chosen hospitality operators and business visitors can be found.
In case you are a café, restaurant, hospitality or espresso business operator and wish to enquire about receiving an unique invitee low cost code, please contact:
Annabel Jones
ABODE Occasion Lead
E mail: [email protected]
Cellphone: +44 7386 801608
Sponsorship and partnership enquiries
ABODE can be welcoming a restricted variety of aligned model companions and sponsors throughout espresso, meals, drinks, hospitality know-how, funds, sustainability, provide, gear and commerce providers. For sponsorship, partnership or product activation enquiries, please contact Annabel Jones straight.
ABODE will happen in London on Thursday, 4 June 2026. We look ahead to welcoming the Antipodean espresso and hospitality group for a day and night of perception, connection and celebration. Additionally supporting Venture Waterfall.
