Sial Paris 2024 - Part 2

We went back to SIAL yesterday after a day of deep-induced sleep 💤 therapy,  cold showers & ice 🧊 bucket immersions. I don’t think it was enough…

Many more people attended on Monday. The scene at the RER Metro exit 🙀

And we left earlier (to catch the worm so to speak). 

Others had the same bright idea 💡 Live and learn.

My plans were to catch the Frenchy 🇫🇷 areas primarily. They went amiss quickly.

France is represented in ALL pavilions.

Who knew popcorn 🍿 was a major product of Nouvelle Aquitaine?

Across the aisle 

 Solli and I tasted everything bio 

From BioOrto, an Italian company whose products she buys in Italy. Totally yummy 👍

Solli has her food photography in an exhibition at SIAL! 🥕 

I Loved ❤️ the Roquefort gelato. Sadly they did not bring their chèvre 🐐 or Camembert flavors to the show 🧀 

There is always one company’s bag hotly sought after - from French olive oil Terra Delyssa. Neither of us snagged one 🤷‍♀️

I wandered into Hall 7 (dairy products) for a ‘quick look’ 👁️ 

Ha! There are no ‘quick looks’ anywhere at SIAL.

The sensory overload of 👁️ 👃 👄 👂is simply beyond. 

I wish there was bootcamp training for this event 🙏 It’s hard to keep one’s stamina up.

SIAL is the biggest food show worldwide held biannually. Start planning for October 2026 now. Although unless you are a food professional you probably won’t get in. We both came home exhausted (I left early). And today we were wishing we could go back 🤔 I think I’ll take up boxing 🥊 pre-SIAL 💪