Culinary journalist / creative chef to address Euro-wide potato event

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16 May 2023
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Europatat Congress 2023 - Keynote speaker announced.

THE organisers of the Europatat Congress 2023, the Polish Potato Federation and Europatat, have announced that Grzegorz Łapanowski, food expert, culinary journalist and creative chef, will give a keynote speech on June 6th during the public session of Europatat’s annual event in Gdansk (Poland). 

He will talk about how to connect with European consumers and how to turn the image of a traditional product towards a modern and attractive one. Grzegorz is also a food activist and founder of School On The Fork Foundation, an NGO for healthy food promotion in schools. He is also the founder of Old Friends kimchi brand – one of the first companies on the Polish market to produce craft quality kimchi.

The first-time ever Polish edition of the Europatat Congress will take place on June 5th and 6th at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in Gdansk. The public conference, which will be held on the second day and moderated by Łukasz Grass, former radio and television journalist, will also include a panel discussion entitled 'The Changing Geopolitical Landscape and the Future for Potato Trade' with distinguished speakers such as Antonina Skliarenko, President of the Community of Pulse Producers and Customers of Ukraine, Geoffroy d’Evry, President of NEPG (North European Potatoes Growers) and UNPT (Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre), Jörg Renatus, Managing Director of Europlant International, and Jarosław Wańkowicz, Supply Chain Director at Farm Frites Poland SA.

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