Unilever Food Solutions: Proud Sponsor of the Africa Food Show 2025

09 Jun. 2025

Unilever Food Solutions: Proud Sponsor of the Africa Food Show 2025

As the culinary landscape shifts across Africa, Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) proudly returns as a headline sponsor of the Africa Food Show 2025 – reaffirming its commitment to empowering chefs, elevating kitchens, and driving innovation in foodservice.

Following a successful partnership in 2024, UFS will once again showcase how it supports chefs in cooking smarter, staying inspired, and running more profitable kitchens. With a dynamic lineup planned at its 2025 exhibition stand – including the return of the popular Game of Chefs activation, hands-on product demos, and trend-led culinary inspiration, UFS is set to deliver an unmissable experience.

Reflecting on last year’s success, Yonela Motloung, Marketing Lead at UFS South Africa, shared:

“Our sponsorship of the Africa Food Show in 2024 helped us bring our purpose to life: to be the chef’s first choice for inspiration and support. From trend education to product innovation, we’re there every step of the way.

The engagement and energy at our stand proved just how much chefs are hungry for real solutions. We’re excited to raise the bar even further in 2025.” This commitment to the chef community is deeply rooted in UFS’s offering. With a trusted portfolio of brands like Knorr, Robertsons, and Hellmann’s, UFS delivers quality products that solve real kitchen challenges – whether it’s maintaining flavour consistency, reducing prep time, or meeting the rising demand for plant-based and sustainable options.

This deep understanding of chef challenges also fuels UFS’s trend leadership, as seen in its latest Future Menus 2025 report.

Future Menus 2025 – From Trends to Real-World Impact

Globally researched and locally tested, the Future Menus 2025 report was created to help chefs stay ahead of what’s next. But more importantly, it offers insights that are practical and usable in real kitchens.

The report curates eight emerging trends shaping the future of dining, including:

Street Food Couture – taking bold, familiar flavours and plating them to perfection
Borderless Cuisine – global mashups and cultural blends
Culinary Roots – a return to heritage cooking and ingredient storytelling
Diner Designed – guest-led customisation on every plate

Each trend is supported by chef-created recipes, practical applications, and real-world menu ideas. For example, chefs in Cape Town are already remixing local favourites into plated street food experiences, while customisation focused kitchens are using the Diner Designed trend to empower guest choice.

plated street food experiences, while customisation focused kitchens are using the Diner Designed trend to empower guest choice.

UFS is inviting chefs and operators across Africa to explore the report and turn insight into action.

Download Future Menus 2025

Top 10 Products That Power Professional Kitchens

Alongside the trend inspiration, UFS continues to spotlight its most trusted back-of-house solutions through its annual Top 10 Products list, which features chef favourites like Knorr Aromat, Robertsons Chicken Spice, Knorr Professional Brown Onion Soup, and Knorr Tomato Pronto.

These products are not only flavour heroes but operational workhorses. Designed for consistency, speed, and scale, they help chefs across Africa cook with confidence, even under pressure.

Explore the full Top 10 range at the Africa Food Show and online.

Driving Digital Adoption – UFS Webshop

In addition to trend support and product innovation, UFS continues to invest in digital tools that make chefs’ lives easier. The UFS Webshop is one such tool, offering chefs and foodservice businesses an easy, digital-first way to access products, recipes, and rewards.

With free chef training, exclusive promos, and seamless ordering, the platform is part of UFS’s vision to support kitchens beyond the plate.

Visit the Webshop at www.unileverfoodsolutions.co.za

Whether online, on stand, or in the kitchen, UFS remains committed to showing up as a true business partner to chefs, and Africa Food Show 2025 is just the beginning.

UFS is inviting chefs and operators across Africa to explore the report and turn insight into action.

Press Release Disseminated on Behalf of:

Nobuhle Nene

UFS SA Brand and Innovation Marketeer

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