IFT FIRST brings food science and ingredient innovation to McCormick Place each July. We build exhibits with sampling stations, application demos, and clean food-science design.
IFT FIRST, the annual meeting and food expo of the Institute of Food Technologists, brings food science and ingredient innovation to McCormick Place in Chicago, drawing food scientists, product developers, and ingredient buyers who evaluate the building blocks of tomorrow's products. Exhibiting at IFT FIRST sits at the intersection of food and science, because the audience wants both to taste the application and to understand the functional performance behind it. We build IFT FIRST exhibit rentals for that dual demand. On the experiential side we build sampling and application-demonstration stations, prep and serving counters with the refrigeration, warming, and equipment that ingredient applications require, so buyers can taste a finished application that shows your ingredient at work, all engineered for the show's electrical and any plumbing allowances and coordinated with McCormick Place jurisdiction. On the scientific side we present functional data, formulation benefits, and technical performance through clean monitors and legible graphics, because ingredient buyers make decisions on measurable performance as much as on flavor. We balance the open sampling and demonstration zones against conversation and meeting space where your technical sales and food-science teams can talk formulation, regulatory, supply, and pricing with serious developers, and at larger sizes we provide a demo theater for scheduled application sessions. The visual design is clean and appetizing at once, pairing food-science clarity with appetite appeal through rich materials, backlit application imagery, and lighting tuned to make food look its best, all produced in-house with silicone edge fabric and dye-sublimation so color and detail stay vivid under hall lighting and in your content. A structural hanging sign carries your identity across the hall. Because food-service and demonstration millwork is specialized and in demand, we recommend reserving design and hardware ahead of the July move-in, and we manage the food-service infrastructure planning IFT FIRST requires. Sizing ranges from a 10x20 for a focused ingredient line to 20x30 islands with multiple sampling and application stations and meeting space, all inside the published price bands. We deliver the program full-service, from a free 48-hour 3D rendering through install and dismantle, so you can demonstrate both taste and science without buying or storing specialized equipment. Request your rendering and we will design a stand that proves your ingredient in application.
IFT FIRST, the annual event and expo of the Institute of Food Technologists, is frequently held at McCormick Place in Chicago in July. It draws food scientists, product developers, and ingredient buyers focused on food science and innovation.
Yes. IFT FIRST exhibits center on ingredient sampling and application demonstrations, so we build sampling bars, prep and demo stations, refrigeration, and serving frontage, engineered for the show's electrical and plumbing allowances and coordinated with McCormick Place.
From 10x20 stands for focused ingredient lines to 20x30 islands with multiple sampling and application stations and meeting space, all within the published price bands.
Call Chicago Exhibits at (872) 369-0187 for a free 48-hour 3D rendering. Serving Chicago and McCormick Place since 2014.