We're Smart® World calendar

Upcoming events 2026

January

February

  • 10/2 - Partners meeting at 5 Radishes Restaurant Patrick Devos in Bruges
  • Coachings with ECOLE A TABLE
  • Inspection tour in UK by FF

March

  • Inspection tours in Canary Islands & Thailand by FF

April

  • Press conference We’re Smart in Bruges 2026, Belgium
  • Inspection tours in Portugal & Italy by FF
  • Coachings with ECOLE A TABLE

May

  • 4 to 10th of May - The Week of Fruits & Vegetables 2026
  • 4/5 - We’re Smart Netherlands at Koppert Cress
  • 16 to 19th of May - Worldchefs Congress Wales, UK
  • Inspection tour in Wales by FF

June

  • Coachings with ECOLE A TABLE
  • We’re Smart Germany
  • Inspection tours in France & Switzerland by FF

July

  • Finalizing We’re Smart Green Guide 2026

August

  • Inspection tours in Denmark & Sweden by FF

September

  • We’re Smart Switzerland & Japan
  • Inspection tours in Germany & Japan by FF
  • 23/9 - Final The Green Chef’s Hat 2026 - Gastvrij Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Oktober

  • 5 to 6th October - We’re Smart Show Cookings  - BBB Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 7/10 - Final The Green Battle for Hotel Schools - BBB Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 25/10 - Gala Dinner & Future Awards Ceremony - Bruges, Belgium
  • 26/10 - First International Pure Plant Congress - BMC Bruges, Belgium
  • 27/10 - We’re Smart Awards Show 2026 - BMC Bruges, Belgium
  • 27/10 - We’re Smart Academy for Hotel Schools - BMC Bruges, Belgium

November

  • 15 to 18th of November - We’re Smart Show Cookings @ Horeca Expo - Ghent
  • 18/11 - Demi-Final The Green Chef’s Hat 2027 - Belgium, Horeca Expo Ghent
  • Inspection tours in Austria & Sweden by FF

December

  • We’re Smart Peru
  • Inspection tour in Peru by FF
  • 29/11 to 5/12 - We’re Smart Peru 5 Radishes Conference

Events in the past

25 November
 Aroma roots Event BELGIUM

19 November
HORECA EXPO GHENT - Semi-Final The Green Chef’s Hat 2026 - BELGIUM

11 November
We’re Smart Awards Show LONDON UK

8 October: 
FOLIE CULINAIR MAASTRICHT - Final The Green Battle 2025 for Hotelschools - BENELUX/FRANCE

6-7 October: 
We’re Smart show cookings at Saisonnier Theater

6 October: 
Launch RADILICIOUS Nr. 2 at BBB Maastricht

23 September
GASTVRIJ ROTTERDAM - Final The Green Chef’s Hat 2025 - BENELUX

24 September
We’re Smart participation to FOOD MATTERS LIVE Rotterdam NETHERLANDS

August
ITALY-FRANCE

July
FRANCE-BELGIUM

9 June 
We’re Smart Future Awards, Belgian Pavillon Osaka World Expo JAPAN 
- https://belexpo.be/nl/expo2025osaka 

12 June 
We’re Smart event together with Ryouri Oukoku for the Japanese Food companies & chefs in the Belgian Embassy Tokyo JAPAN 
- https://cuisine-kingdom.com/

May
NETHERLANDS-GERMANY

27-28 February & 1-3 March
MURCIA-ALICANTE-VALENCIA

25 February
ALMERIA Tomatoes & Wine tasting

23-26 February
ALMERIA VESTIAL 2025 with 6 x 5 Radishes Chefs

5-7 February
Fruit Logistica - Online voting Fruit & Vegetables of the Year 2025

January-February
VIETNAM

20-22 January
LONDON, preparations for the WS Award Show 2025

14-15 January 2025
HORECAVA AMSTERDAM, The Green Chef’s Hat 2025

21 December 2024 
Launch of the new We’re Smart Restaurant Discoveries Autumn 2024
Newsletter 24/12

December 2024
We’re Smart on the road - Argentina, France & United States of America

10 December 2024  We're Smart Awards Ceremony 
(Launch of the new 5 Radishes restaurants, the We’re Smart Green Guide, the Discovery Awards and the the new TOP 100 of best Vegetables Restaurants of the world)

December 2024 
We’re Smart in action in Spain & France

November 2024
We’re Smart on the road - Spain, France & Germany

30 November 2024 
Newsletter 24/11

11-12 November 2024  POSTPONED  We’re Smart Award 2024 in València 10th December, 2024 

7-8 October 2024 
We’re Smart 5 Radishes chefs workshops at Folie Culinair - BBB Maastricht

9 October 2024 
The Green Battle competition for Benelux Hotelschools - BBB Maastricht

19-25 October  2024 
We’re Smart at Worldchefs Congress 2024 - Singapore

30 October 2024 
Newsletter 24/10

October  2024 
We’re Smart on the road - The Netherlands, Singapore & Japan

30 September 2024 
Newsletter 24/9

26-27 September 2024 
We're Smart at Cookery Food Festival - Kent/UK

24 September 2024 
Final The Green Chef’s Hat - Gastvrij Rotterdam / The Netherlands
We’re Smart Untouchable Dinner by the 3 Best Vegetables Chefs of the World + We’re Smart Future Award Show.

23 September 2024 
We’re Smart Show cookings by 5 Radishes Chefs - Gastvrij Rotterdam / The Netherlands

21 September 2024 
Launch of the new We’re Smart Restaurant Discoveries Summer 2024

14 September 2024 
Launch TOP 10 of Japan 2024

8-15 September 2024 
We’re Smart activities in Tokyo & Niigata/Japan

3-5 September 2024 
Rooting for vegetables, Griffith Foods - Somercotes/UK

September 2024 
We’re Smart on the road - The Netherlands, Spain, Italy & United Kingdom

30 August 2024
Newsletter 24/8

30 June 2024
Newsletter 24/6

June 2024
We’re Smart on the road - France & United Kingdom
Summertime - Finalising the We’re Smart Green Guide 2024

26-27 June 2024
We’re Smart at Skils for Chefs Conference - Sheffield/UK

24 June 2024
We’re Smart at Craft Guild of British Chefs Awards 2024 - London/UK

21 June 2024
Launch of the new We’re Smart Restaurant Discoveries Spring 2024

18 June 2024
Chairman Frank Fol  speaker on “The Food Changemaker Summit” - Valencia

30 May 2024
Newsletter 24/5

22 May 2024 
We’re Smart Fusion by 5 Radishes Restaurants: Triptyque & Basiliek, The Netherlands

6-12 May 2024
The Week of Fruits & Vegetables 2024

May 2024 
We’re Smart on the road - Italy & The Netherlands

30 April 2024
Newsletter 24/4

22 April 2024 
We’re Smart Fusion by 3 5 Radishes Restaurants: Triptyque, Bolenius & De Nieuwe Winkel - Amsterdam/The Netherlands

19-26 April 2024
WE’RE SMART PURE PLANT PERU TOUR 2024

7-8 April 2024
JRE Congress - 50 Years - Paris/France

April 2024 
We’re Smart on the road - Canary Islands, Belgium & Peru

30 March 2024
Newsletter 24/3

March 2024 
We’re Smart on the road - Luxembourg & Italy 

21 March 2024 
Launch of the new We’re Smart Restaurant Discoveries Winter 2023-2024 

19 March 2024 
We're Smart at AROMA ROOTS event - ILVO/FLANDERS FOOD  - Flanders/Belgium - Merelbeke

4-10 March 2024 
National week without Meat & Dairy - The Netherlands

29 February 2024
Newsletter 24/2

20-22 February 2024
Finalising recipes EUROSTAR Spring-Summer 2024

February 2024 
We’re Smart on the road - France, Denmark & The Netherlands

6 February
We're Smart at EASY PEASY event - Cooking with Minister of Agriculture Flanders/Belgium - Ghent

1 February 2024 
Start voting Fruit & Vegetable of the year 2024

February 2024 
The Green Spoon Series - Podcast Nr. 3

30 January 2024
Newsletter 24/1

January 2024 - We’re Smart on the road - The Netherlands, Spain & Belgium

10 January 2024
 The Green Chef’s Hat - Demi-Final 2024 The Netherlands, Horecava Amsterdam

January 2024 
The Green Spoon Series - Podcast Nr. 2

19-22 November 2023
We’re Smart Masterclasses, Horeca Expo Ghent - Belgium

29-30 October 2023
Vestial - Congreso Internacional de Gastronomia Verde de Almeria - Spain.
We’re Smart Masterclasses: 5 Radishes Chefs Rodrigo de la Calle, René Mathieu & Nils Proost
Download program

24 October 2023
Launch We’re Smart® Green Guide & Awards - Brussels, Belgium

23 October 2023
Launch We’re Smart Cookbook - Radilicious Nr. 1 Europe - Brussels, Belgium

11 October 2023
The Green Battle 2023, BBB Maastricht - The Netherlands

10 October 2023
We’re Smart Masterclasses - Saisonnier Magazine, Folie Culinaire Maastricht - The Netherlands

18 September 2023
We’re Smart The Green Chef’s Hat “Final 2023", Gastvrij Rotterdam - The Netherlands

1-7 May 2023
The Week of Fruits and Vegetables 2023 - Fruit and Vegetable of the Year :  Kiwi & Carrot

21 March 2023
We’re Smart Debate, Forum Gastronomic, Girona - Spain

20 March 2023
We’re Smart Masterclasses, Forum Gastronomic, Girona - Spain

11 January 2023
We’re Smart The Green Chef’s Hat "Semi-Final 2023", Horecava Amsterdam - The Netherlands

November - Start 2nd year TV show "The Kitchen Table" on KZ/CZ (10 weeks) more info

7-9 November 2022  - WS Award show at Forum Gastronomic 2022 in Barcelona => more info

10-12 October 2022  - The Green Chefs Battle 2022, BBB Maastricht => more info

11 September 2022, We’re Smart 5 Radishes Chefs club FUSION ( 4 hands dinner) =>  more info

  • Emile van der Staak – De Nieuwe Winkel – Nijmegen
  • Hans van Wolde – Brut 172 - Reijmerstok

May 2-8 2022
The Week of Fruits and Vegetables 2022 - Fruit and Vegetable of the Year : Raspberry & Tomato