B2B Inspiration Day Lekker Lupine
During this inspiration day, we will share knowledge, sample new applications, and together discover how lupin plays a key role in healthy and sustainable food.
For the 6th consecutive year, we are bringing together food professionals, chefs, producers, caterers, and innovators who are working on the protein transition. During this inspiration day, we will share knowledge, sample new applications, and together discover how lupin plays a key role in healthy and sustainable food.
What to expect?
- Exclusive tastings & stories from innovative lupin products and frontrunners
- such as BOON, Grainlabs, No Mad Plant Co, Verrot Lekkere Smaakmakers, Ekomenu
- Inspiration for new concepts, recipes, and applications
- Practical knowledge such as the WUR's Alpha Tool for optimal meal composition,
- NEVO table and inspiration guide 'Rich & Robust Food'
- mini masterclass at the lupin test field 'Meet the plant': Intro to lupin, soil life,
- biodiversity and natural protein development.
- Networking with everyone who comes to give and receive in the Lekker Lupine Community
Practical information
date: Friday, June 26, 2026
time: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM
location: Lekker Lupine Venue & Lupin test field Ekoboerderij de Lingehof, Randwijk
Registration
via events@lekkerlupine.nl or via this link: https://forms.gle/S92QFfVFDzkkqnTY6
Free participation: based on pick-up and drop-off
Who will definitely be there on the 26th?
Dean McClumpha (Development chef from Jamie Oliver's team) and Ton Gerritsen from No Mad Plant Co. will give an exclusive first tasting of their fast food
concept * Vera van Deelen, Brand marketer, and culinary product developer Pascal Naterop from BOON/ Jamael Foodgroup share inspiration on the application of the whole lupin bean, including a tasting * Christian Weij - award-winning fermentation specialist from Verrot Lekkere Smaakmakers takes you into the power and taste of fermented (lupin) beans and grains * Discover "Rich & Robust Food with the top 33 Dutch crops in terms of nutritional value and sustainability, compiled by the Louis Bolk Institute and World Wide Fund for Nature * Easily compose your ideal meal in terms of nutritional values with the online Alpha Tool from WUR * Linda Calciolari from Ekoboerderij de Lingehof and Delphy on soil and biodiversity in practice * St. Keep Food Simple, MFH Pulses, and other project partners of the OMEGA project on lupin in the NEVO table * Sanne BioJournaal, editor-in-chief Maria van Boxtel from Ekoland, and other press on the (un)familiarity of Dutch beans, organic, and lupin * Chef David Romo Ramos, with years of catering experience and owner of Beleid naar Bord, on the latter: 'how do you put that into practice?' * Lekker Lupine Local manager Veerle Jurrius and Austrian Nicola Kaltenböck with a Gen Z approach to get lupin on the plate * Ekomenu on a successful approach to personalized meal boxes * The introduction of the Lupini-mini * Frank van Eerd from Grainlabs on why the protein-rich lupin - tritordeum cakes are popular with Dutch top athletes and in healthcare * colleagues from team Lekker Lupine, Kaf & Koren (the cleaning line), Ekoboerderij de Lingehof, Land & co, and Lekker Lupine growers and... A growing group of professionals that grows by the day :)