An all-day kosher food event hosted by Fleishigs magazine at the Meadowlands Exposition Center on June 28, 2023, Kosherpalooza was a first-of-its-kind kosher festival engaging over 3,800 people exploring kosher vendors, products, events, panels, networking, and more.
What was described here was delivered. A true kosher food festival for the kosher consumer.
While this event wasn’t exactly a replacement for the just-defunct Kosherfest, an industry event meant for kosher shoppers in supermarkets and related businesses, Kosherpalooza was specifically aimed at consumers as a fun day of kosher food exploration.
Dani from YeahThatsKosher, Tzvi from Wall Street Grill, Mike from Mike’s Bistro,
and Elan of Great Kosher Restaurants (left to right)
In addition to the floor covered with kosher food vendors, including new products, caterers, unique wineries, and healthy-for-you businesses; the event hosted a number of panel discussions, including a Kosher restaurant discussion with yours truly (Dani Klein, founder of YeahThatsKosher), Elan Kornblum of Great Kosher Restaurants, as well as the owners of Mike’s Bistro and Wall Street Grill, two of the top New York restaurants upscale restaurants, a panel with OU rabbis discussing the issues of Kashrus, Bosh cutting down meat, and others; Kosher cooking demonstrations, including those hosted by Miriam Pascal Cohen (Overtime Cook) and Naomi Ross; Kosher Cookbook meet and greet and sign with the authors; and on the big stage – kosher cooking competitions hosted by Chanie Apfelbaum (founder of Busy in Brooklyn and author of Millennial Kosher and Totally Kosher cookbooks).
Over 100 kosher companies were on display, allowing consumers to sample and take the products home. Some outstanding kosher products included 7th Heaven Chocolate – completely pareve but tastes like milk, Tuscanini Italian lemonade and Moscato grape juice, Gluten Free Easy – great products for making GF desserts at home, Incredoughble – almost ice cream cookie dough that you can eat in a cone, Granolachik granola bars, Meant to Be, an Amish-run farm that produces organic eggs and Cholov Yisroel cheeses, Mixcraft’s mobile mixed drink bar for catered events, European wines from Nobl Wines, the already popular Liquor Misceo and the Spice & Zest Starter Kit Sourdough, among many other delicious and innovative products on the Kosherpalooza floor.
Here’s a fun video roundup we shared on Instagram:
