Food trends 2017 - Kenta Nakano (Japan), Pastry Chef & Product Development Chief at Dalloyau
Consumer-wise, the major themes on trend right now seem to be ‘food safety and security’ as well as ‘nutrition’.
Canada's Great Kitchen Party is the most respected culinary competition in Canada! This year we hosted this prestigious event at Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa's Signatures Restaurant.
Our first place winner, Chef Ian Carswell of Black Tartan Kitchen took home the gold over seven Ottawa-area chefs.
Second place was Chef Ben Landreville of Sidedoor Restaurant. Chef Ben served up is version of banh khoai, a Vietnamese pancake, with spot prawns, pork sausage and fungus, nuoc mam cham, preserved vegetables and fresh herbs.
Coming in at third place was Chef Daniela Manrique of The Soca Kitchen. She served a fantastic chile-rubbed and smoked beef tenderloin with hazelnut romesco sauce, shaved raw artichoke, fermented black garlic and white soy vinaigrette and uni, port, pear pâté brûlée. Chef Daniela also won the 2019 People’s Choice Award!
Consumer-wise, the major themes on trend right now seem to be ‘food safety and security’ as well as ‘nutrition’.
For sure healthy food is a top trend that is here to stay; we are totally focused on improving the quality, the taste of the food and also to induce healthier ...
Good-looking food and simple menus with a twist, hence using cooking techniques and visual presentations that refer to world gastronomy, as in culture food & ...
People are re-connecting with food and want to understand how their food is made and where it's coming from. As a result, people want to learn more about ...
Over and above the demand for my award-winning preserves and sweets most of my customers come to me looking for something personally customized and very bespoke ...
Sugar is seen as the new enemy – I foresee a lot of activity around reducing the amount of hidden sugar in our diets, in light of increasing awareness of ...
For me, it is all about ‘the art of coffee and cake’. The Peggy Porschen Parlour does this incredibly well and I see it as a real trend.
I think that artisan butchers will be increasingly mainstream as more people eat less meat, but want better cuts.
In the US, we are ever paying increased attention to the footprint of the foods we eat, striving to eat as locally and seasonably as possible, and to support ...
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