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A presentation on the top 10 menu trends and how they are changing the way we eat.TRANSCRIPT
Top 10 Menu Trends
“What’s Hot in 2012”
Madonna Kash
What do we do?
The American Culinary Federation Chefs Association of Arizona, ACF AZ
“The Authority on Cooking in America”
The American Culinary Federation, Inc. (ACF), a professional, organization for chefs and cooks, was founded in 1929 in New York City by three chefs’ organizations: the Société Culinaire Philanthropique, the Vatel Club and the Chefs de Cuisine Association of America.
We are an organization based on promoting the professional image of American chefs worldwide through education of culinarians at all levels.
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of nearly 1,800 professional
children’s nutrition and local sourcing will be the
hottest trends on restaurant menus this
coming year.
The chefs also identified smartphone apps and
tablet computers as the top technology trends.
In addition, 6 out of 10 chefs said they would
consider a food truck as an entrepreneurial
business venture.
“What’s Hot in 2012 survey reflect the macro-trends we have seen grow over the last several years,” National Restaurant Association.
As quoted by: Joy Dubost, Ph.D, R.D., director of Nutrition & Healthy Living for the NRA.
The ACF Hottest Menu Trends in 2012
Why?
•Cause & effect
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Child Nutrition
child nutrition history
Without a proper diet children can lack proper brain development and may suffer from malnutrition. – 1853 Children’s Aid Society– 1946 President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act
(NSLP)– 1954 Special Milk Program authorized by Congress– 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
(School Breakfast Program)– 1970-1974 Child nutrition was reformed– 1994 The Healthy Meals for Healthy American Act, Dietary
Guidelines– 2003 The Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Pilot was launched
Source:USDA site for Nutrition Standard for Schools Meals
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act allows USDA, for the first time in over 30 years,
opportunity to make real reforms to the school lunch and breakfast programs by
improving the critical nutrition and hunger safety net for
millions of children.
Source:USDA site for Nutrition Standard for Schools Meals
Through the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by the First Lady and signed by President Obama, USDA is making the first major changes in school meals in 15 years, which will help us raise a healthier generation of children.
Local Sourcing
Technology
•Tablet computers & Smartphones• ordering and processing data
•Reviews and ratings sites• Zagat, Gayot, Dine, Tripadvisor, Yelp, Urbanspoon,
Google Places •Mobile Applications for everyone about every subject. • iTunes, iPhone• Google Play, Anroid
•Digital wine lists•Videos and photos for back of the house marketing •WiFi – captures customer information •Flatscreen TV’s •Electronic picture frames •Digital menu boards
Technology has changed the front of the house
1. Locally sourced meats and seafood
What is local?
Local food or the local food movement is a "collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies –
one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place."[1]
Source: Local Food Wikipedia
Defining Local
• Low Carbon Diet
Source: Wikipedia, Low Carbon Diet
• The 100-Mile Diet
Source: Wikipedia, The 100-Mile Diet
• Barton Seaver: Sustainable seafood? Let’s get smart. 2010
• Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish 2012
Chef Dan Barber
• Low Carbon Diet
Source: Wikipedia, Low Carbon Diet
• The 100-Mile Diet
• Low Carbon Diet
Source: Wikipedia, Low Carbon Diet
• The 100-Mile Diet
Food Trucks
6 out of 10 chefs said they would consider a food truck as an entrepreneurial business venture
http://phxstreetfood.org/
• Community Supported Agriculture, CSA
• Biodynamic Farming
• Farmer Markets
2. Locally grown produce
Healthful kids’ meals
Healthful Kids Meals
• http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/07/13/137818715/chain-restaurants-to-add-more-healthful-kids-meals
Hyper-local items
Sustainability as a culinary theme
Children’s nutrition as a culinary theme
Children’s nutrition as a culinary theme
Gluten-free/food allergy-conscious items
Locally produced wine and beer
Sustainable seafood
Whole grain items in kids’ meals
Child Nutrition Act Wikipedia The University of Mississippi National Food Service Management Institute
