Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) will introduce eight culinary trends that will shape the future of the culinary business at the Worldchefs Congress & Expo 2024. The event will be held on October 21 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, and will provide an exciting overview of how future culinary trends can help today’s culinary businesses.
UFS presents “Future Menus Top Global Trends,” a report that combines the latest global data and relevant input from top chefs. This report summarizes practical and applicable solutions for culinary business entrepreneurs, from small to large scale. Through this, UFS also invites you to experience eight global culinary trends identified by experts redefining the culinary industry firsthand.
Eight Hottest Culinary Trends
1. Taste Surprise: Freedom to Create
In an era of sensory overload, culinary creations must push the boundaries, creating experimental dishes that push boundaries and expectations.
2. Local Treasures: Celebrating Authentic Flavors
Local treasure is about celebrating the richness of our own country. This trend deepens the connection between kitchens and the surrounding communities. By building these relationships, we source ingredients and weave local stories into every meal.
3. Low-Waste Menus: Limitless Creativity
This trend helps chefs use ingredients and resources wisely, save money, and delight food lovers who care about quality food. It is an excellent opportunity to explore an era of innovation and responsible lifestyles regarding their culinary impact.
4. Contemporary Classics: Delicious and Challenging
This trend is not just about modernizing classic dishes, but also about infusing culinary stories, cultural heritage, and a touch of nostalgia into every dish.
5. Plant-Based Proteins: Today’s Culinary Heroes
This trend presents a huge opportunity for chefs to provide diverse and inclusive menu options while reducing operational costs and carbon footprints.
6. Sharing Flavors: Dynamic and Interactive
The opportunity for chefs to innovate, experiment, combine different creations, and create unique experiences that redefine the meaning of togetherness here is enormous.
7. Tempting Vegetables: Democracy of Taste
Vegetables are increasingly popular and have become the main stars in chefs’ culinary creations to attract today’s generation of culinary connoisseurs. Let’s welcome this change and bring more color to our dining table.
8. Beneficial Meals: Harmony of Body and Mind
Today’s culinary connoisseurs want dishes that are prepared with care. Feel-good food is about finding the perfect balance, where every dish makes you feel better and more energetic.
Various exciting flavor discoveries await, including unexpected ingredient pairings to create fresh new flavors, innovative ways to minimize food waste, modernizing classic dishes, and using local ingredients with sustainable sourcing practices.
