A new year means new food and certain trends guide the global food industry. It is traditional. This inexact science, a blend of research, intuition and (1)_____________ (WISH) thinking might, depending on your point of view, seem either (2)_________ (HARM) or ridiculous. But it has been lucrative for many businesses. People follow the latest fads. When Instagrammable stuff gets old, they (3)__________ (INSTINCT) look for the next thing.
Special occasion dining
When we do dine in, it will be (4)___________ (MEMORY). More exclusive types of dining experiences in the dining room—think tasting menus, private dining experiences that go above and beyond with ingredients and access. People will go out for a truly (5)_____________ (FORGET) dining experience where they feel safe and can expect an experience (6)____________ (LIKE) anything they’ve had before. Dining out is starting to feel really special again—tasting menus with wine are an example.
This year will bring two (7)______________ (POLARISE) approaches to dining. One that embraces the need for simpler, comforting and soul-(8)__________ (NOURISH) cuisine and the other that functions as an escape and embraces (9)____________ (FRIVOLOUS)—allowing patrons to be both fancy and indulgent.
Individualized tasting menus
As diners feel more and more comfortable going out, the same old menus just won't cut it any more. Dining out will really become something (10)_______________ (SEEK) out for a unique experience. They want something created just for them, making it truly a reason to get out of the house and celebrate.
Small-group private dining will become more (11)_______________ (PREVAIL). Restaurants that can provide safe, intimate spaces for small groups will be more (12)___________ (SUCCESS).
At-home restaurant experiences
This year many restaurants across the globe had to quickly pivot towards expanding into takeout and (13)___________ (DELIVER), and this trend is not going away any time soon. It will evolve as chefs are creating new and interesting ways to bring the restaurant experience to life at home for guests. At our restaurants, paella became one of the most popular items on the to-go menus. The paella pan fits perfectly into a pizza box, while keeping the rice hot, so you had this element of presentation you'd get in the restaurant.
Restaurant-style meals (14)___________ (PACKAGE) for the family will definitely keep trending in the year to come. Plant-based, healthy vegetarian dishes with (15)__________ (SEASON) ingredients and global flavour are here to stay in the future. (16)______________ (WONDER) curated meals with soul, taste, and creativity can be picked up at a favourite restaurant and ready on the table in a split second.
More virtual cooking classes
Online, chef-driven virtual cooking classes will continue to expand this year. Many people will keep this fun way to get together with friends and family and be entertained at home while preparing a good meal and cooking along with a chef.
With everyone having been hunkered down, more and more people started cultivating their own food resources and began cooking more as well. There is a (17)_________ (THIRSTY) for knowledge again that we saw 10 years ago where cooking classes were really popular.
Condiments
With so many more people preparing more meals and washing more dishes than they have in decades, cooking with condiments and sauces will be a big trend. Whether you make your own chimichurri or sauerkraut or buy chili crisp by the bag-load, adding pre-prepared flavour to simple ingredients means dinner comes together easier and is often more exciting to eat. Plus condiments often have long shelf lives and can be stretched over a number of meals.Comfort food
The trends are going towards comfort and (18)___________ (SIMPLE). This is due to the pandemic, and everyone looking for a sense of comfort and (19)_________ (NORMAL). Anything that reminds them of what it used to be like. Classic pizzas (no pineapple), burgers without a bunch of crazy (20)___________ (TOP), real tacos (not fancy wraps), old-fashioned barbecue, mac and cheese, country fried steak, fried catfish, biscuits and gravy … you name it, as long as it tastes good, someone else makes it, and it’s not at your house!
TLC
Without perspective and acts of (21)____________ (KIND), we won’t move forward as a society. No longer is it appropriate and enough to treat customers coldly and (22)_______________ (PERSON). If you can connect someone to a venue, a publication, a brand
opportunity etc., that might be the very thing that helps a business or a
person survive.More fermenting, preserving, and canning
(23)________________ (FERMENT) is becoming really big again, same with canning and preserving. We saw a huge climb in this technique during COVID (24)______________ (LOCK), and it allowed us to still be able to support our farms. We were able to buy ingredients farmers had on-hand. We spent a lot of time indoors, so we canned, preserved, pickled and fermented as much as we could. I think a lot of us fell in love again with this way of preparing food.Restaurant industry overhaul
Restaurants need to (25)____________ (UNDER) a complete transformation because they currently are unstable and (26)_________________ (SUSTAIN). This truth has been being realized for years and reached its current zenith during the pandemic. What has emerged from the trauma and turmoil of our (27)______________ (COLLECT) stresses has been restaurants pivoting towards models that are more hybrid, take out, and curated (28)___________ (GROCER). This change is quite (29)____________ (POSSIBILITY) permanent. These models are an evolution that is at the vanguard of what's possible. We have seen a refocus on community and combating food access. Politics and social (30)_____________ (HIERARCHICAL) that have clouded that purpose are being put to bed in favour of an (31)_______________ (AWAKE) to a universal realization. That food and the service of it are an integral part of our being and not a luxury. While elegant dishes and the (32)____________________ (BEAUTY) of food is not going anywhere—nor should it—we find that food is becoming (33)_____________ (APPROACH) and (34)______________ (EGALITARIANISM) again. Community (35)___________ (REACH) and (36)_________________ (CHARITY) initiatives will be part and parcel of the new model. One can hope that one of the gifts of this (37)_____________ (TUMULT) pandemic years will be a more (38)____________ (EQUITABLY) future. Many (39)____________ (VULNERABLE) in restaurants were exposed, but we also came together like never before.
There will be an emphasis on practices to support the health and vitality of the restaurant industry, including an examination of overall price and tipping structures. Businesses will have continued conversations with consumers on how they can help promote (40)____________ (SUSTAIN) in the industry. We’ll see even more (41)___________ (RELY) on local sourcing and investing in the local economy. Chef collaboration and conversations to promote greater understanding of culture and cooking.
Destination restaurants
Given the current circumstances of things, it seems that more and more people will be looking to seek refuge from the city and search out dining destinations in more (42)_______________ (SECLUSION) areas where they can have a high quality experience with a bit more space to themselves. Between the need for open spaces and restrictions on international travel, domestic and drive-to destinations will become much more popular.Hygiene precautions
Even after everyone’s vaccinated, we won't see restaurants overbooking and (43)_________ (CRAM) as many guests in as possible for a few years at least. (44)___________ (SANITISE), spacing, and an overall concern for the guests' comfort levels will remain a high priority.All we know is that we are (45)______________ (AWARENESS) of what the future holds in store. This pandemic has been tough, and the (46)_____________ (DEVASTATE) to small businesses is too great to measure at this moment. However, as we've seen throughout history possibly the greatest (47)______________ (INNOVATE) and evolution will happen after tragic and (48)_____________ (TRAUMA) events.
KEY
1. wishful
2. harmless
3. instinctively
4. memorable
5. unforgettable
6. unlike
7. polarising
8. nourishing
9. frivolousness/ frivolity
the quality of behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously: We can't completely blame young people for their frivolousness. They criticised the frivolousness of the entertainment industry
19. normality
20. toppings
21. kindness
22. impersonally
23. Fermentation
24. lockdowns
25.undergo
26. unsustainable
27. collective
28. groceries
29. possibly
30. hierarchy
31. awakening
32. beautification
33. approachable
34. egalitarian
35. outreach
36. charitable
37. tumultuous
38. equitable
39. vulnerabilities
40. sustainability
41. reliance
42. secluded
43. cramming
44. Sanitation
45.unaware
46. devastation
47. innovations
48. traumatic
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