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FM’s Top 10 food and beverage trend predictions for 2022

Looking into our trusty crystal ball (and also hard data and expert insights) to give you a preview of what will be hot in the culinary world next year.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

December 20, 2021

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Biting into something new is an experience we’re chasing as we anticipate the culinary trends predicted to make those bites something to remember. All in all, dining is about that experience, and next year, that’ll get amped up. Matt Faul, CEO of Wolverine Management says diners are totally looking for that special something. “I predict more unique flavor experiences will happen next year,” he says.

“Diners are now able to experience explosions of unique flavors and ingredients unlike ever before,” Faul adds. “The rise of social media and influences, who like to treat food as a flavorful journey, creates a demand for restaurants and culinary experts to find the next trend or flavor wave that can create an impact. Diners want to bite into something or sip a cocktail with a flavor journey that has a beginning, middle and end.”

So, please don’t be shy and take a bite or two out of our trend predictions for the new year.

 

About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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