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Foodservice menu trending: California cuisine, Korean flavors, 2020 culinary trends

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

January 9, 2020

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Food Management editors predicted the top culinary trends for 2020 including the new hot chicken, elevated breakfast, the crispy-crunchy buzzwords for menus, the plant-based bandwagons to jump on and more. Check out the 20 trends to look out for on menus this year.

Also, find out what ingredients are trending in foodservice including Korean flavoring and salmon. 

Korean food is seeing a surge in popularity according to Yelp and menu flavorings ranging from kimchi to sesame oil are being added across foodservice menus in both expected and inventive ways. Mentions of this cuisine grew by the largest margin between 2018 and 2019 on Yelp's website and onsite operators at Centerplate, Aramark and colleges have gotten in on the trend. Click through the gallery for some inspiration. 

See what else is trending on menus across foodservice operators this month.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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