Trends we spotted | Week 39

2-10-2023

  • Trends we spottedTrends we spotted
  • GiG Hard Seltzer - Grow up - Do not Grow OldGiG Hard Seltzer - Grow up - Do not Grow Old
  • Shell Cafe X Chef Herman den BlijkerShell Cafe X Chef Herman den Blijker
  • New hotel in London - The BoTree - credits ConcreteNew hotel in London - The BoTree - credits Concrete
  • Elevated pickleball and eatertainment in DallasElevated pickleball and eatertainment in Dallas
  • Y3000 Taste the future by Coca ColaY3000 Taste the future by Coca Cola

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week links to articles about among others an elevated pickleball and eatertainment facility ‘At Fault’ in the USA and the Kids Own Mondays’ at BurgerFi, with a free kids meal with an adult meal.

Why haven’t we seen products made with Ube in Europe yet? In the USA ube is available dried, as an extract or frozen, must be easy to import this purple coloured Filipino delicacy this way! In London a new hotel opened, Hotel The BoTree. The interior design has been done by Concrete, the Amsterdam based design firm.

Shell Café X chef Herman den Blijker – the chef created Flaguette steak tartare and brioche saumon fumé. October 6th you can taste the sandwiches in his presence at one of the Shell Cafés.

Are you a fan of model trains? The “Meat & Beer On Rails” restaurant Výtopna has arrived in Vienna, Austria. Check out the embedded Instagram post in the article, it looks great!

Grow Up, Don’t Grow Old is a great viral campaign by GiG Hard Seltzer in which 2 old ladies speak Dutch street languages. Coca Cola has released Y3000, a soda co-created between humans and AI that is meant to taste just like in the year 3,000.

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Trends we spotted | Week 7

18-2-2022

  • Chef Chad Rosenthal's TiNDLE Picnic Chicken SandwichChef Chad Rosenthal's TiNDLE Picnic Chicken Sandwich
  • Denny's Las Vegas Wedding Chapel for Valentine's DayDenny's Las Vegas Wedding Chapel for Valentine's Day
  • Tasty by Greggs at Primark BirminghamTasty by Greggs at Primark Birmingham

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

IKEA in the Netherlands is also tackling food waste together with Too Good To Go as are more European countries. And the ‘Tasty by Greggs’ Café opened in a Primark in Birmingham, they will also sell a limited-edition Greggs collection.

With this week links to articles about amongst others: some last Valentine’s Day inspiration from 2022 for 2023, we spotted a wedding chapel on Valentine’s Day at Denny’s in Las Vegas and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer sent your ex a cactus on this day.

August 25 a tribute to the Beatles will be held in the courtyard of the Musée de Montmartre in Paris, their Candlelight Open Air may inspire other museums. And for all Harry Potter fans, you can attend a pop-up dinner in a ‘Hogwarts’-like castle in France!

McDonald’s plans to operate a virtual restaurant online with home delivery, in the Metaverse! And the new Michelin Guide for the UK and Ireland 2022 is out! With a new three Michelin star restaurant – L’Enclume.

Next Gen Foods announced this week that its first product, TiNDLE is now available in a range of iconic restaurants across the East and West Coasts in some of the country’s leading “foodie” cities.

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Trends we spotted | Week 6

11-2-2022

  • trends we spotted this week
  • 20000 Leagues Under the Sea at Lost Distillery20000 Leagues Under the Sea at Lost Distillery
  • KFC delivered by Wing in AustraliaKFC delivered by Wing in Australia
  • Restaurant 3 Fils in Dubai wins #50BestRestaurants Middle East and North AfricaRestaurant 3 Fils in Dubai wins #50BestRestaurants Middle East and North Africa

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week links to articles about amongst others Plan Bee of restaurant Tante Kee in the Netherlands and a spectacular new fine-dining restaurant in Las Vegas: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

McDonald’s USA celebrates ‘Black History’ with ‘Future 22’, a campaign that focuses on young game changers. And in Australia, KFC is going to test drone delivery in Logan, Queensland, together with drone delivery company ‘Wing’. As they say: KFC puts a Wing on it.

To raise money for the Notre Dame cathedral, a Virtual Reality experience has been created: Eternal Notre Dame. Great immersive experience to do with groups of friends or children in Paris! And in America, a festival dedicated to Hard Seltzers travels around: Seltzerland.

A new wine store, Half Full, in Amsterdam, that prefers quality over quantity and only sells half bottles of wine, champagne and more. And restaurant 3 Fils in Dubai is the first restaurant to be number 1 on the list of ’50 Best Restaurants Middle East and North Africa’.

Bordeaux (France) and Valencia (Spain) are the European capitals of ‘Smart Tourism’ in 2022. And McDonald’s in Japan sell special ‘square burgers‘ wrapped in ‘comic book’ paper.

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Top of the Dutch creatives designed Capital Kitchen

15-11-2021

  • Capital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Birgit BijlCapital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Birgit Bijl
  • Capital Kitchen - Tower RoomThe Tower Room - credits JanWillenKaldenbach
  • Food at Capital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Kim WindersFood at Capital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Kim Winders
  • Capital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Birgit BijlCapital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Birgit Bijl
  • Capital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Geert BroertjesCapital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Geert Broertjes
  • Capital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Geert BroertjesCapital Kitchen Amsterdam - credits Geert Broertjes
  • Trappenhuis by rutger de vries - credits Jan Willem KaldenbachTrappenhuis by rutger de vries - credits Jan Willem Kaldenbach

Opening – The newest addition to Amsterdam is Capital Kitchen. A bar restaurant located in Capital C, the monumental building on Weesperplein where the Diamond Exchange was once located. Capital C literally stands for creativity with a capital C. Capital C is a hub and community for the capital’s creative sector. A work and meeting place for creatives with flexible workplaces, office and meeting rooms and special event spaces. And now also with a unique and innovative bar-restaurant concept. The design of Capital Kitchen has been created together with the top of the Dutch creative industry.

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Miss Envy Peru shines in the Lot 42 promo movie to support Rainbow Railroad

5-8-2021

  • Chris MacDonald, Dale Milliken of Lot 42 and Miss Envy Peru
  • Lot 42 campaign movie with Miss Envy Peru
  • Premium hard seltzer Lot 42

This summer Miss Envy Peru, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Holland, shines in ‘Capture the Moment’ – a new promo movie of premium hard seltzer Lot 42.

With this campaign the Lot 42 founders and gay couple Dale Milliken and Chris MacDonald support the Rainbow Railroad organization. An organization that helps millions of LGBTQIA+ people by escaping violence in their home countries where they are being prosecuted for being themselves.

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Charred lemon on pizza? | Round Table Pizza® Introduces the Charred Lemon Chicken Pizza

5-7-2021

  • New Charred Lemon Chicken at Round Table Pizza

The limited time pizza is part of a delicious new summer line-up including ‘Charred Lemon Chicken Wings’ and ‘Charred Lemon Chicken Salad’. Round Table’s new Limited Time Charred Lemon Chicken Pizza is masterly prepared with hand rolled dough, creamy lemon sauce, spinach, Round Table Pizza’s proprietary three cheese blend, garlic, lemon pepper grilled chicken, zucchini, tomatoes, red onion, charred lemon slices, shredded parmesan cheese, and green onions. Available now for dine-in, carryout and delivery. Valid at participating locations.

It sounds like a gourmet pizza with a great summer flavour! And we have spotted many pizza flavours over the years. Back in 2014 we made a list of 10 different pizza’s, with for example fresh truffle, fresh tuna, Tandoori spices or a breakfast pizza. The later I still make for special occasions. But the Charred Lemon Chicken Pizza is a new combination for us. Inspiration for other pizzeria’s?  ^Marjolein

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Trends we spotted | Week 9

8-3-2021

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At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week, links to articles about amongst others about a Japanese-Style Basque Cheesecake from Basuku, it sounds delicious! And Orbital Assembly plans to start building private Voyager space station with artificial gravity in 2025, the first hotel in space.

A link to an article about the Dutch initiative Share That Kitchen, they want to become a kind of Airbnb for professional kitchens. And ‘Quatreau’ CBD drinks launched in the US, it sounds like a Hard Seltzer drink with CBD and we wonder whether these kind of drinks will come to the Netherlands as well.

PepsiCo is shaking up the cocktail mixer category with the launch of Neon Zebra, a new line of non-alcoholic cocktail mixers in 7.5oz mini-cans. Create 2 cocktails with one can in an instant! And an exceptional payment in the spirits industry, a transaction in Bitcoin between a supplier and distributor.

Onmateria created a Green Box. The Green Box, an amenity kit designed to tackle plastic waste in the hotel industry. And in 2025 the first Nobu Hotel in Germany will open in Hamburg, The Elbtower Hamburg.

Open for 1 month in April 2021: Candytropolis Sugar Rush, a safe, open-air, walk-through family adventure in California. And we loved this ice cream: ‘Not Fried Chicken’ Ice cream! We think it might inspire Dutch ice cream creators to make kroket, bitterbal or frikandel ice cream. Very #Instagrammable!

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Trends we spotted | Week 34

24-8-2020

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At horecatrends.com or hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, among other links to articles about healthy, immunity boosting shots whose popularity are growing rapidly. And we spotted a new environmentally friendly bentobox made from cocoa been peels which looks great for high end take-away meals!

For those who want to visit a corona-proof cinema, the ice cream company Blue Bunny created a food truck with outdoor movie screen! We would love to see a food truck like that next summer in the Netherlands!

We spotted a lot of new hard seltzers on the Dutch market this summer, with the latest addition, White Claw from the USA! Coca Cola will also release a Hard-Seltzer in the USA and we even spotted a Cannabis infused hard seltzer by Rebel Coast Winery.

In Seattle citizenM opened a new hotel, with a link to images at the website of concrete Amsterdam.  And we spotted another opening: the Sour Patch Kids store that will soon open for all candy lovers in New York!

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