Ancolie Restaurant | All dishes in a jar

15-2-2017

Last year we wrote about a Kickstarter project from entrepreneur Chloë, she was funding to open her own ‘Glass Jars’ concept in New York. The goal was to serve all meals in healthy and sustainable jars. In the meantime, the restaurant opened its doors and we received some pictures of the concept! read more

Pancake day | List of special pancake ideas

8-2-2017

On the 24^th of March it will be the National Pancake Day in the Netherlands. On this day, elementary school students throughout the country will be baking pancakes for elderly in their neighbourhood. Schools can still sign up for this day! If you really want to surprise them these days, you should check out these special pancake ideas we collected! Also good inspiration for pancakes restaurants! read more

Pip & Nut Toast Bar | Pop-up in the Selfridges Food Halls

1-2-2017

At all Dutch markets and in many shops you can buy fresh nut butters from all kind of nuts. Well it seems that this craze came has reached England as well. We spotted a pop-up in the Selfridges Food Halls, the Pip & Nut Toast Bar. The pop-up will be there until the 12^th of February. The bar will serve a selection of gourmet toast with toppers as peanut butter, grated apple and maple syrup to avocado.
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Té Tonic® | Spice up your life

30-1-2017

Infuse your gin or vodka in order to obtain subtle notes between different aromas and flavours. Allow your guests to create their own Gin and Tonic botanicals or choose their own Té pyramid-shaped silk botanical flavour. read more

Trends we spotted | week 2 2017

13-1-2017

At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week amongst others,  Starbucks takes wine and beer off evening menu at more than 400 stores nationwide. And will we spot a Food bowl mania in the Netherlands in 2017?

If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading!

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Moley Robot | with skills of the best chefs in the world

18-11-2016

Moley has created the world’s first robotic kitchen. Featuring an advanced, fully functional robot integrated into a beautifully designed, professional kitchen, it cooks with the skill and flair of a master chef. The prototype was premiered to widespread acclaim at Hanover Messe, the international robotics show. Will this idea help restaurants to fill the shortage of chefs? read more

Sustainability | What to do with potato waste?

26-10-2016

The Netherlands is a real potato country. Because of the excellent climate potatoes have been growing there for centuries. They are cheap and every Dutchie has his ‘own’ potato dish. A product to be proud of! However, knowing that the potato is one of the most wasted vegetable in the country is less inspiring. It’s actually a bit of a shame, as there are plenty of products which can be made out of the remains. To inspire we gathered some examples of drinks made from almost ‘wasted’ potatoes. read more

Trends we spotted this week – week 38

23-9-2016

At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, Streethacker a new app and Print a Drink, 3D printing hits the cocktail scene.

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Magic Cake

20-9-2016

Recently all over the internet: Magic Cake. We spotted it on Instagram, Facebook and even The Telegraph wrote an article about the miraculous recipe that make three cakes in one! The cake is made of the typical cake batter ingredients (sugar, butter, flour, milk and eggs). The egg yolk, flour, milk and butter are prepared separate from the egg whites and combined right before the unique baking process at low temperatures. Creating a three layered Magic Cake. With a spongy top, a custardy middle layer and a moisty cake base. Although we think that these kind of cakes have been made for years we couldn’t resist making one and try it! One word: delicious!  read more

USA Food trends according to ‘Think with Google’

31-8-2016

Think with Google, food trends based on the top searches in the United States. In this report Google gives an insight how the power of data can be used to predict and use trends. Because we know that trends spotted in the United States most likely will hit Europe in the next couple of years, we love to share some of these so-called food trends. We made a list of dishes and products that most probably will be popular soon in Europe as well. Let’s deep dive in some of the not yet very known products and dishes in Europe like Turmeric, Bundt Cakes, Cauliflower Rice, Pho, Overnight Oats, Bitter Melon, Jackfruit, cheese Curds, Italian Pasta and Funfetti…..

These are our picks of the rising stars from the USA food trends of ‘Think with Google’ read more