Impeccable White snail caviar
Impeccable White is the manufacturer and worldwide supplier of snail caviar. Although snail caviar is still quite unknown it could be a relatively new ingredient for culinary dishes. read more
Impeccable White is the manufacturer and worldwide supplier of snail caviar. Although snail caviar is still quite unknown it could be a relatively new ingredient for culinary dishes. read more
At the redaction of 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, an article about exotic fruit we never heard of, renting a hotel room not for days but minutes and Oprah Winfrey revealed her plans to start her own food line. read more
Saunagondel, the mobile four-person electric sauna designed by industrial designer Toni Egger and communication expert Felix Tarantik. It was introduced at the world’s largest fair for design in Milan, Italy in April 2016, the “Salone del Mobile”. read more
The Youth Food Movement thinks it should be mandatory to educate every child of the Netherlands about food. Awareness of food, harvest, learning to cook and healthy food at all schools. From the idea of having the right on good, healthy food and that they deserve to learn at an early age what is healthy. You can sign the petition at their website and join the conversation on social media with the hashtag #voedselonderwijs. We support this initiative and are convinced that there are a lot of chefs that could help with cooking classes on schools. read more
Special beer lovers are able to download more than 60 emoticons of Belgian special beer glasses. The work of the association for Belgian Brewers and VLAM developed the Belgian Beeremoji’s app, which Apple and Android users can download. read more
Coffee with… oatmeal? Coffee with biscuits which you can dip in chocolate sauce? A cup specially designed to warm up your doughnut? Espresso with ice cubes? It all exists.
We have written about original sweets with your coffee before. But in the meanwhile we found some new ideas to share with you! read more
“Banish wasteful plastic and embrace glass! Serving grab and go meals in reusable jars. Save our planet, help us open in NYC!”, the slogan of the Kickstarter project Ancolie, designed by Chloe. Ancolie jars are portion controlled, waste-free and plastic-free.
Friday the 24th of June SPARK, the cocktailbar of Hilton The Hague, organizes a floating movie theatre. During the floating movie theatre, guests can watch the movie ‘Cocktail’ from the water and from their terrace. The movie starts at 20.30 and is free to watch from the terrace on the big screen. For the real floating-in experience you can reserve a spot on one of the ‘Ooievaart’ boats for € 12,=.
Portobello Road Gin has revealed to open a new venue where guest can literally eat, drink and sleep all thing gin. The idea is from Portobello Road Gin, a distillery in London. The four storey ‘gin mecca’ will feature a gin museum, blending room, Spanish-style ‘Gintonic’ bar and restaurant, shop and several boutique guest rooms.
At the redaction of 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, an article about a butcher shop and restaurant, UberBIKE available in Amsterdam and an overnight stay in the Eiffel Tower! If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading!
Washington will be only the fourth American city to be the subject of a current Michelin Guide, after New York, San Francisco and Chicago. Michelin inspectors, who are trained in France, have been surreptitiously dining in Washington restaurants since last fall. Exciting times for the Washington chefs until the stars will be awarded in October.
A good example of ‘blurring’ in Toulouse, France. J’Go restaurant build an elegant retail space attached to the meat-focused restaurant in the French town. The result is a luxurious space designed to emphasize the products available for home cooking, which includes premium cuts of various types of meat.
There are many reasons why people are not able to eat dairy products like cheese. Claudia, from Uban Cheesecraft created a DIY kit for dairy-free cheese. This kit gives the opportunity to make dairy-free alternatives, so you still can enjoy cheese with your own chosen ingredients.
A lot of people are cycling to the beach or to a nearby festival during the summer. After enjoying a long day of relaxing or partying, cycling back home is not always the best option. UberBIKE offers the solution for these moments: an affordable ride home, without leaving your bike.
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most visited tourist attractions and is considered to be the monument of romance. Now it is possible to stay in the Eiffel Tower during the UEFA EURO 2016! HomeAway started a contest on their website where they invite the participants to tell what they would do if the Eiffel Tower would be theirs for one night in 140 characters.
Zoku Amsterdam officially opened its doors! The new work¬meets¬play hotel concept can be found in the Weesperstraat in Amsterdam, open and ready for business in the heart of Amsterdam. Zoku is a new category in the hotel industry: a hybrid of flexible home and office, also suitable for long stays, with the services of a hotel and the social buzz of a thriving neighbourhood. read more
Credits to: John Paul
Credits to: John Paul
Credits to: John PaulFamous Scotch single malt whiskey brand – The Glenlivet – will cooperate with François Geurds. The Glenlivet asked the Michelin star chef from Rotterdam chef to make dishes which can be combined with the taste of whiskey. They now both work on ‘The Glenlivet Taste Experience’. read more
Dutch people often jump on their bikes and go for a small tour. The network of cycling routes are continually improved. Fietsnetwerk.nl complements the Dutch cycling route system. Lately, the 1000th cycling node owner joined the Fietsnetwerk.nl network. As a result, hospitality businesses and attractions are more visible and accessible, which is beneficial for cyclists. Fietsnetwerk.nl uses the latest innovations to make sure cyclists get the right locations, on the right time in the right places. read more
Ruben van Dieten from Brasserie NL in Leidschendam served a special diner on the 23th of May. The night was all about the salt-wine combinations. Together with Famous South-African chef Craig Cormack he presented a four-course menu with an important role for salt. read more
In Bordeaux, France a new theme park will be opening on June 1st. In La Cité du Vin, which means “the city of wine”, both children and adults will have fun! read more
Approachable inspiration, trends and highlights from 2025 that can be easily applied to your own business in 2026. A whitepaper to scroll through when you read more
We’ve been enjoying glorious summer weather for a few weeks now, and the popular seasonal drinks are already known. Mocktails, cocktails, spritz variations, rosé, and read more
Paint your own pizza and then order it. This is possible at ‘Paint your Pizza’ a project by the Swedish artist Jonas Lund. New York-based ‘Paint Your Pizza’ arose from another project Lund created last year called The Paintshop, which offers a platform on which online users can collaboratively paint pictures and then sell their creations . ‘Paint Your Pizza’ offers an online “canvas” upon which visitors can create the image of their dream pizza. Through a partnership with New York City’s Famous Original Ray’s Pizza, customers can then order an edible version of their creation for delivery to the door.
Viral by DDB-Tribal in Vienna, we only post it for those who have problems waking up especially on a Monday morning! An easy breakfast like this at McDonald’s looks really tempting.
In November 2012, 20 restaurants in São Paulo, Brazil, launched an initiative where their guest could choose for smaller portion sizes, while still paying the full price. ‘Satisfeito’ (‘Satisfied, in Portuguese) dishes were 1/3 smaller than the usual dishes. The money saved from serving these smaller dishes has been donated to the Instituto Alana, an organization fighting child malnutrition in Brazil. Satisfeito is a global movement that aims to alleviate child hunger and prevent food waste by providing restaurants and their customers with the chance to help organizations feeding starving children around the world.
These balloons are lighted by small LED lights. The LED lights are placed in the opening of the balloon and after that the balloon can be inflated (also with helium). The LED lights have multiple modes and are reusable. These illuminated balloons are great for decoration at a party, event or in a nightclub.
The modern Greek restaurant ‘Lemonia’, located on the edge of Utrecht, presents their wine list in a special way. They put a wine bottle with a wine list label at each table. The label has a description of the wines and the price per glass / bottle.
Action by Go-Tan: the company collaborates with the ‘Tropenmuseum’ to start the action ‘Photo is looking for family’ to find the rightful owners of 335 family albums under former inhabitants of Dutch East Indies. Go-Tan put stickers with family photos on 80.000 ’emping’ bags to reach people who have lost an album, or can help identifying owners of an album.
Easter is in the air! In the coming weeks we will occasionally publish remarkable recipes or action on horecatrends. For example, the trend of the last year Special Easteregg. Do you have a special recipe or does your restaurant or hotel plan a special activity, let us know by mail via tip@spronsen.com . Who knows your company might be on horecatrends.
Every year on April 1st the liberation of the Spanish occupation by ‘Sea Beggars’ is celebrated in Brielle, The Netherlands. During this day the people of Brielle wear historical clothing and they perform in the open air theater ‘the key to the city’. This year the activity coincides with Easter. Brasserie Hotel De Nymph serves the traditional ‘Sea Beggars’ meal consisting of marrowfats, bacon, fried onions, piccalilli, pickles, stewed meat and boiled potatoes. Because the festival coincides with Easter, Brasserie The Nymph combines Easter with the ‘Sea Beggars’ meal and serves the meal in egg shape.
McDonald’s has launched new packaging designs on all carry-out bags and fountain beverage cups. The new packaging is designed to communicate brand stories in an engaging and modern way. The packaging is a blend of text, illustration and a QR code and will deliver interesting facts about de brand. It makes information easily accessible from mobile devices. The packaging is launched in the United States and will be rolled out worldwide through 2013.
Fun t-shirts to be to be worn by the chef at the breakfast buffet..
Club Vie in Rotterdam reopened its doors on Friday 1 March after a complete renovation. Our colleague Armand Sol was invited for the premiere and visited the venue. Club Vie is partly positioned under the ‘Willemsbrug’ and has two floors. The lower floor ‘The Jaxx’ has a nice river view and a ceiling that changes color. The upper floor has a dance floor and four different sitting areas on various levels. Because of the playful location of these sitting areas, the club breathes an intimate atmosphere that is not usual in other similar sized clubs. The LED lights are installed by InventDesign and provides a luxurious glance to the club’s interior.
Inspired by the Bay Bridge’s 75th Anniversary, artist Leo Villareal created the project ‘The Bay Lights’. ‘The Bay Lights’ is the world’s largest LED light sculpture, that is made of 25,000 white LED lights and is 1.8 miles wide and 500 feet high. Each light is individually programmed and shines from dusk until 2:00 a.m for the next two years.
PepsiCo introduced its world famous soft drink brand Mountain Dew in the Netherlands last week. The brand is known for its neon green packaging with a popping logo. Mountain Dew is a thirst quenching soft drink with a refreshing citrus taste and focuses primarily on a male target group between 16 and 24 years old. In the United States, the soft drink has been one of the largest fresh rank brands, but is now also available in the Netherlands in bottles of 0.5 L.
Edible Arrangements sells bouquets made from fresh fruit. The ‘confetti fruit cupcake’ is a festive bouquet of fruit in different forms with cupcakes. For the cupcake, a pineapple is shaped in a cupcake, dipped in white and brown chocolate and topped with festive sprinkles. The cupcake-shaped pineapple is arranged in a cupcake holder together with other fresh fruit. The ‘confetti fruit cupcake’ is a cheerful bouquet to serve for dessert or breakfast. Edible Arrangements has many outlets in America (more than 1.000), but also in the Far East, Middle East and Italy.
Inside the colorful carboard boxes by Martins Café, a coffeebrand from the vicinity of Sao Paulo, you don’t expect to find coffee. The boxes are colorful, retro and with their robot logo printed on the cardboard. Martins Café is a Brazilian brand of specialty coffee which comes in the variants cardamom, anise, cinnamon, nutmeg and 100% Arabica. With the package Martins Café wanted to create something colorful, retro and Brazilian that would catch your eye. Read the article on www.coolhunting.com to know why the use robots as their logo….
Easter is in the air! In the coming weeks we will occasionally publish remarkable recipes or action on horecatrends. For example, the action of the last year by The Cavendish Hotel. Do you have a special recipe or does your restaurant or hotel plan a special activity, let us know by mail. Who knows your company might be on horecatrends.
These truffle eggs are fun to serve as dessert during the Easter dinner. Or wrap the truffle eggs up in a box as a personal gift. The classic chocolate truffle recipe is from chef Chris Horridge. Watch the recipe here.
OpenTable released a new Facebook App that’s called ‘Places I’ve Eaten’. With this app users can list and rate the restaurants they’ve been to, choose what they will like to visit and see the places that their Facebook friends have listed and rated. With this app users can also search for restaurants based on their rating, places their Facebook friends have visited ore select properties known as kid-friendly and serving vegetarian food. Users can choose to keep their listing private or to make it available on Facebook for others. Earlier the company acquired the FoodSpotting App.
With this scientific spice rack you can organize dried herbs. Each herb is stored in a separate glass test tube and is labeled with a sticker. This pice rack is a fun item on a table in a restaurant.
Even if a guy is wearing a simple t-shirt, with this napkin at his neck he looks like he did his best to get dressed up for dinner. A funny alternative for a tie.
Two former Noma sous-chefs Samuel Nutter and Victor Wagman will open a new restaurant named Bror, in the heart of Copenhagen next month. Currently there are not many details available, but they will grow their own vegetables on Sejerø island. The two chefs have opened a Twitter and Facebook account to keep people up to date on the progress.
During a demo at the TED conference in California, Delta showed a concept shower called ‘Photon Shower’ that could help passengers recover from their jet lag. Delta worked together with Wieden + Kennedy New York and sleep expert Dr. Russell Foster to design a shower that uses light to alter the body’s internal clock. Travelers can enter their flight information and the ‘Photon Shower’ will adjust for their needs based on flight time. The light recreates the effects of sunlight to alleviate jet lag.
The Youth Food Movement and the Dutch ‘Agrarische Jongeren Kontakt’ bring farmers and consumers together at the online platform ‘Het Eetcafé’. With the online platform the distance between farmer and consumer is reduced and the consumer learns more about the daily practice on a farm. The online platform gives the farmer the opportunity to explain how things are going at the farm and the consumers can ask questions, criticize and start discussions. The platform will soon be offline as well. This year they will organize days throughout the country where farmers meet consumers in the city and consumers can visit the farm to see where their food comes from. The project is supported by the Ministry of Economics of the Netherlands.
Josh Tetrick, founder of start up Hampton Creek food, worked together with specialists such as food scientists, chefs and molecular biologists to figure out how to create a product that is made out of plants but works like an egg. The team had to dissect an egg down to its microbiology and nutritional components. They developed a plant-based egg, called ‘Beyond Eggs’. The Beyond Eggs can replace an egg in food like baked goods, dressing ore sauces. Beyond Eggs are healthier, cholesterol-free, allergy-free and the food safety is better.
On April 6 the Belgian Beer Day will be organized. The Captain Beerheart Foundation organize this event to connect all Belgian beer fans from all over the world and toast to Belgian Beer. More than 8.000 people from 103 countries already support the Belgian Beer Day.
Restaurant De Compagnon in Amsterdam serves appetizers on a bicycle handlebar with a tray. Nowadays many restaurants are working with local products, but in Amsterdam there are few local products available. Therefore restaurant De Compagnon approached this trend in a different way. The nature of Amsterdam has been characterized by bicycles. Serving appetizers on a bicycle handlebar is a wink to the trend ‘local’.
The company ‘Ganslekker’ produces a spread made of goose meat. The number of geese in the Netherlands is increasing and often causes (environmental) problems. For these reasons, the geese are shot. ‘Ganslekker’ uses the meat of these shot geese to make spread. The spread is available as ham or foie gras pate and is organic and sustainable.
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