Ice cream that tastes like chicken: the Chicken Gelati
Do you like chicken and ice cream? Then you might like Chicken Gelati! Ice cream with chicken flavour, as snack on a cocktail party, daytime snack or dessert. read more
Do you like chicken and ice cream? Then you might like Chicken Gelati! Ice cream with chicken flavour, as snack on a cocktail party, daytime snack or dessert. read more
Frietje Nutella van Piet FrietWhat began as a joke on Facebook has now turned into the first Nutella Festival of the Netherlands, wich will take place on the 16th of July in Amsterdam. read more
Facebook: Club Red
Facebook: Club Red
Facebook: Club RedIt is not easy nowadays to be the owner of a disco/nightclub with the ongoing decrease of visitors the last couple of years. Club Red in Leeuwarden has an extended calendar including ‘Barbers, Booze & Tattoos’. A men’s night out. read more
For decades long Ghee is popular in the Indian kitchen, the biological oil is also becoming more popular in the Netherlands now. Ghee Easy is prepared according to the traditional Indian method while using high quality Dutch butter. Large packaging is available now for the hospitality industry. read more
In 2016 the TonTon Club XL is coming back to the ‘Westergasfabriek’ in Amsterdam. For up to two weekends in March you can enjoy pinball games, shooting games, air hockey and many more. read more
Good news for popcorn lovers in the Netherlands. On March 5th the first popcornstore in the Netherlands will we opened in Amsterdam. read more
Some people may be disgusted by it, but the edible insects are becoming more popular. Currently you only see them as an exciting snack on exclusive parties, but they already are in the supermarket as well. This superfood pasta Bugsolutely consists of 20% cricket flour and also has loads of protein, calcium, iron and vitamins. Besides, cricket flour makes the pasta even tastier. read more
Credits: @dominiqueansel’s Instagram. Guest blog of Leonie van Spronsen, living and working in Paris, heard her colleagues complain about the long queues during the ‘Taste of Paris’ last week. Due to the start of the festival season last weekend with the ‘Taste of Holland’, Leonie blogs about the annoyance of queues. It is not too late to do something about them yet..
Over the past few years they have been popping up all over the world, these “foodie-festivals”we mean, they are either indoor or outdoor, focus on astonishing gastronomy or on variations of our favourite snacks. I personally feel that this is a great development, as the average foodie enjoys these more than a dance festival. But much to our dismay, queueing up has become a regular activity at all these “foodie-festivals”.
Every small but delicious bite you want to try is ruined by a spectacular waiting line. At ‘Taste of Paris’ the average waiting time was 30 to 45 minutes for basically every stand. But also last summer, while visiting ‘Rollende Keukens’we had to conclude that the festival has had its best days, the terrain gets way too busy these days and this takes the fun out of it for us and many others. Obviously these huge crowds are great for the organizers and illustrates the large demand for these types of events, but the negative effect of over-crowdedness will clearly affect your event and the future of your event quickly.
So how come this situation arises on these festivals? The fact that there are long lines at amateur festivals is to be expected, their organizers usually aren’t specialized in the logistics of F&B. Besides, true hospitality is usually not their main goal. But these “foodie-festivals” consists mostly of hospitality entrepreneurs am I right? How is then still possible that these festivals create such un-hospitable situations? Hospitality is their core business!
For the future of the “foodie-festival”it seems to be very important that we solve this ‘queueing up-situation’ because if not.. Will they still be as popular as they are or will people get sick of it soon?
You can either solve this or accept the lines and entertain your guests!
In regards to entertaing your queueing customers, festival entrepreneurs could take some inspiration from baker Dominique Ansel. With two lines a day in front of his bakery (early morning for the cronuts and at 4 PM for the milk cookie-shots) this is the man that can tell you a thing or two about lines and people in lines. He excels in entertaining his waiting customers, like last weekend when he personally handed out roses to ‘his line’ for Valentine’s Day at his bakery in New York City. But on any given day, him and his team hand out warm madeleines, hot chocolate milk, appel cider or lemonade if it’s hot out.
At the opening of his bakery in Japan they even went as far as doing social media challenges between the lines in New York and Tokyo. They arranged for breakdancers to entertain the crowd and when it got really sunny and hot, they sprayed their customers with water sprays to keep them cool.
You can check out our article about the opening of the Tokyo bakery on our website hospitalitytrends.eu.
So consider entertaining your guests while they wait and thus make sure your “foodie-festival” visitor keeps coming back for more. We would love to visit festivals without lines but if that’s too much to ask.. at least keep them entertained!
Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft
Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft
Credits: Yoepz Kip & Kreeft
Credits: Yoepz Kip & KreeftLobster and chicken as main ingredient, slightly different as the old fashioned Surf & Turf. Restaurant Yoepz Kip & Kreeft (Chicken & Lobster) from Utrecht (The Netherlands) will soon open a store in Amsterdam. read more
Buitenaanzicht 't Soldaatje VOC
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Het team van 't Soldaatje VOCSunday the 21st of February ‘’t Soldaatje VOC’ (The Soldier) in Voorhout (the Netherlands) will be opened, located in the middle of the ‘Bollenstreek’. This restaurant serves dishes that are inspired on countries that the Dutch visited as soldiers in the colonial times, from Suriname to Indonesia. read more
It’s getting more popular nowadays to use a digital menu. This was also noted by Vision Multimedia, the company behind Vision Menu. Through crowdfunding they managed to raise enough money to grow both domestically and abroad. But why would you switch to a digital menu? read more
Every year one out of four festival visitors leaves their tent behind on several festival campsites all over the Netherlands. The amount of waste that this creates is bad for the environment. The solution is simple: from now on you can camp in a cardboard. read more
Hospitality entrepreneurs in Belgium and the Netherlands are challenged by Hellmann’s to make ‘The Ultimate Bite’. The winner gets a commercial campaign for his/her own business, to the value of €5.000,=, at The Ultimate Bite live finale on the 23rd of May in the ‘Kookfabriek’ in Amsterdam. You can sign up till the 20th of March 2016 on UltimateBite.com.
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Friet met kaviaar van Tante Nel
Friet met kaviaar van Tante Nel
Thrill Grill's friet. Credits: HOTSPOTHUNTER.COMFrietje Nutella van Piet Friet
Frietje Nutella van Piet FrietOne of the unique characteristics of fries is that you can endlessly combine them with different ingredients. Fries with caviar, Parmesan cheese, truffle mayonnaise, chocolate, Nutella and stews. In the Netherlands, fries are very popular. We eat them with mayonnaise or ketchup but also with ‘mayonnaise, curry sauce and chopped onions’, with hot peanut sauce or sometimes even with truffle mayonnaise but the fries noted below aren’t often on the menu! In response to an article in the Dutch AD newspaper about Tante Nel (aunt Nel), the haute friture shop in Rotterdam, we made a list of unique and weird combinations with fries. ^Bram Kosterink read more
Foodhall 88, the first pop-up food hall in the Netherlands will open the 18th of February in Tilburg. At this moment the lobby of building 88 at the Spoorzone (Railway zone) is still under construction but as from next Thursday you’re supposed to smell fish, meat and vegetables here. Foodhall 88 is open until late April.
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
Hajé Hotels & Restaurants launches a webshop with the (food)products from their own company. In the webshop products like furniture, home accessories, food and cosmetics are offered. The products in their webshop stand for healthy, honest, sustainable and special. The webshop offers as well recipes and blogs.
Due to the lack of fresh and tasty dips, Mr. Dip was born. The dips are available in four flavors; Guacamole, Salsadip, Hummusdip and Baba Ganoush. The dips are pascalized (treated by high pressure water so that taste and structure remain intact) for the freshness.
In Utrecht (the Netherlands), Wouter and Esther Staal opened the Yoghurt Barn. A new concept where they serve several kinds of yogurts, such as frozen yogurts, smoothies and other kind of yogurts. You can choose of several toppings to finish your dessert of snack. All the products are completely biological.
Due to the lack of fresh and tasty dips, Mr. Dip was born. The dips are available in four flavors; Guacamole, Salsadip, Hummusdip and Baba Ganoush. The dips are pascalized (treated by high pressure water so that taste and structure remain intact) for the freshness.
In response to a call from radio station Studio Brussels for students to send their student recipes, top chef Sergio Herman has made a selection of hundreds of several recipes. These meals are pimped by the chef himself and are collected in the book Pimp your F**king KOTFOOD.
The Dam square in Amsterdam is the centre of a guerrilla campaign by foodtrucks on the World Food Day October 16th. From 12.30 to 13.30 o’clock the trucks serve a free lunch to get attention for the lack of food diversity on the streets of the capital. Most of the mobile food stands sell hotdogs or ‘oliebollen’ (deep-fried dough). The Food Line-Up and its initiator Lotte Wouters want to motivate the government to take the New York policy for food trucks as an example. The streets in New York provide a huge diversity of food trucks that are used by all social classes and backgrounds.
Pop-up event organization ‘Secret Cinema’ creates movie experiences in London. Visitors will taste the same atmosphere as the film thanks to requisites, the location and actors that could have walked straight from the screen. The location is secret until the last moment, tickets are available here.
Tonight whiskey brand Jameson organizes an exclusive movie night in Amsterdam. For this exclusive premiere of Killing Them Softly, a movie with Brad Pitt, Facebook fans could like to Jameson page and fill in a form to win tickets. Only a happy few have received the tickets.
Visitors of warehouse ‘the Bijenkorf’ in Amsterdam can enjoy exclusive cuvées in the Moët & Chandon Bar from November 15th to New Years Eve. Drinks are served with bites by chef Pascal Tingaud. The temporary bar is open at the same times as the warehouse.
Strongbow Gold Cider launches an interactive cap with London based creatives from the ‘Work Club’ agency. The ‘Start Cap’ uses RFID technology to trigger any digital event possible. This can vary from a check-in function to lights or a confetti cannon. Watch the video.
The first gelato museum opens its doors in Anzola Dell’Emilia, close to Bologna. The museum is initiated by gelato-machine maker Carpigiani Group and shows the history of this special ice cream.
Just became parents? Then you have a lot to think about and you might forget to eat healthy. Joyce Hesterman came up with the idea to start the website Dinner Baby. Brand new parents can order their meals online, which are not only delivered at home, but are very healthy and varied as well. The extensive menu is also available in small portions for the brothers and sisters.
To perfectly finish your decorated table, Culy gives several decoration tips for nameplates.
Cioccolato, located in Monterrey in Mexico, is a pastry boutique specialized in custom desserts for special events. It is a spin-off concept of the existing traditional Cioccolato pastry and cake brand, designed by the Mexican Savvy Studio.
Restaurant ‘In de Keuken van Floris’, located in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) will co-operate with ‘Garage Rotterdam’, an exhibition space for contemporary art. Chef Floris Versluijs was inspired by the exhibition Border Lines, where ethnographic pieces of the collections of the World musuem are central. This coming Monday October 15, he will cook a culinary six course dinner surrounded by several art pieces. Photo: Garage Rotterdam – Bas Czerwinski.
Water brand Badoit took over one of the French RER trains on September 21st and turned this train into a restaurant. Tables were installed in seconds and the train travelers were surprised with a 3-course diner of chef Thierry Marx, accompanied by Badoit water of course. After every stop, a new course was served. Travelers react positive, but as well very surprised.
It started in the airline industry and hotels are offering different prices during the weekends; yield management. Slowly it appears in restaurants and other branches. A nice example is Restaurant Diverso in Nederweert (the Netherlands). On Monday till Thursday, they offering a special discount menu which will change each month.
In the spring of 2012, Amsterdam started a pitch to develop a new destination for the unused Overhoeks tower in Amsterdam, the old Shell building. Last October the 4th, club owner Sander Groet (Club AIR, Amsterdam) is announced to winner to create the new destination. The plan shows us the new destination of several headquarters, but as well several restaurants, clubs and a hotel.
The HotTug Hot Tob Boat is a small boat, but at the same time a hot tub. But if you are not in the mood for a hot tub, you can use the boat as a regular boat as well.
Already spotted by Horecatrends.com, but still very innovative; this small bag for your French fries, a snack and the sauce.
Airliner KLM promotes flights from Stockholm to New York by the integration of Google Streetview in its advertisement banners on news websites. The ad shows new technical possibilities of the available space and creates an extra experience for the user. This feature can be very interesting for hotels as well.
Pop-up restaurant bar BAUT opens in the Wibautstraat on Friday the 12th of October. The kitchen of this 900 square meter restaurant is managed by chef Michiel van der Eerde. The doors close on the 31st of December 2014 because of urban renewal plans in the area. This restaurant is the first by the ‘Nu of Nooit’ (Now or never) company. The start-up by Job Keja, Michiel van der Eerde and Dick Leijen is focused on temporary and durable entrepreneurship in empty buildings.
This lemon juicer adds an extra luxurious touch to your table cutlery. The fancy tool is dishwasher safe.
In association with OpenTable, Foursquare is offering an online reservation service. Guests can make an online reservation in one of the OpenTable restaurants. Watch all the connected restaurants here.
On Saturday the 13th of October the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, techno producer Secret Cinema and Ted Langenbach join forces during the Advanced Music Fest Blown Away. At about 100 musicians and another 100 performers will combine classical and electonic music in the Rotterdam harbor area during an explosive creative and visually attractive evening.
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