Greggs bakery | Four-course dinner for Valentine’s Day at a to-go bakery
2-2-2018
It’s the Valentine’s Day month and that means that there will be plenty of noteworthy promotions, hospitable gestures and marketing stunts. The marketing stunt in this article comes from the to-go bakery Greggs. At five Greggs stores you can book a four-course menu for Valentine’s Day!
Ceasars Palace Las Vegas | The world’s first Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen restaurant opens
1-2-2018
Multi-Michelin star chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay officially opened the already very popular Hell’s Kitchen restaurant at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, on January 26th. Like the eponymous TV show, the restaurant turns out to be a real hit. Since the trial opening early January more than 25,000 guests have reserved a table to experience the real Hell’s Kitchen feeling. Fan of the program and the flamboyant cook? Choose Las Vegas as your holiday destination and book a table well in advance!
Five Star Lager | Beer cans with discount code for ride home
1-2-2018
This January USA’s second-largest ride sharing company Lyft teamed up with Chicago’s Baderbrau Brewing on Five Star Lager. They created beer cans with discount codes for the ride home. Hoping to reach drunk drivers and to persuade them to call for a ride home.
Bee Friendly Food Alliance | Save the bees
29-1-2018
The Bee Friendly Food Alliance is a network of chefs, restaurants, and others in the food industry coming together to save the bees. With so much at stake, chefs and restaurant owners are doing their part and making their voices heard by the public and decision-makers.
The Dirty Cookie | Shots served in cookies
26-1-2018
Located at the Union Market Tustin in Los Angeles, The Dirty Cookie, a unique cookie shot glass concept. They sell all kind of flavours in Cookie shots that are made in-house. We even read at FoodBeast that they make purple Ube Cookie Shots and Matcha Green Tea Cookie Shots. The basic remains the same, instead of dipping your cookie in milk, coffee or any other liquid at cookie shots the liquid gets poured in the cookie.
Trends we spotted | Week 4 2018
26-1-2018
At Horecatrends we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others Burger King helped Mc Donalds last month and Japanese restaurant allows guests to work for their meal.
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What to drink when you’re not drinking | Seedlip, the first distilled non-alcoholic spirit
25-1-2018
Probably many people have already forgotten about their new year’s resolutions, like #DryJan, not drinking any alcohol in January. Well I have a friend who does always start his resolutions in February creating his own #DryFeb, so this article is for him! Seedlip is the world’s first distilled non-alcoholic spirit, solving the ever-growing dilemma of ‘what to drink when you’re not drinking®’. Launched in November 2015, Seedlip was immediate sold-out in London’s Selfridges and is now served in over 15 international cities, 100 restaurants with Michelin stars including The Fat Duck and Eleven Madison Park as well as the world’s top cocktail bars including The Dead Rabbit, Dandelyan, Baxter Inn & The Savoy.
Coffee Pixels | Makes it possible to eat your coffee
25-1-2018
Coffee Pixels is a food-tech startup from Riga, Latvia. They’re reinventing the coffee experience by turning specialty coffee into a mobile, ready to eat coffee bar with superfood qualities. Coffee Pixels uses the entire coffee cherry – the coffee bean and the antioxidant-rich fruit, which is combined with good fats (cocoa butter) to better absorb the antioxidants, as well as deliver a slower caffeine release, leading to a more sustainable energy boost.
Nexto Guided Stories | Guided Audio tours 2.0
24-1-2018
The Nexto Guided Stories are a new type of navigational experience, available on the Nexto Platform. Users who are visiting a city can get into the shoes of an active explorer to discover location-based information in an interactive way. Think of cultural tourism destinations and museums. Nexto Guided Stories uses Augmented Reality, which is the same technology as the Pokémon GO game released last year.
Purple Tea | Tea that changes colours
24-1-2018
JustTea’s Purple Leaf Tea is a new category of tea, completely unique to the world market. When a few drops of lemon are added to the tea, the liquid changes to an enhanced purple-pink colour. Besides that, the tea also offers some great health benefits and supports small-scale farmers.