Trends we spotted | Week 44
Chef's Table Top - new wholesaler of distinctive dinnerware, glasses and cutlery
Omslag De Nieuwste Nederlandse Keuken
The Original Pickle Shot
KFC Holiday Season Buckets 2023
KFC Holiday Season Bucket and Merch
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 named ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about:
- Chefs’ Table Top, in distinctive tableware, glasses and cutlery.
- The recipe for joy this Holiday Season by KFC.
- The Shaken Cacio e Pepe served in a cocktail shaker, is on the menu at the new cocktail lounge The Ruby in New York.
- November 14 is National Pickle Day and as mentioned before, the USA has ‘National Days’ for everything you can imagine. We spotted The Original Pickle Shot which consist of pickle brine, dille and vodka.
- Get a free medium Fries every Friday with any $1 minimum purchase, only in the McDonald’s app* in the USA for the remainder of 2023. Free Fries Friday sound like a great plan for all McDonald’s worldwide, don’t you think?
- Recently the Balloon Museum opened in New York City at 299 South Street and they have a lot of locations in the planning!
- We came across ‘It’s Good’- a platform for positive restaurant reviews only! Good idea?
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Serving food at a cocktail bar | An example from NYC – The Ruby
New cocktail lounge in NYC, The Ruby, is taking the cocktail shaker into the kitchen for their most remarkable dish: the Shaken Cacio e Pepe. They add their al dente penne and their Cacio e Pepe sauce to a shaker in front of their guests! More details of the food at the Ruby in the article at Secret New York City, link in the title.
The recipe for joy this Holiday Season by KFC
Kentucky Fried Chicken® is serving up extra joy this season with a new holiday bucket design and matching holiday merch collection. The famous fried-chicken chain is also serving up two new menu items to make holiday celebrations Extra Crispy™. More details in their press release on PR Newswire, link in the title.
National Pickle Day | Celebrate it with The Original Pickle Shot®
November 14 is National Pickle Day, as mentioned before, the USA has ‘National Days’ for everything you can imagine. In the link in the title you can read a press release about the way you can celebrate it with The Original Pickle Shot. This drink is unique by using a proprietary pickle brine and 30-proof five-times distilled Iowa corn vodka to create the brand’s signature recipe, and is available in original and spicy flavors (in both 750ml and 50ml bottles, and soon 375ml). The Original Pickle Shot is a carefully crafted ready-to-pour vodka with an opaque light green color and dill pickle taste. More details in the press release.
Free Fries Friday at McDonald’s
McDonald’s USA recently announced that customers enrolled in its rewards program are eligible to receive “free medium fries with any $1 minimum purchase” via the app, which is valid every Friday now through December 31, 2023. You can, as the app reads, “Make it fry day with a friend.” More details in the article at Food and Wine, linked in the title or at their website. We think a lot of fans from other countries would love a Free Fries Friday as well!
The Balloon Museum opened in New York
Recently the Balloon Museum in NYC at 299 South Street, opened. They already have one other location in Naples (Florida) and lots of locations worldwide coming soon, check out the link in the title. They’re also coming to London, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Berlin and many more cities! Below an Instagram post by Jeffrey Harnish to show how much fun the museum is!
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It’s Good | A platform for positive restaurant reviews only
‘It’s Good’ is a restaurant review platform, currently in development, that will only allow positive reviews about a restaurant. How can you trust restaurant reviews if they are only positive? Well, the value lies, not only in the detail of the review, but in the value of the trusted network of users. There is a certain exclusivity to the user base, you will have to be invited, to a network of foodies, chefs, celebrities and influencers, basically, people who care about and love good food and service and once part of the network you can use ‘It’s Good’ to share your tips, insights and experiences about the food places you love. More details in the article at Fine Dining Lovers, link in the title. You can join their waitlist through this link. I did, I truly believe in the positivity of this platform! The way I and my family choose restaurants in unknown cities is by looking for trustworthy, positive platforms and influencers, which is in the line with how ‘It’s Good’ intends to accept reviews. ^Marjolein
Chefs’ Table Top | New hospitality wholesaler of distinctive dinnerware, glasses and cutlery
Chefs’ Table Top is, according to initiator Van der Kroft Events, the new partner for distinctive catering service. Van der Kroft Events is a rental company for event catering and ambiance design. With the choice of Fine Dining & Living’s brands, they now offer the option to purchase in addition to rental. “With this we strengthen our service to our relations and appeal to other hospitality segments. We stay close to our identity, experience and especially the market we know and serve”, stated by Willem van Essen of Van der Kroft Events. As they already have the brands in rental, the quality has already proven itself for intensive hospitality use.
