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Top 10 Menu Trends
“What’s Hot in 2012”
Madonna Kash Larry Canepa

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What do we do?

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The American Culinary Federation
Chefs Association of Arizona, ACF AZ
“The Authority on Cooking in America”
The American Culinary Federation, Inc. (ACF), a professional,
organization for chefs and cooks, was founded in 1929 in New
York City by three chefs’ organizations: the Société Culinaire
Philanthropique, the Vatel Club and the Chefs de Cuisine
Association of America.
We are an organization based on promoting the professional
image of American chefs worldwide through education of
culinarians at all levels.

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The American Culinary Federation
Chefs Association of Arizona, ACF AZ
ACF AZ Video
Introduction from
Chef Carlton Brooks
President of the ACF Arizona Chapter

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Connect and Engage with us !
• Website www.acfaz.org
• Facebook @acfchefsofaz
• Twitter @acfchefsofaz
• Linkedin Group
• YouTube
• National ACF
www.acfchefs

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of nearly 1,800
professional
children’s nutrition and
local sourcing will be the
hottest trends on
restaurant menus this
coming year.
The chefs also identified
smartphone apps and
tablet computers as the
top technology trends.
In addition, 6 out of 10
chefs said they would
consider a food truck as
an entrepreneurial
business venture.

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Top Macro Trends
Children’s Nutrition
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence

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child nutrition history
Without a proper diet children can lack proper brain
development and may suffer from malnutrition.
– 1853 Children’s Aid Society
– 1946 President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act
(NSLP)
– 1954 Special Milk Program authorized by Congress
– 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
(School Breakfast Program)
– 1970-1974 Child nutrition was reformed
– 1994 The Healthy Meals for Healthy American Act, Dietary
Guidelines
– 2003 The Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Pilot was launched
Source:USDA site for Nutrition Standard for Schools Meals

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“What’s Hot in 2012 survey reflect the macro-trends we
have seen grow over the last several years,” National
Restaurant Association.
Joy Dubost, Ph.D, R.D., director of Nutrition & Healthy Living for the NRA.
The ACF Hottest Menu Trends in 2012

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Public Awareness
• Cause & effect
• Public Awareness
• Notable documentaries
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in
those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which
to live.

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Free on Hulu

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The Healthy, Hunger-Free
Kids Act allows USDA, for the
first time in over 30 years,
opportunity to make real
reforms to the school lunch
and breakfast programs by
improving the critical nutrition
and hunger safety net for
millions of children.

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Through the Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids
Act championed by the First
Lady and signed by President
Obama, USDA is making the
first major changes in school
meals in 15 years, which
will help us raise a healthier
generation of children.
Source:USDA site for Nutrition Standard for Schools Meals

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Local Sourcing

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Technology

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Technology has changed the front of the house
•Tablet computers & Smartphones
•ordering and processing data
•Reviews and ratings site
• Zagat, Gayot, Dine, Tripadvisor, Yelp,
Urbanspoon, Google Places
• Mobile Applications for everyone about every subject.
•iTunes, iPhone
•Google Play, Android
•Digital wine lists
•Videos and photos for back of the house marketing
•WiFi – captures customer information
•Flatscreen TV’s
•Electronic picture frames
•Digital menu boards

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Locally sourced meats and seafood

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What is local?
Local food or the local food movement is a
"collaborative effort to build more locally based,
self-reliant food economies –
One in which sustainable food production,
processing, distribution, and consumption is
integrated to enhance the economic,
environmental and social health of a particular
place.
Source: Local Food Wikipedia

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Defining Local
The 100-Mile Diet
Low Carbon Diet

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Locally grown produce

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Healthier Kid’s Meals

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Healthier Kid’s Meals

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Hyper-Local items

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Hyper-Local items

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Community Supported Agriculture, CSA
Biodynamic Farming
Farmer Markets

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• Barton Seaver: Sustainable
seafood? Let’s get smart.
2010
• Dan Barber:
How I fell in love with a fish 2012
Chef Dan Barber

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Sustainability

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Sustainability

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Children’s Nutrition as a Culinary
Theme

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Children’s Nutrition as a Culinary
Theme

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Gluten-free / Food Allergy Awareness

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Gluten-free / Food Allergy Awareness

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Gluten-free / Food Allergy Awareness

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Gluten-free / Food Allergy Awareness
Kitchens With Confidence is a
service company that assists the
hospitality industry with the special
needs of diners with food allergies or
intolerance’s and gluten challenges.

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Gluten-free / Food Allergy Awareness
Gluten- free and allergy free
dining is the fastest growing
market in the restaurant
industry from increased
diagnosis of allergies, ACF Certified Program
intolerances, and celiac
disease. Completion of this
live, online training will permit
you to accommodate existing
diners and attract new ones.

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Gluten-free / Food Allergy Awareness

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Locally Produced Wine & Spirits

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Locally Produced Wine & Spirits

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Locally Produced Wine & Spirits

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Sustainable Seafood

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Sustainable Seafood

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Top 10 Menu Trends
Whole Grains in Kid’s Menu