2017 CULINARY FORECAST
The National Restaurant Association surveyed nearly 1,300 professional chefs — members of the American Culinary Federation — on which food, cuisines, beverages and
fun fact
The chef toque may have its origins in seventh century A.D. Assyria, but modern chef uniforms were developed in France in the mid-19th century by
culinary themes will be hot trends
Marie-Antoine Carême. It’s said he chose
on restaurant menus in the
white to represent cleanliness and used
year ahead.
the toque’s height to indicate rank of kitchen staff (his was the tallest).
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