What I think will happen in 2013.

Just looking at things and sitting here trying to predict what the next big thing will be and I think we will see the following few trends coming our way in the restaurants and food world.

Value for money.

When I say value for money I think the continuing trend for watching the pennies are in and austerity is still here to stay for a few more years. The down side to that is that people get used to it, they like the idea of value for money and if you do not respect the current flow of the market then you are looking at difficult times ahead.

Restaurants being redefined.

Not so much a rend but what is happening now, but more and more. You have to know that you will be asked where is it from, the food the wine , why, is it sustainable , local, artisan and how does it fit in with my lifestyle.  To use a buzz word this is a choice beyond price. Along with all the other ethical position on how green you are, how you pay your taxes. Get them wrong and it could be a hostile customer base that revolts, the bigger the company the more you have to think like this.

The teach-me kitchen

Transparency and open kitchens so you can see what is cooking and what is being cooked. Popular in designs now but it will not be long before you get the mirrors so you can see everything that is going on as it is plated the full theatre of it all.

Street food,

It goes from strength to strength and let’s hope to see it more out of the capital and in to the provinces. Let there be more of this and not just famers markets where street food costs as much as a main cores in a restaurant but real street food that cost next to nothing is a s fresh as a daisy and easy to eat a little and on to the next for something more.

Fusion food,

A bit 90s but it looks like it might make a come back . But this time more familiar flavours and a focus on simplicity. I seem to remember it all got a little silly last time and very confused.

Home baking, keeps on growing.

Bread , cakes biscuits , cupcakes and well you name it you can bake it, it will be done.  And why not as long as it get people back in to the kitchen and cooking what can be bad about that.

Changing high street.

With the high street looking to be facing the enviable change of competition and the internet then something will have to takes its place?  We could see a blurring of destinkt bopunderys as the high street try to reinvent its self. Pop up restaurants and dinning experiences, along with music and cultural events all could come together tin a sort of mish-mash of hip and happening baked by large corporate sponsors.

The next big thing .

The next big thing will be as we go in to the next world cup and Olympics South American food and flavours. Really I do not know but that is what I think, but it will probably be more people looking that way as we move towards those events.