Londons Restaurant Trends plus Food Trends and Menu Trends 2013

Warning: on-message restaurant trends. You may feel inadequate but you’re not, so don’t trip!

Have you become a bit more Kraft cheese than craft beer recently? Not to worry, we’ll get you back on track. Cocktail trends, hard softs.. you name it.

Do you loathe the acceleration of restaurant culture? Get a grip. 2013 macro restaurant trends and the competitive landscape..

Lostincatering would never suggest that any of your habits are anything less than totally normal and healthy. But it might just be time to venture past those Scampi Fries, Bacon Bites and Cheesy Moments.. bar snacks are enjoying a renaissance. Stay on - trend.. London’s top 10 best bar snacks..

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DEC

2012

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We’re calling you out of retirement (or whatever that four-week post Christmas hiatus was). According to the Mayan calendar, the world will end in 2012. Maybe. So just in case, we’ve gone ahead and quickly written up the current London restaurant trend ‘what-up‘ because if you’re gonna go out, you might as well do it on-trend..

MAY

2012

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Saturday. 3am. Your phone: dead. Your spirit: dirty. Your body: chicken-deficient.

Your usual solution: a desperate little pressure-fried drumstick that may or may not have been sitting in the heat cabinet since 6pm (Tuesday). You deserve more. You deserve better.

You deserve... London’s latest restaurant trend.. an old friend’s back in town: chicken

JUN

2012

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Oh, hey, welcome back!

Don’t take this the wrong way, but you’ve gone soft. Three months of the Jubilee, the Olympics and the Paralympics will do that. So it’s time to stop pretending to the tourists that you’re a tech guru, and get back to your usual barista’s budget. And anyway, you’re ready for a new direction.. because hospitality’s newest frontier is east

SEP

2012

17

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NOV

2012

04

So, daytrip to Brighton? Kind of a summer thing.. or maybe that’s just what the locals WANT you to think.. And don’t assume for a minute that London has got the the burgeoning food trend scene all to itself. You might not see these guys in a guidebook just yet, but say hello to some of the best eating outside the capital..

NOV

2012

06

The best street food players are delivering some of the most exhilarating cooking in the Capital at some of the keenest prices. Fuelling interest are the food trends forged by food bloggers and festivals.. whats going on, why and who stands to benefit from the 2013 street food trend revolution ...right here

JUN

2012

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MAR

2012

01

Let’s get something out of the way. You’re not a hipster, we know.

Nonetheless, every now and then we like to put you on to something that even you might not be deck enough for. And we heard you like pizza so hang tight, never mind who told us. Not a full trend yet, but pizza’s back, this time served cool..

MAR

2013

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