Each year, the Kimpton Culinary + Cocktail Trends Forecast spotlights the flavors and ingredients that they believe will be most popular in the months ahead. Senior Vice President of Restaurants + Bars at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Scott Gingerich, describes what hoteliers can do to make sure they are staying on top of new food and beverage trends.
3Get familiar with exotic ingredients.
“Figuring out how to incorporate them into the dishes and drinks being served is half of the fun,” Gingerich says. Experimentation is also key to finding the best way to implement such ingredients into menu items. Gingerich predicts that one of the big ingredients for 2019 will be Pandan, a plant with a “musky” profile that many bartenders are using to add a smoky aroma to cocktails.
