Foodbusiness.news.net article “A Means to a Trend: How Foodies Forecast What’s Cool in Culinary” reports that foodies in combination with social media, restaurant review websites such as Yelp.com and celebrity endorsements make a food or ingredient trendy.
Forbes.com posts a different formula regarding the search for food trend origins.
This methodology gathers the observations and extensive comments of dozens of experts including food writers, chefs, restaurateurs and food educators all across America to forecast the next food trend.
According to Dictionary.com, the definition of a trend is “the general course or prevailing tendency; style or vogue.”
Another technique utilized at the Center for Culinary Development is Trend Mapping, which traces the progress of culinary trends through a five-stage process that originates with the daily specials of creative chefs.
The main ingredient is the desire and demands of consumers.