Looking for a cost-effective way to add color and flavor to your seasonal menu? Take advantage of all the blooming edible flowers! Although this isn’t a new trend, edible flowers are an innovative way to brighten up texture and presentation of a menu item, especially beverages. Chefs over the world use hibiscus, lavender, violas, pansies,…
Eliminating waste is not the only growing trend in the food industry. In many food service industries, there is a growing interest in food and beverage pairing. For example, Olive Garden includes a recommended wine on their menu listed beside an entree or appetizer. Other food industry markets promote an increased selection of craft brewed…
The ACF’s reputation remains strong for demonstrating skill, knowledge, and professionalism to the foodservice industry. For a chef or culinary professional, earning certification through the ACF is favorable for success in your career. The ACF puts it as: “Certification is the feather in the cap for a chef’s marketability.” You can read more about what…
The ACF, American Culinary Federation, is “a professional organization for chefs and cooks, founded in 1929. The ACF is based on promoting the professional image of American chefs worldwide through education of culinarians at all levels.” Certification through the American Culinary Federation demonstrates skill, knowledge, and professionalism to the foodservice industry. Certification encourages elevation of culinary…
According to a recent study by the NIH that surveyed around 30 million to 50 million Americans, around 65% of U.S. citizens are lactose intolerant. However, that percentage has been decreasing over time. Further studies by Mark Thomas, an evolutionary geneticist at University College London in the U.K, show the ability to digest the milk…
Advance your Culinary Career with these Career Pathways! 123ce.com provides the courses you need in order to upgrade your ACF Certification Level. In addition to the requirements listed below, you must provide documentation of three 30-hour courses in Nutrition, Food Safety and Sanitation, and Supervisory Management. If these courses were taken more than 5 years ago, you…
Focusing on the nourishment of good food for our bodies is the driving force and inspiration for most every chef. Food affects the way we feel and provides the energy we need to make it through each day. This is one reason why the Chef and Culinary field is both important and honorary. 123ce appreciates…
Pineapple – the icon of fashion from phone cases and socks to pant and shirt designs, has become a significant image through media. The popularity of photographing and wearing this fruit as an accessory has trended through our media for over a year. Although pineapple is viewed as a symbol of hospitality, pineapple can be…
Zero-Waste Each year, over 650 professional chefs and American Chef Federation (ACF) members are surveyed to predict up and coming food trends and to rule out old trends that are simply expired. In this year’s list of 140 items, a zero-waste cooking trend was voted as the third most growing trend. The zero-waste cooking trend…
Food has one of the largest impacts on shaping people’s daily lives and their futures, which consequently leads to food trends and news in the food service industry constantly changing, updating, and shifting. At times, the food service industry drives new food trends. Yet it’s up to the industry to join the bandwagon of food…