Kimpton’s Top Culinary Trends for 2020 (Infographic)

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Each year, the Kimpton Culinary + Cocktail Trend Forecast reveals the most anticipated and innovative dishes, flavors, ingredients and philosophies that chefs and bartenders will explore in the year ahead. Trends are uncovered through a survey of more than 130 chefs, sommeliers, general managers and bartenders from 75+ Kimpton restaurants and bars. 

What's hot for 2020? Black pepper ice cream, coconut ceviche and Japanese whisky highballs are just a few of the unexpected--yet delicious trends--that will be popular in 2020, according to Kimpton's soothsayers. Kimpton predicts that more adventurous health ingredients and plant-based menus will rise to the top, and lower-alcohol spritzes will take center stage at bars.

Kimpton predicts that more adventurous health ingredients and plant-based menus will rise to the top, and lower-alcohol spritzes will take center stage at bars.

From ingredients like seaweed, ashwagandha and nutritional yeast to dishes like fresh, elevated…