Top Menu Trends for 2022

Each year, Flavor & The Menu editors Cathy Nash Holley and Katie Ayoub compile a set of trends that will resonate with today’s consumers and provide growth opportunities for the restaurant industry.

They highlight emerging flavor trends, delivering insights that shed light on the “why” behind each of the 10. This iconic issue serves as a roadmap for innovation, providing menu developers with ideas for in-market implementation.

“This year’s collection of Top 10 Trends signals a shift, whereby younger consumers are indeed in the driver’s seat when it comes to food and beverage trend inspirations,” says Cathy Nash Holley, Flavor & The Menu’s Publisher/Editor-in-Chief. “Our research has proven that social media has advanced to a point at which restaurant trends are becoming inspired by consumer behavior. This is the reverse of just a couple years ago, when users allied with restaurants for their personal brand-building efforts. Several of the trends covered in this…