For those of us developing F&B for hotels, note that Forbes recently reported a study claiming that Italian is still the World's most popular cuisine. Followed apparently by Japanese, Indian, Korean and Mexican. Is this true and if so how should it influence your next project? #restaurants #restaurantconsulting #menudevelopment #menus #hoteldevelopment #hotels #foodandbeverage #foodanddrink
Sean Kelly
1y
Alec - I can't help but feel that some operators/restaurants/investors will look at that Forbes and other 'most popular food' rankings and go: "Italian, Japanese, Indian, Korean, Mexican...hmmmmm.... add in a burger option and a bit of Chinese and we'll call it 'World Cuisine' and offer a smorgasbord of choice".
It has NO relevance to any sane person. It is just a set of numbers. What the concept is, is determined by the location, space, market and budget. NOT a study of what is or is not popular. If an operator opens a restaurant because of the think just because Italian is popular then they deserve togo out of buisness.. there would be NO passion. If an investor only invested because of study showing italian is popular.. .he should lose his money. A successful operation is so much more than what is popular..
I suspect you'd get pushback from China regarding the world's most popular cuisine. Even if true, restaurateurs should focus on future cuisines' popularity (as you note above) rather than on look-back cuisines.
Jacquelin C.
1y
Italian food is the language of love! Sound about right!
Im a fan of all those so happy days, hope all is good Alec 🙏🏻
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1yHi Alec Howard... and is pizza still your favorite 😉 ??