Trends & Insights

Chefs the world over need to keep abreast of the latest trends, continually tracking with the evolving culinary desires of their customers. With Nestlé Professional you’ll always be up with the latest flavour trends.

Do you feel your restaurant, café, bakery or hotel could be running better than it could? In this article we list seven of the most common problem food businesses face and how you can develop strategies to overcome these problems.

Nestlé recently introduced their new frozen real-fruit beverage ‘Easy Ice Blends’. With the introduction of any new product, foodservice operators face a number of challenges in both informing consumers of the new addition to their menu and driving sales in the early stages of the products life cycle.

Do you know your consumer? Do you know what makes the tick when they walk through your door?

Scratch cooking is the cornerstone of a chef. Expressing your creativity and expertise is a big part of what being a chef is all about.

News Release
June 10 2016

JUDGES ANNOUNCED FOR NESTLĒ TOQUE D’OR

Despite a hectic schedule that includes competing at this year’s Culinary Olympics in Germany, award-winning chef Darren Wright is still finding time to take on the job of Chief Judge at the country’s top student culinary competition.

WITT student Nerys Whelan is set to achieve a culinary first when she vies to compete at the world’s most rigorous cooking competition – Bocuse d’Or – this month in Singapore.

After nearly 30 years working in kitchens, leading Christchurch-based chef Richard Hingston is still excited about what the food industry has to offer.

Taking out the top title in the inaugural Senior Lifestyle Cuisine cooking competition was all in a day’s work for Rodney Phillips.

Protein is a nutrient essential for growth, muscle function and immunity and plays an important role in health at the extremes of life stages.

Cuisine for seniors living in aged care facilities came under the spotlight in Auckland at the NZChefs National Salon 2015.