Trends & Insights

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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.

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.

Three culinary students from the Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Rotorua Campus won this year’s Innovation Award sponsored by Moffat at the acclaimed Nestlé Toque d’Or student culinary competition.

As the annual Nestlé Toque d’Or competition ushers in the country’s future hospitality stars, a small group of unsung heroes have been quietly playing a pivotal role without any fanfare – they are the plate runners.

A team from the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) has taken out the top award in the prestigious annual Nestlé Toque d’Or student culinary competition.

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.