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Leading trends in culinary themes on restaurant menus in the United States in 2018

The data displays the leading ten trends in culinary themes on restaurant menus in the U.S. as forecasted by professional chefs for 2018. During the survey, 66% of the respondents stated that environmental sustainability would be a "hot trend" for restaurant menus in 2018.

Hyper-local sourcing (e.g. restaurant gardens)	74
Chef-driven fast-casual concepts	70
Natural ingredients/clean menus	69
Food waste reduction	68
Veggie-centric/vegetable-forward cuisine	67
Environmental sustainability	66
Locally sourced meat and seafood	66
Locally sourced produce	65
Simplicity/back to basics	63
Farm/estate-branded items	62

Leading trends in culinary themes on restaurant menus in the United States in 2018

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