Menu trends: leading ethnic cuisines U.S. 2015

This statistic shows the leading ten trends in ethnic cuisines on restaurant menus in the United States as forecasted by professional chefs for 2015. During the survey, 54 percent of the respondents stated that Peruvian cuisine was a "hot trend" for restaurant menus in 2015.

Leading trends in ethnic cuisines on restaurant menus in the United States in 2015*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Ethnic fusion cuisine	58%
Authentic ethnic cuisine	56%
Regional ethnic cuisine	54%
Peruvian cuisine	54%
Southeast Asian cuisine (e.g. Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian)	52%
Korean cuisine	50%
Native American cuisine	49%
Regional American cuisine	45%
Nordic/Scandinavian cuisine	44%
African cuisine	42%

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Release date

December 2014

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 2014

Number of respondents

1,276 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

chef members of the American Culinary Federation

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Forecast.
The survey was conducted among professional chef members of the American Culinary Federation. The chefs were given a list of 231 items and were asked to rate each item as a "hot trend," "yesterday's news" or "perennial favourite" for restaurant menus in 2015.

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