According to the National Restaurant Association's third annual What's Hot chef survey, the top five 2009 trends according to chefs nationwide will be:
1. Locally grown produce (89 percent)
2. Bite size mini desserts (83 percent)
3. Organic produce (82 percent)
4. Nutritionally balanced children's dishes (81 percent)
5. New/fabricated cuts of meat (78 percent)
The survey polled 1600 American Culinary Federation chefs who were asked to rank 210 items as hot trend, yesterday's news, or perennial favorite.
To check out the entire survey, go to www.restaurant.org/research/chef_survey_2008.cfm.
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