This food micro-trend report features the top food trends in the last year. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our food trend database, which now has more than 1330 food trends.
If you are looking for professional food trend research and trend clusters, check out our 2009 Trend Reports.
Implications - With chefs becoming celebrities, it's not unusual that consumers are aspiring to cook like a pro. The popularity of the Food Network has propelled the culinary world into a profitable industry with endorsed kitchenware and product placements in cooking shows. As people continue to view these programs, brands will find inspiration to provide the best kitchen contraptions that allow them to cook just like an Iron Chef.
Top 20 Food Trends in 2008
17
Japanese Lunch Art
Bizarre Bento Boxes
16
Unwedding Celebrations
Divorce Cakes
15
Gadgets Made of Meat
Art for Carnivores
14
Morbid Candy
The Chocolate Newborn Hoax
13
Multi-Millionaire Cooks
The World's 10 Richest Chefs
12
Tailgate Dining
The Exhaust Cooked Burger
11
Become an M&M
Planet M&M's Character Creator
10
Beastly Baking Themes
10 Halloween Cupcakes
9
Anti-Theft Lunch Bags
Fake Mold Sherwood Forlee Plastic Bags
8
Vertical Farming (Part III)
Toronto Sky Farm
7
Peculiar Pastries
10 Unique Cupcakes
6
Milk Packaging Design Contests
Future Milk
5
Barbaric Bread
Fresh Baked Heads
4
Odd X-Rays as Art
10 Really Strange Things People Eat
3
Disgusting Deliciousness
Goulish Halloween Snacks
2
$1,000 Sushi
Foie Gras High Roller at Koi
1
The Moose Diet
Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent Endorse Wild Game
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Japanese Lunch Art
Bizarre Bento Boxes
Morbid Candy
The Chocolate Newborn Hoax
Incredible Edible Art
Mike's Amazing Cakes
Sweets, Sex & Sarcasm
Johnny Cupcakes T-Shirts
X-Ray Vision Sees Through Clothing
Meat-Inspired Home Decor
Furniture Looks Like Skinned Animals
Edible Couture
Spaghetti and Meatball Dress Leaves Fashionistas Hungry-Eyed
Disgusting Deliciousness
Goulish Halloween Snacks
Bread Art
When Playing With Food Is a Good Thing
Death and Divorce Jewelery
Gisele Gann Mourning Designs
Hunting Your Own Meals
The Sarah Palin Diet
Fake Taxidermy Part IV
Blow-Up Moose Trophy
Cupcake Art
Edible Landscapes II
Meatscapes by Nicolas Lampert
Geek Pumpkins
Jack o' Lanterns for Gamers
Harry Potter Pumpkins
Muggles Celebrating Halloween
Top 15 Creative Cakes + Instructables Contest
Edible Miniature Worlds
Tiny Food Landscapes
Amazing Edible Art
Surreal Sculpted Cakes Will Make Any Birthday Special
Capitalizing on Rising Divorce Rates
Wedding Ring Coffin
'Life's Short. Get A Divorce'
Edgy Billboard Encourages Divorce
Divorce Club in China
Coffin Cakes
Baking with Dead Barbie Dolls
X-Ray Art
Nick Veasey Photography
Playing With Your Food
Cakes That Are Games
15 Healthy Back to School Lunch Ideas
Culinary Assistants
Interactive Digital Cooking Aid
Life Size Car Cake
Skoda Advert is Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice
X-Ray Projection
Interactive Installation Lets You See Behind Walls
Horror Hangovers
10 Scary Party Drinks For Halloween
Cake on a Stick
DIY Cakesicle
Bloody Halloween Toys
The High-Powered Gore Cannon
Cupcake Pimping
Paper Orchid Cake Crowns
Deer Cupcakes
Sweet Bambi Sculptures
Dessert Meat
The Hot Beef Sundae
Creepy Candy
Human Skull-Cast Chocolates
Banning Food Photography
NYC Chef Bans Food Photography, Bloggers Rebell
Future Celebrity Chefs
The Next Food Network Star: Aaron McCargo, Jr
Customizable Lunch Boxes
Ogg Studio Personalization
Fine Art Junkfood Photography
Bobby Henderson Taco Art
Online Divorce Feuds
Air Your Dirty Laundry On YouTube
Emotional Meat
Personified Cold Cuts
Candy Larva
Handmade Beetle Chocolates
RoboChef
Japanese Robot Chef Makes Octopus Balls
Diguising Meat As Spaghetti
Inventions for Picky Kids