Home Chef Forecasts Six Home Cooking Trends for 2025
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The meal solutions company also shares insights on how home cooks ate this year
CHICAGO, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As year's end approaches, Home Chef – the number one meal delivery service* – reflects on another year of delivering simple, delicious meals to households nationwide. Home Chef customers took their kitchen clout to new levels this past year – from expanding palates and diving deep into flavor fads to an increased interest in better-for-you, convenient choices. To sum up a year of growth and change, Home Chef's culinary and business leadership reflected on the year's customer insights and industry expertise to predict six pillars that will define how people will eat at home in 2025.
"The meal delivery industry isn't only impacted by what consumers are eating, but how they're planning and cooking for mealtime," said Erik Jensen, Home Chef CEO. "We expect 2025 to be a year we'll see demand continue to grow for ultra-convenient cooking routines and ingredient variation, with customers placing value at the center of meal decisions."
2025 HOME COOKING FORECAST
- Home Chef addresses the need for maximum convenience with new, simpler-than-ever 5-Ingredient Meals, One-Pot/One-Pan Recipes, Sheet Pan Meals, and 3-minute microwaveable meals from Tempo.
The meal delivery industry is well positioned to address this by helping customers reduce household food waste and providing affordable, memorable experiences around the table through exclusive partnerships.
- Home Chef's Family Menu was designed for larger households that have value top of mind. The more you order, the more you save, with meals as low as $6.99 per serving.
- Home Chef also brings added value to mealtime with limited-time, exclusive partnerships that offer free gifts with meal deliveries, access to special resources like kitchen hacks, and more!
- Many of the nourishing, dietitian-approved meals on Tempo's growing menu lean into comforting classics, like Sunday Sauce Meatballs, BBQ Chicken with cornbread pudding, and Old Fashioned Chicken & Noodles with gravy.
This increase in demand is supported by recent insights from 84.51°, the market research division of The Kroger Co., which found that high-protein is the number one nutritional benefit for which consumers look while grocery shopping.**
- The majority of the ready-to-heat meals on Tempo's menu are both protein-packed and fiber-rich to accommodate this rising priority.
- Home Chef will include the above-mentioned seafood, plus others like barramundi and trout, in its menu development and recipe testing in 2025.
- Some examples of fiery flavor enhancers on Home Chef's menu include: sambal, piri piri, gochujang, amarillo, hatch green chiles, and more!
"Our culinary team is constantly evaluating feedback so we can provide menus our customers will love, week after week," said Nigel Palmer, executive R&D chef at Home Chef. "From adding new ingredients to our pantry to crafting recipes that balance familiarity with innovation, we're excited to incorporate customers' latest cravings into the fresh, flavorful meals we deliver to home cooks next year."
HOME CHEF'S 2024 "YEARBOOK"
While gathering insights from the past year, Home Chef also debriefed on the standout dishes and ingredients customers craved this year. To recap the year's eats, Home Chef published its first "Yearbook" – complete with scrumptious superlatives and reflections on the recipes that customers put on their "honor roll" this year.
Some of the foodie fun facts from 2024 include:
- Home Chef crafted more than 1,500 new recipes for Home Chef and Tempo menus
- The most popular new addition: Shrimp Étouffée
- Home Chef launched 8 new culinary partnerships – from Dolly Parton to Bluey
- Hundreds of new ingredients were added to Home Chef's pantry, including beets, ghee, za'atar, harissa, yellowtail, and more
- Home Chef's most-ordered recipe + dessert combo was the Swiss-Crusted Chicken with Chocolate Lava Cake – between gooey cheese and molten chocolate, Home Chef customers like a little indulgence
- Californians ordered the most tacos, Floridians made the most meatloaf, and Montana got top marks in pizza. To find out which states led among other recipes, peek at our meal map.***
For more delicious data, take a look at the full "yearbook" HERE, and follow along with the year-end recap on Home Chef's Instagram. To try new and tried-and-true recipes, visit HomeChef.com for meal kits and TempoMeals.com for ready-to-heat meals.
* Newsweek's Readers' Choice Awards, 2024
**84.51° research, 2024
*** States featured were in the top 1-2% of orderers for each of noted recipe types in 2024
About Home Chef
Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. The meal delivery service is available via homechef.com and packaged meal solutions can be found at more than 2,400 stores in the Kroger Family of Companies. Home Chef is committed to bringing ease and convenience to home cooking through simple, delicious meals, so home cooks can enjoy their time at home, both in and out of the kitchen. The Chicago-based company was ranked #1 among meal delivery services by Newsweek (2024). Home Chef is a subsidiary of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR). Find out more and get cooking at homechef.com. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X for updates and inspiration.
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