{"id":25409,"date":"2022-08-25T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-gordon-food-service-canada.pantheonsite.io\/ideas\/its-always-a-great-time-for-brunch\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:59:41","slug":"its-always-a-great-time-for-brunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/its-always-a-great-time-for-brunch\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s always a great time for brunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Satisfy the brunch appetite with flavour and creativity.<\/h2>\n<p>Brunch is a place where cross-utilization and comfort foods combine. It\u2019s an enticing way to satisfy breakfast lovers and the lunch bunch, calling on a small, easy-to-execute menu of elevated classics.<\/p>\n<p>All-day dining and brunch menus enjoyed popularity before the pandemic. That appetite continued during the past 22 months, as people ate breakfast comfort foods outside of the traditional breakfast meal.<\/p>\n<p>This suggests an opportunity for restaurants to lean back into brunch business, with an eye on creativity, labour capability and ingredient cross-utilization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving 600 items for brunch \u2026 those days are gone,\u201d said Gordon Food Service\u00ae Consulting Chef Nicholas Gonring. \u201cYou can have 10 really good brunch items and create a really great value for customers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Play with your food<\/h3>\n<p>Enhance the experience with brunch innovation. Incorporate global flavours. Surprise guests by swapping out a traditional ingredient. Add a sauce to elevate the dish. It can be accomplished by calling on items used elsewhere on the menu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrunch is an awesome option to take things you serve for lunch and dinner and use them for breakfast,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can turn your inventory over faster and customers won\u2019t see any redundancy in presentation because they are so different from your entr\u00e9e items.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reimagined three brunch menu staples\u2014crepes, bennies and bowls\u2014to include global ingredients, zesty sauces and plenty of space to use playful ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/recipe\/veggie-breakfast-dosa\"><strong>Dosas.<\/strong><\/a> This Indian version of a crepe is made with rice and lentils, providing a tasty vegan option that can be a carrier for many fillings. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/recipe\/birria-benedict\"><strong>Bennies.<\/strong><\/a> Eggs Benedict go Mexican by subbing braised birria meat for the traditional ham. Blend some birria sauce into the hollandaise for a pop of colour and flavour.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/recipe\/beet-chorizo-breakfast-bowl\"><strong>Bowls<\/strong>.<\/a> This versatile menu star takes a healthy twist with rice, grains, legumes, beets and a potato churro, or include eggs (any style) with global condiments.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Set your brunch apart<\/h3>\n<p>To make brunch stand out, Gonring urges menu differentiation. \u201cEverybody knows what a crepe is, but a dosa is thinking through things with a global approach\u2014it\u2019s more unique than a crepe, so it sets you apart. But in the end, it\u2019s just a carrier you can fill any way you like and market it as global, healthy, flavourful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let dosas be your only handheld. Brunch burritos are customizable for brunch, and sandwiches can be built using muffins, waffles or pancakes as carriers. All of these can include unique, authentic or seasonal ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Differentiation doesn\u2019t mean abandoning brunch mainstays. Incorporate the nachos from your appetizer lineup into brunch by adding eggs, bacon or sausage to a pile of chips, cheese, onions, peppers, sour cream, avocado slices and salsa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This formula calls on ingredients you already stock to create options consumers enjoy. \u201cFlavor &amp; The Menu\u201d reports breakfast nachos are up 124% on menus over the past four years. Tostadas have shown 72% growth on morning menus.<\/p>\n<h3>Brunch with benefits<\/h3>\n<p>A well-planned brunch menu helps in other ways. When offered during specific days and times, brunch builds a following. Combined with a Bloody Caesar menu, there are bar profit possibilities. Brunch items also can be portable with the right packaging and presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, you can create an exciting brunch menu and execute it with an eye on making labour more effective. Don\u2019t spend hours peeling potatoes or chopping salad ingredients, Gonring explained, because it doesn\u2019t get noticed by customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to invest in labour, do it in a way that comes back to enhancing the dining experience,\u201d he said. \u201cUse your time and labour to make something different. There\u2019s no sense in spending time on thoughtless labour that doesn\u2019t get you ahead of your competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ask your Gordon Food Service Sales Representative about operational and culinary strategies, as well as recipes to make your brunch menu stand out.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satisfy the brunch appetite with flavour and creativity. 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