The Menu: My predictions for 2023 — trends, Michelin action and more

More Michelin action again in Munster is amongst the Menu's predictions for the coming year

The Menu takes out his crystal ball to predict the future of the food world for 2023.

This first column of the new year is when Mystic Menu takes out his crystal ball to predict the future of the food world for the year ahead, but he first takes time to smugly congratulate himself for any of his predictions of 12 months ago that hit the mark while blithely sailing over those that fizzled out entirely and came to nought.

However, he almost feels embarrassed to claim credit for the first of his big predictions of last January, when he wrote as follows: “The Menu predicts a big year ahead for Kristin Jensen, Ireland’s most respected cookbook editor, who last year launched a kickstarter campaign to raise capital to start her own food publishing imprint, Blasta Books.”