2025 Flavour Forecast recipe challenge
This year’s Flavour Forecast® recipe challenge, designed for Year 9 and Year 10 students, encourages them to respond to a design brief and create two original recipes that reflect the flavour trends for the year.
All students who enter will receive a certificate, regardless of whether their entry is complete.
About 2025 flavour trends
The three flavour trends identified in the Flavour Forecast 25th Edition are:
- Tropical Vibes
- Charred & Smoked
- Deliciously Unexpected
These trends are detailed in McCormick's 2025 Flavour Forecast.
Design brief
- Design brief (updated)
Entry form
Resources to support the recipe challenge
Overview of 2025 flavour trends
Overview of design brief and judging criteria
Tips from a teacher
- Discretionary choices
- Handy recipes
- Justification tips
- Recipe writing tips
- Photography tips
- Recipe challenge costings
- Economics considerations & budget-friendly ideas
- Suggested five-week lesson plan
- Trendspotting
- Terms and conditions
- Tropical fruits A-Z fact sheet
- Smoked spices and herbs fact sheet
- Charring, smoking and caramelisation fact sheet
- List of classic culinary techniques
- Teacher feedback form
Past winners of the Flavour Forecast recipe challenge
Many schools across Australia from all states and territories have participated in the recipe competition. Explore past winners and the fantastic, creative, original recipes they created. Further details about past winners are coming soon.
