2025 Tertiary Flavour Forecast recipe challenge
Culinary nutrition is not just for health professionals; it is something we can all embrace to improve our individual health and wellbeing. Exploring new flavours and food trends is a fun and engaging way to add variety to our diets and learn how to cook with new ingredients.
All Australian undergraduate, honours, and master students are invited to take up this challenge. Select one flavour trend that inspires you and begin creating and experimenting with exciting new recipes!
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
- 2025 Design brief (updated)
Entry form
- 2025 entry form (online form)
Resources to support the recipe challenge
- Discretionary choices
- Handy recipes
- Justification tips
- Photography tips
- Recipe challenge costings
- Economic considerations & budget tips
- Terms and conditions
- Tropical fruits A-Z fact sheet
- Charring, smoking and caramelisation fact sheet
- Smoked spices and herbs fact sheet
- List of classic culinary techniques
Past winners of the Tertiary Flavour Forecast recipe challenge
Many students across Australia from a range of universities have participated in the recipe competition, which opened up in 2024 to all students, not just those studying home economics-related fields. Explore past winners [link coming soon] and the fantastic, creative original recipes they created.
