In the world of food (and, quite frankly, in every aspect of daily life), 2017 has been a year of ups and downs. While the unstoppable rise of Instagram has resulted in questionable fads such as unicorn food and coffee served in avocados, we’ve also become more conscious of food waste, embraced regional Italian cuisine (which is certainly going to keep on growing), experienced a huge rise in veganism and seen chefs cook exciting, one-off dinners at each others’ restaurants. Our predictions for 2017 successfully identified the rise of authentic Mexican cuisine, the dawn of upmarket food halls and pickling becoming the calling card of trendy chefs – three things we think have survived the ‘flash in the pan’ stage and are here to stay. Here’s what we think 2018 has in store for the average foodie.