An Analysis of Factors Leading Gastronomy Students in Brazil to Attend Food Parks

Abstract

This research aims to analyze which factors lead gastronomy students to attend Food Parks. According to data from the last Family Budget Survey (FBS) developed by IBGE, more than 1/4 of the meals in Brazil are consumed outside the home. This scenario stimulated the arrival, of the concept of food truck for Brazil. However, the parking of trucks on public roads is limited by most governmental policies that were created by the food parks—spaces that host various types of food trucks. The exploratory study was designed through quantitative and qualitative methods with semi-structured interviews with data collection, semi-structured interviews with 137 students of the technical course in gastronomy at two colleges. As a result, it was obtained that the variety of foods is what most motivates students to attend the food parks that are considered as an alternative to street of trucks foods

Keywords: culinary students, Food Parks, Food outside the home, Street food, Gastronomy.