The Role of Culture on Food Choices: A Case Study of Hospitality Clientele in Independent Commercial Catering Outlets
Food and culture are two different worlds that go very well together. When one grows up in a distinctive culture, it's bound to influence his/her lifestyle, including adopted traditions, taboos, rituals, belief system and perhaps most enjoyable, his/her food choice (Lamb 2015) This means cultural factors remain fundamental in our daily food choice and consumption across the world, and thus it is true to say that hospitality clientele's food choice has been, and will remain to be as a result of the cultural determinants. Nonetheless, Lillicrap Cousins (2010) confirms that modern day food choices are as a result of a number of factors, including culture, and thus food choice diversity.