ISSN: 2278-3369 International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics Available online at: www.managementjournal.info RESEARCH ARTICLE Hamilton Pozo | May-June 2018 | Vol.7 | Issue 3 |01-14 1 An Analysis of Factors Leading Gastronomy Students in Brazil to Attend Food Parks Hamilton Pozo 1* , Luciana Marchetti da Silva 2 1 Fatec Baixada Santista Rubens Lara, Rua Mario Carpenter, 3, AP.62. Santos/SP- Brazil. 2 Centro Universitário Monte Serrat, R. Comendador Martins, 52. Santos/SP- Brazil . *Corresponding Author : hprbrazil@hotmail.com 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. Introduction The commensality (act of sharing the table and eating together) is what distinguishes civilized from uncivilized man, for man does not eat only from starvation or to meet a need of the body, but above all to make this moment sociable [1]. Economic, social and demographic changes have generated demands that have forced the diner to rearrange his routine. Currently table fellowship is characterized by a lack of time given to the preparation and consumption of food, the presence of manufactured and imported products, the transfer of home meals to restaurants, coffee shops, street vendors, and bakeries among others, the use of lunch boxes, publicity associated with the food, flexible schedules to eat aggregately a diversity of foods, and by the increasing individualization of food rituals [2]. The inclusion of women in the labor market, greater a distance between home and work and lack of time for the preparation of food has made food outside the home a necessity. The home out of food can be defined as all foods prepared outside the home regardless of where they are consumed or as all food consumed away from home no matter where they are prepared, including prepared snacks at home for consumption elsewhere [3] and [4]. In Brazil, over the past decade, the sectors linked to food outside the home (food service) grew 292.3%, compared to a 209% rate for traditional food retailing as food outside the home (2013). According to data from the latest household budget survey (POF) developed by IBGE, more than 1/4 of the meals in Brazil are consumed outside the home. In large urban centers, it is 1/3. This means that the growth potential of this market is promising when compared to the American reality, in which the sector currently accounts for over 60% of the meals. According to the Food Industry Brazilian Association (ABIA), in 2013 more than 33% of the population’s food consumption was outside the home—in 1995, the figure was 19%. In 2016, according to the Brazilian Association of Bars and Restaurants (ABRASEL), the average turnover of the food sector out the house fell 8.39% in the first quarter. According to [5], CEO of ABRASEL, the decrease reflects the consumer's search