do chefs have a love v hate relationship with social media?
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Some chefs ban #foodporn photos in their restaurants. Other chefs embrace social and the business opportunities it gives them. Should the hospitality industry embrace social and let everyone in the kitchen talk direct to customers?TRANSCRIPT
Do chefs have a love v hate rela+onship with social media?
@DigitalBlonde
“Some of the best moments in life happen around a table when we are
ea6ng with people we love”
Joe Perez, Tastemade
“If you are a chef, your life is devoted to giving pleasure
to other people. We are crea6ve and what we create is
gone almost instantly, but
there’s always the thought that maybe tomorrow we will create something
even more spectacular.”
Chef Robert Irvine
“I tweet from the kitchen. That’s the fun part. How else are people going to see what we do behind the scenes?”
Stephanie Izard, owner of Girl and the Goat
@StephAndTheGoat
Photos from Girl & The Goat website
“The Internet is about being
generous, and if you’re good
enough — if you touch people — it
works”
Jamie Oliver
“These days anyone with a camera
phone could inspire your dinner. But
without instruc6ons food photos are mere 'food porn’”
Will Hodson, London Evening Standard
“I see my role as a chef to not only cook great food, but also to teach it. Therefore, social media is the
perfect tool to reach and talk to people who want to learn how to cook, with the ability to answer
ques6ons and help with any problems instantly” Ben, Sorted Food
Image from Sorted Food
“It is definitely not a love v hate rela6onship. I embrace social media as it’s the best plaIorm to openly PR
yourself and your restaurants in your own crea6ve way.”
Tom Aikens Image from Tom Aikens
“I use social media to interact with my followers showing them the life of a chef as it
happens through what I cook, dishes we prepare, the
produce we use. I link dishes to restaurants and what's on a de jour menu. I think it's a
nice way to connect so people can see what you get up to in
real 6me...”
Tom Aikens
Image from Tom Aikens
Today’s social chefs don’t just own their whites and knifes . . . TwiMer, Instagram and Facebook are all part of the job
“Rising chefs, be warned: If you can’t stand the tweet, get out of the kitchen”
Appe+te for Life, MSN