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Food blogger connect 2011 London

2nd September 2011 by Regula 8 Comments

The fabulous venue

So there I was, London.
I was very nervous before I arrived at the Hempel hotel for Food blogger connect.
It felt like the first day of school.
Some people allready knew each other, some were newbies but nevertheless as soon as the canapés arrived and everyone hauled out their camera, the ice was broken.
We were amongst our own kind.
We started to review the food and soon tips for making the best falafel were exchanged.
Suddenly the mood had changed from the first day at school to a high school reunion.
Smiling faces everywhere, everyone excited about what was coming.

The waiter looked very nervous with all the foodies taking pictures!

When it was time to go into the gallerie we were all cheerful and enthousiastic, like children on a fieldtrip. Our first speaker was the fabulous Jaden Hair from Steamy Kitchen. She talked about laying the foundations for your blog.
During short breaks everyone was running around wanting to meet everyone, exchanging business cards. Glad to see in this digital age that print isn’t dead whatever some people say. A business card is the first advertising for your blog or business, it has to look good and have all your relevant info on it. I personally love business cards, I like flipping through them and discovering peoples personality’s by their cards.

 I couldn’t wait to get back to the conference the next morning. I had 1,5 hours commuting to do as my hotel was in the other side of London but it felt like it was only a 15 minute drive. Another wonderful day started, the food was plenty, the people great and the sun was shining…

We had some inspiring workshops with the lovely Fiona Beckett from the Guardian, the long awaited photography workshop with Béatrice Peltre and Nando from Nandocucca showed us the world of video blogging. I think nobody had much sleep during these few days because clearly everyone was visiting each others blogs at night to compliment them on it the next day.

The days went past as if they were hours and the conference came to an end.
But the conversation didn’t and is still going on on Twitter.
Food bloggers are wonderful, unprejudices, creative people with healthy appetites for the world.
My life changed after attending this conference, discovering a whole group of people who totally get you and are not looking at you like you are a bit of a strange little girl getting all emotional when she finds a rare veggie or talks to a producer of an amazing product.
Food bloggers are generous, like when Jaden Hair shared her knowledge with us, Fiona Beckett took the time to read one of my articles and Beatrice Peltre gave me some tips on my photographic skills.
It feels like we are all in on it together and we are there for each other whenever someone is in need of cheesemaking advise but also when a fellow blogger in in far greater need of help like I wrote about in my previous post.
One of the reasons I came here was to meet the community…
Well if there is one community I am incredibly proud to be a part of, it is the food blogging community.

Left to right: Jackie, me, Nando, Bethany, Kelly, Valerie, Arthi, Emiko, Julia, me, Zita
Picture by Sarka Babicka (c) cookyourdream.com
Anjum Anand (left) and Caroline Mili Artis (right)
Two British favourits…
Luncheon

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Thanks for reading x Regula

Comments

  1. SteamyKitchen says

    3rd September 2011 at 12:15 PM

    It was so great to meet you!!! xo jaden

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  2. Regula says

    3rd September 2011 at 12:18 PM

    And you,lady! X

    Reply
  3. Poires au Chocolat says

    3rd September 2011 at 1:11 PM

    What a lovely post – I adore "Food bloggers are wonderful, unprejudices, creative people with healthy appetites for the world.". It was great to meet you 🙂

    Reply
  4. Zita says

    3rd September 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Wonderful post, Regula! I loved reading it! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Bethany (Dirty Kitchen Secrets) says

    4th September 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Lovely to meet you Regula! And congrats on getting married! WOW! x

    Reply
  6. Emiko says

    4th September 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Lovely recount of an extremely memorable weekend. 🙂

    Reply
  7. wonderfoodlandinenglish says

    4th September 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Although we didn't have the chance to discuss at FBC, I'm "close" to you since then, glad to be there too and hope to spend some time chatting next year!

    Reply
  8. Juls @ Juls' Kitchen says

    5th September 2011 at 9:39 AM

    I could quote almost all the post, but I especially like this sentence: Suddenly the mood had changed from the first day at school to a high school reunion.

    It is exactly what I felt in London, and I'm so proud of being part of this wonderful community: open, generous and fun!

    And I'm happy to have met you!

    Reply

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Regula Ysewijn is a food writer, stylist and photographer, with a particular interest in historical recipes. he is a Great Taste Awards judge and a member of The Guild of Food Writers, as well as one of the two judges on 'Bake Off Vlaanderen', the Belgian version of 'The Great British Bake-Off'. A self-confessed Anglophile, she collects old British cookbooks and culinary equipment in order to help with her research. She is the author of 5 books: Pride and Pudding the history of British puddings savoury and sweet, Belgian Café Culture, the National Trust Book of Puddings, Brits Bakboek and Oats in the North, Wheat from the South. Read More…

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