To celebrate this great community, we're declaring next week #AussieFoodWeek to bring together the people that love to cook, eat, and share their love for food.
Here are a few ways you can take part:
Learn from some of the best: Watch your favourite chefs in a live hangout on YouTube and Google+. Or better yet, get ingredients together to cook along in the hangout, and post a photo or video of your finished dish, with the hashtag #aussiefoodweek.
Here’s a schedule of who’s cooking what:
- Tuesday, 18 September, 12:30pm: Billy Law cooks up Cola Chicken & Rocky Road Ice Cream
- Wednesday, 19 September, 12:00pm: Bridget Davis teaches you how to prepare The perfect Scrambled Egg
- Thursday, 20 September, 12:00pm and 2:00pm: Masterchef Australia Favourites Mindy Woods & Audra Morrice prepare some of their favourite dishes from the Barilla Kitchen
- Friday, 21 September: Stuart MacGill, cricketer legend and wine connoisseur talks pinot pairing and more...with some special guests
Share recommendations near you: Your friends know what you like, and they probably like the same things you do. Try searching on Google+ Local and see if anywhere nearby has gotten a rave review from a trusted foodie. Here’s one of my favourite lunchtime spots (be sure try try the scotch egg!). We’ll be on the lookout all next week for some hidden gems, so write a review, check in, and let us know what you think. Upload some foodie photos and use the hashtag #aussiefoodweek to make sure your opinion is heard.
Connect with people who share your passions: With Google+ you can search for others with the same tastes as you, and recommend interesting people and pages to follow with a shared circle. In case you’ve never shared a circle before, here’s how http://goo.gl/Vl9e4. To get you started, here are 5 foodies you might not have heard of. Want to share some of your favourites? Be sure to use the hashtag #aussiefoodweek.
So whatever type of cuisine you’re into - if you’re a professional chef, just getting started, or simply enjoy a nice meal - we want to hear from you! Use the hashtag #aussiefoodweek and help spread the culinary love. We’ll be featuring tips, tricks & interesting posts all week long from Google Australia, and will also feature recipe playlists from some of our most popular chefs on YouTube.
Happy eating!
Posted by Ernesto Soriano, Google Australia Marketing Manager & (wannabe chef)