Cook, eat and win at this (m)eat-up

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We all know how much Kudocities members love cake, oh yes, and fine food . I, for one, am as fat as a house, and it’s not booze. It’s lovely, lovely food.

Well now there’s a chance for you to prove you’re the best cook/blogger/ kitchen and internet genius with a great contest – Food 2.0 – taking place on Sunday May 18th from 11am to 5pm, at Marylebone Farmer’s Market and The Cookery School, near Regents Street.

Food 2.0 is a new project, organized by leading review site TrustedPlaces and London blogger Annie Mole, that brings food bloggers, food photographers, journalists, authors, TrustedPlaces members, cooks and ordinary bloggers together for a meet up.

See it as a Cook-a-thon for bloggers or an interactive version of MasterChef (without those annoying presenter blokes ) – but in pairs, with people sharing the tasks of cooking, and photographing and videoing their culinary efforts.

We’ve tied up with the organisers, who have invited a Kudocities team to take part – so if you know how to create the perfect soufflé, and have a mate who knows the difference between a sieve and a colander, read on….

Up to 24 participants will be grouped in teams of two to compete in creating the best meal, judged by a panel of expert judges and the general public online. Participants will cook a three course meal for four – made up of their “signature” or favourite dishes which they have announced in advance.

Teams will source ingredients from a nearby farmer’s market and independent shops – which must be captured on film as a video blog and by ordinary camera – and then cook the meal, in two and a half hours.

There’s a guest after-lunch speaker, too: Jo Hemmings, a professional dating coach. Jo is researching a new book and will be speaking about Food and Sex. Not sex with food, dammit.

The whole day will be filmed by TrustedPlaces.

Experts will later vote for the best food photography and the best video blogging. The latter categories will be judged “virtually” – the week after the event, when participants have had time to Photoshop their work.

Participants will be invited to document their experience of Food 2.0 by blogging, taking pictures, and videos of the event, and then putting their masterpieces up on a group website.

There will then be a public “People’s Vote” to determine the best online experience.

Phew. Sounds like a fantastic way to spend a day – and the kindly people running the thing have allotted TWO places to a Kudocities team, if you are interested. Prizes haven’t been announced, but we’re sure they will be food-related and better than a kebab from a converted ambulance.

Fame, food and fun – what’s not to like?

Food 2.0 cookery eating radar TrustedPlaces Annie Mole Marleybone Farmers Market

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