Making food photo-friendly - 6 Minute English 

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Thanks a lot, Neil&Rob! This was a great lesson 👍! Special thanks for introducing some new vocabulary in the box. Cheers!

Thanks Neil and Rob,it was 1st video for me where the other person actually able to gave the correct answer.

Thank you, BBC it really enjoy this topic such as many influencers like especially in the social media platform various delicious food

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Thank u guys for this incredible explanation about food and photography......

It is a good program.i happened to see this .i enjoy the presentation technique.both Neil and rob are presented this lesson in a presentable way.social media platforms are filled with food bloggers, you are correct.they are influential

First I thought this video is about food photography tips but then I realised it is an English learning channel and ofcourse I learned a new word ‘Gastronome’:)

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Thanks lot, this channel gave more vocabulary. We know Food photograhy is very difference than real food

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This is a really great and helpful video :) I love it. English and Food haha. Two of the best things in the world!

Your expectation is totally right Rob

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I love this video . Here the two persons teaching new words like cliche and expectation the both t o words are mainly used in the English language also teaching the importance of the photography in business

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I liked the way of presenting about photography and food. The video is helpful. Because I can learn new vocabulary.

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Thanks for this video with some new vocabulary...❤

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Thanks a lot, i believe that learning English by watching vedios is a effective method, and many experts are suggesting me this approch and i decided to give it a try. now i can confirm that it is indeeded very effective. In this vedio Neil and Rob helping us to teach some cliche vocabularies and some new vocabularies by explaining a topic related to food photography, actully its a really good explanation and i can relate me with this topic. becuse we all are now a days posting such phots in social medias daily. so its really help me to diagest.

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when these food looks beautiful, people are more willing to have a try

Actually this is very good methord, the topic food is my best friend of my life😁😁😁

You Guyz!! What a magnificent explanation about the topic of food photography! I really enjoyed this video a lot. One thing that personally I don't like to take the images of food. Because of the lack of interests.

Thank you so much ❤special thanks to bbc. I get some new vocabularies and new phrases in this video like glorious, cliche,influencial, gastronome ☺️❤️especially i don't know how to say tnx for in this video❤️kindly i request you.. You should post these kind of videos more& more☺️i want to learn lot of new vocabularies & new phrases.. And also i want to use these vocabularies in my daily life☺️❤️,. Sometimes i have been facing lack of vocabularies when iam speaking to anyone.. Tnx to bbc❤💖🫶🏿

This channel is very interesting. Keep it up.

Your expectation was correct.

what a nice video! i really like this one. thank you.

this video verygood .i liked food exetrrnly

good job

I like this vedio because you had said very funny about the photography of food.

thanks Neil it was great video.

like to hear what you guys talking.

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I actually clicked the video thinking that you're gonna give us tips on food photography 😂 very well that accent was worth staying till the end

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Neil Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil. Rob And I'm Rob. Neil And in this programme we're discussing food. Rob Food glorious food! There's only one thing better than talking about food and that's eating it. Neil Well I know you are a bit of a gastronome - someone who enjoys and knows a lot about high-quality food - but today we're talking about photographing food, not eating it. Rob That is a shame because I am on a see-food diet - if I see food, I have to eat it. Get it?! Neil Yes, Rob. Very very funny. But in the social media-addicted world, just seeing food not eating it is big business as I will explain shortly. But shall we feast on a question first, Rob? Rob Yes, if it tastes good! Neil It does. So, do you know the name for the person who's usually second in charge in a restaurant kitchen after the head chef and has lots of responsibility for running it? Is it the… a) Pastry chef b) Commis chef c) Sous chef Rob Hmm, I'm not a chef expert but I'll say c) a Sous chef - it sounds important! Neil Well, I'll give the answer later in the programme. Now let me explain more about food and photos. These days, how well a dish - that's a noun for food prepared for eating - is photographed can matter more than how it actually tastes. Rob And I suppose social media platforms are the best way for sharing food photos on, aren't they? And I have been guilty of taking a picture of my food on my smartphone - but only when eating some amazing food at a posh restaurant. Neil Which isn't very often I suppose! But by sharing images across social media, people see them and think the food looks delicious, I must go to that restaurant and eat it! Rob You could argue it's about style over substance, meaning the look of something is better that the content or product. Neil Maybe, Rob - although I'm sure sometimes the food tastes just as good as it looks. Anyway, the BBC Radio 4 programme, You and Yours, has been looking into this. They spoke to several influential Instagrammers and bloggers - influential means having the power to make people change what they think. Here's one of them - Rebecca Milford, who edits a website called Bar Chick. What does she think about this new trend? Rebecca Milford, Editor, Bar Chick It sounds very cliche that a picture speaks a thousand words but it really does and I've got friends now that instead of doing what you used to do and going on to the website of a restaurant to see what they were serving, then you'd go onto their Instagram account and check out their images, and choose what you want to eat literally based on what you're seeing. So it has to be presentable I suppose. Neil Rebecca used a well-known and well-used phrase there - one that is used so much it has become boring - what we call a cliche. The phrase is a picture speaks a thousand words. Rob Yes - and even if it is a cliche - it is so true. You describe a fantastic meal in a long blog but you can quickly see how it looks from a picture and then create an idea in your mind of how it tastes. So when you're promoting food, a photo is everything. Neil And that's why some restaurants pay PR companies, lots of money to take stylish photos that can be shared on social media. It's like a fashion photoshoot for food. Rob Yes and Rebecca said the food has to be presentable - that's looking good enough for people to see - because people are making choices on what they see. I've also heard that some chefs and restaurateurs have adjusted their menus to produce meals that look good on a smartphone camera. A restaurateur, by the way, is the name of a person who owns and manages a restaurant. Neil Now, while there is a risk that good-looking food on social media accounts, such as Instagram, might not match how it tastes, there is a theory your brain might trick you in to thinking it does tastes good. The You and Yours programme also heard from Professor Charles Spence, an Experimental Psychologist from Oxford University, about how this happens… Charles Spence, Experimental Psychologist, University of Oxford We see the food first, or the drink in the glass, and our brain's already imagining what it's going to taste like. And the more beautifully it's presented, the more artistically, that sets better expectations and they kind of carry over and anchor the tasting experience. Neil Right so a great photo of food can possibly make us think it tastes better too. We create an idea in our head of how it will taste which influences our expectations when we actually eat the food. Rob And expectation means the feeling that something good is going to happen. Neil Right Rob, I'm sure you're expecting the answer to the question I set you earlier. I asked, if you knew the name for the person who's usually second in charge in a restaurant kitchen after the head chef and has lots of responsibility for running it? Is it the… a) Pastry chef b) Commis chef c) Sous chef What did you say, Rob? Rob I said c) a Sous chef. Am I right? Neil You are Rob! Give that man a job, here maybe in the BBC canteen! Rob Come on Neil, I think I could do better than that! But before I do let's remind ourselves of some of the vocabulary we've discussed today. Starting with gastronome - that's someone who enjoys and knows a lot about high-quality food - someone like me! Neil Maybe, Rob. We also discussed the word influential, meaning having the power to make people change what they think. Rob We also mentioned cliche - a well-known phrase that is so over-used it has become boring. Like for example 'a picture speaks a thousand words.' You never use cliches do you, Neil? Neil Absolutely never. Let's move on to presentable- that describes something that looks good, is smart and is good enough for people to see. A bit like me in my smart new jumper. Do you like it? Rob Very nice! Well a presenter has to be presentable, Neil! Our next word was expectation, a word that describes the feeling that something good is going to happen. I have an expectation that people will love this programme! Neil Well let's hope so! Rob Yes and that brings us to the end of this programme. Don't forget to check out our social media platforms. See you soon, bye. Neil Bye!

This vedio shows that eye has taste .Every photographer tastes good with their eyes .Therefore science should their studies towards this subject

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It was really hard to listen while looking at the picture on video! :D

food and food photography is entirely different .a well photographed food can be an influential for gastrnomes..

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