If you’re the sort of person who spends most of your time sourcing, preparing and dreaming about food, writing is a great way to share your knowledge and passion.

Whether you want to spread your love of a particular cuisine, offer nutritional tips or share your home-cooked recipes with the world, this interactive course will help you get started as a food writer or blogger.

Award-winning Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake will teach you how to write about food to a high standard and pitch your story ideas to editors. You’ll learn the key skills of effective food coverage, including how to write sparkling content and irresistible recipes.

You’ll also take part in practical exercises to put your new skills to work and learn how to use social media to spread the word about your writing, recipes and passion.

Course Content

The craft of good writing: structure, rhythm and language
How to find your style as a food writer
The nuts and bolts of recipe-writing, including selling the dish to the reader and writing foolproof instructions
Popular formats and how to use them, including features, interviews, recipes, topical pieces and more
Career versus hobby: exploring different types of food writing
Food blogging: how to take the plunge online
The science of recipe-writing
The importance of self-editing
Getting serious: how to pitch ideas to editors
Q&A and discussion

This course is for ...

Aspiring food writers who are interested in finding out more about the industry and developing their skills
Anyone looking for inspiration on how to write about food in an engaging and original way, or learning how to craft a good recipe

Tutor Profile

Felicity Cloake writes the Guardian’s How to cook the perfect … column and is the author of three recipe books: Perfect, Perfect Too and Perfect Host. She’s also a freelance journalist and food columnist for the New Statesman. In 2011, Felicity won the Guild of Food Writers new media and food writer of the year awards. Read Felicity’s writing for the Guardian here.

Course Details

Date: Tuesday 20 June 2023
Time: 6pm-8pm (BST)

A catch up recording will be shared after the class and will be available for two weeks.

This masterclass is available globally. If you are joining us from outside the United Kingdom, please use this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.

6pm BST | 7pm CEST | 10am PDT | 1pm EDT

You will be sent a link to the webinar 24 hours and 30 minutes before the start time. Please email masterclasses@theguardian.com if you do not receive the access link.

We aim to make all Guardian Masterclasses fully accessible. If you require any adjustments to enable your participation in this course, please get in touch with us at masterclasses@theguardian.com.

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How to write about food with Felicity Cloake