This time last week I was at Food Blogger Connect 2011 (FBC), thanks to Olives from Spain, who generously gave away 4 tickets to the event via Twitter.
Held at the Hempel Hotel, FBC is a 3-day conference for food bloggers, covering a variety of food related topics and just about everything you wanted to know about blogging. Attracting food bloggers from all over Europe and beyond, there are guest speakers, workshops, cooking demonstrations and food/wine tastings. It's a great weekend for all, even those who are thinking about starting a food blog.
Some highlights of the weekend were:
► Tim Hayward - journalist & broadcaster, founder of Fire & Knives
► Babette Pepaj - from BakeSpace
► Jaden Hair - from Steamy Kitchen
► Fiona Beckett - award winning food & drink writer, she blogs at Food and Wine Finds
► Anjum Anand - TV chef & cookery writer
► Caroline Mili Artiss - rising cookery star & Malaysian food expert
► Leila Brandão - incredible handmade chocolates
Plenty of olives!
FBC11 was sponsored by Cuisinart, Olives from Spain, Cooklet and Vive Le Cheese. There were plenty of olives to try and the French cheeses were delicious. We were all given a goodie bag to take away - filled with awesome stuff - including a fabulous electric Cuisinart pepper mill.
Looking forward to trying some new products!
Anjum Anand, see the video here

Her summery salad dish

Watching a cookery demonstration

Caroline MiLi Artiss making a tapenade

Ingredients for the tapenade

In the food processor

Finished tapenade

Jaden Hair picking the lucky winner of a cusinart appliance
Some of the food:






As well as some of the old established food blog crowd, there were plenty of new faces there. You can read what others had to say about FBC11 by clicking on the links:
Love Through The Stomach
Provence Calling
MeLikeyUK
C
Fabulicious Food!
I Am A Feeder
Junglefrog-Cooking
My Custard Pie
Yum and More
For more information on next year's conference, go to the Food Blogger Connect website.
Thanks once again to Olives from Spain for my weekend pass!
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