Making food photo-friendly: 6 Minute English

These days, how well food in a restaurant is photographed can matter more than how it actually tastes. By sharing images across social media, people see them and think the food looks delicious and must go to that restaurant to eat it! Rob and Neil discuss if this means food is now about style over substance - and teach some new items of vocabulary along the way.
Vocabulary
gastronome
someone who enjoys and knows a lot about high-quality food
influential
having the power to make people change what they think
cliche
a well-known phrase that is so over-used it has become boring
presentable
looks good, is smart and is good enough for people to see
restaurateur
person who owns and manages a restaurant
expectation
the feeling that something good is going to happen
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