One week to go till South Africa’s first food blogging conference

If you are a South African food blogger worth your fleur de sel, you will no doubt have looked on with envy as your American and British counterparts attended the BlogHer Food and Food Blogger Connect conferences in the US and the UK. Reams of Tweets reported back on the excellent presentations, and websites filled up with pictures of happy food bloggers finally meeting and mingling "in real life". Admit it – you felt left out and unloved.

But all that is about to change – the inaugural South African Food Blogger Conference kicks off in Cape Town on Sunday 21 March. Speakers include Jeanne Horak-Druiff of the award-winning blog CookSister! , Much-loved South African food bloggers Jane-Anne Hobbs of Scrumptious and Nina Timm of My Easy Cooking, and Food24 editor Sam Wilson. Here's the programme:

09.30 – 10.00: Registration and Champagne/orange Juice

10.00 – 10.15: Welcome & Introduction by Giggling Gourmet Jenny Morris

10.15 – 11.15: WRITING – 'Finding your Blog Voice' by Jeanne Horak-Druiff and 'Effective Recipe Writing & Editorial Techniques' by Jane-Anne Hobbs

11.15 – 11.45: 'Getting to know your camera' by Nina Timm

11.45 – 12.00: Short Coffee Break

12.00 – 12.45: 'How to be a better Blogger' by Jeanne Horak-Druiff

12.45 – 13.30: Lunch Break

13.30 – 14.15: 'Social Networking – Getting Connected' by Sam Wilson

14.15 – 15.00: 'Food Styling' by Nina Timm

15.00 – 15.15: Short Tea/Coffee Break

15.15 – 16.00: 'The Legalities & Ethics of Blogging' by Jeanne Horak-Druiff

16.00 - 16.30: 'Monetizing Your Blog – how to make money from blogging' by Nina Timm

16.30 – 17.00: Questions & Answers with all the speakers

And here are the details:

DATE: Sunday 21 March 2010
TIME: 9.30 for 10am – 5pm
VENUE: Giggling Gourmet's Cooks Playground
COST PER PERSON: R430.00 (including a goodie bag and a buffet lunch but excluding travel or accommodation expenses)

If you have not yet booked your place, there is still time – please contact Colleen (aka Browniegirl) of Kitchen Diary on collywolly50atyahoodotcodotuk

See you there!

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Food & travel writer, photographer, blogger, recipe writer and speaker. South African by birth, Londoner by choice.

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