Image:Daily Goss LTD. (2009). Ready steady cook the game!. Available: http://www.thedailygoss.com/2009/05/ready-steady-cook-the-game/. Last accessed 01/11/2011.
Above: As seen above, Ready steady cook is so popular it warranted releasing a game for the Wii and DS, though I do not hold out much hope for the quality of the game itself, it reinforces the fact that the show is popular.
In the world of literature, cookbooks are abundant, with a huge number of chefs providing tips and recipes for the amateur chef. Often the chefs also use televison and/or radio for extra media coverage.
For example Gordon Ramsey has a number of books under his belt, including Gordon's Ramsey's great escape: 100 of my favourate Indian recipies, Gordon Ramsey makes it easy, Gordon Ramsey's healthy appetite and many others. Each book focuses on different types and styles of cooking, which broadens popularity and audience of his books. Combined with his hugely popular Gordon Ramsey's 'The F word', his competative television series, Ramsey manages to keep himself firmly in the public eye for extended periods of time.
Image: Hirons, Paul. (2008). Gordon Ramsay reverts to gobsh*te mode to promote The F Word. Available: http://www.tvscoop.tv/2008/05/gordon_ramsay_r.html. Last accessed 01/11/2011
Through 'The F word', Ramsey has given himself a fierce reputation in the cookery industry, and as such amplifies this by depicting himself as a hard person to please, with a menecing appearence.
This is a substancial amount of material just from one chef, and there is just as much available for chefs such as Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fernley - Whittingstall, Nigella Lawson, Ainsley Harriot, Anthony Worrel - Thompson and many others, demonstarting a massive media - rich resourse for any who require it, all relative to today.
In the world of childrens toys, food and cookery feature as both synthetic objects for make believe cooking and eating, and actual cookable food for older children. Cookery related toys have been around for many years and still sell today in toy stores such as Toys'R'us and the Early Learning Center.
In the world of childrens toys, food and cookery feature as both synthetic objects for make believe cooking and eating, and actual cookable food for older children. Cookery related toys have been around for many years and still sell today in toy stores such as Toys'R'us and the Early Learning Center.
Image: MKN. (2011). Marketnet since 1994 - Toys. Available: http://orders.mkn.co.uk/toy/cooking/pizzatoy. Last accessed 01/11/2011.
Cookery also has a large magazine culture. This is unsuprising as new recipies, old recipies that have been revamped, seasonal recipies and fashionable recipies are all in demand, both for home cookery and etertainment, and fine dining.
Popular food magazines include Good food, eat in and Healthy Cooking.
Image: magazineprescriptionhut. (2011). Food Magazine Subscriptions. Available: http://magazinesubscriptionhut.com/food/. Last accessed 2011.
One of the largest food markets in the present day is the fast food industry. With cheap, quick to produce products and ease of access (with most stored located in busy areas with plenty of footfall), it is unsupriseing that they take up such a large proportion of the modern food industry.
The media often chastises fast food resteraunts such as Mcdonalds for the potential health threats caused by their food, those this does little to impact on their popularity, which is apparent simply through the sheer amount of costom they recieve.
Image: Harris, R. (2011). Shocking Insight Concerning Fast Food And McDonalds Nutrition. Available: http://weightlossmaven.com/mcdonalds-nutrition/. Last accessed 01/11/2011.
Despite the negative press, fast food resteraunts continue to be popular, and thus remain in the public eye.
Food even has festivals dedicated to it, for example the Ludlow Marches food and drink festival, which was Britains first food festival started in 1995. The festival acts as a tourist attraction for the town, highlighting culinary historical sites all over the town, and allowing local chefs to show off their skills.
The fact that the festival has successfully run since it's start and grown in popularity is enough to show that food festivals are also a positive media source.
Image: Ludlow council. (2011). Ludlow conference centre. Available: http://www.ludlowconferencecentre.co.uk/Links.php. Last accessed 01/11/2011
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