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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Helena Horton

Lure of being a social media chef means youngsters forgoing classic training, Michelin star cook warns

A group of several young people in a professional kitchen preparing ingredients
Cooking apprenticeships are ‘struggling’ to find young people, but industry figures urge aspiring chefs to enter culinary competitions. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

Scroll through your timeline of choice and it won’t be long until you land on a video posted by a social media chef trying to send their recipes viral.

Such is the popularity of cooking videos that everyone from Michelin star masters to self-taught beginners like Brooklyn Beckham are setting up tripods on their kitchen counters to capture the perfect cut, cuisson or crust on their culinary creations.

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