Seagull mafia, Mr Whippy turf wars and the 'influencerification' of food journalism
Any Way You Slice It PodcastShow Notes
Hello everyone and welcome to our third episode of our podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng. This week, we'll be bringing you our favourite stories and content from the last couple of weeks, and discussing one of the restaurant world's hottest topics right now: food influencers, including the strange relationship between influencers and journalists; what - and who - makes a recommendation good; and how the social media ban for teenagers will affect one prominent 12-year-old food influencer.
Snacks and starters: The Guardian: US tipping culture coming to the UK https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/24/us-tipping-culture-uk-service-charges?
Bon Appétit: Is It Ever OK to BYO Seasonings to a Restaurant? https://www.bonappetit.com/story/byo-seasoning
London Centric: Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars https://www.londoncentric.media/p/ice-cream-wars-london-westminster-bridge The Telegraph: Long-lasting strawberries on the way as gene-editing bears fruit https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/02/gene-edited-strawberries-and-tomatoes-to-be-sold-in-britain/
The Independent: Seagulls stealing £171m worth of food https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/seagulls-steal-food-fish-chips-seaside-b3040262.html The Food Foundation: Kids free school meals extended https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/new-era-free-school-meals-england
Mains Vittles Magazine: Who is paying for all of this? https://www.instagram.com/p/DcyJidZjQOh/?img_index=1 and https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-issue-3-the-influencers The Guardian: A crisis of authenticity’: the truth about food influencers (shorter version of the Vittles story) https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/03/a-crisis-of-authenticity-the-truth-about-food-influencers BBC: Will social media ban affect young food influencer's dream? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9v9yx43lj0o
Desserts: Teals Farm Shop on the A303 https://teals.co.uk/ Alder Carr Farm Shop, Suffolk https://www.aldercarrfarm.co.uk/
Cafe Kowloon, London Fields, London https://cafekowloon.co.uk/
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