#16 - HOW TO GET FEATURED BY SAVEUR MAGAZINE

In today’s episode (16) of The EAT, CAPTURE, SHARE Podcast, I’m speaking with Alex Testere, senior associate editor at the renowned food magazine SAVEUR. We talk about what it really takes to get your work noticed by the SAVEUR team, how to write good food stories and have a chance at winning that elusive SAVEUR food blogger award. Here’s what else you can expect from today’s episode …

• I talk through my impressions of the Saveur Blog Awards 2018 and what it really means to win

• Alex introduces himself

• Alex explains how ideas for features in the magazine come together

• Alex outlines how to pitch to have your work featured in Saveur Magazine

• Alex breaks down the steps involved in developing an initial pitch for the magazine into a featured narrative

• Alex shares his top tip when it comes to pitching your idea to Saveur Magazine

• Alex mentions why it’s crucial that you regularly read the magazine you want to pitch to

• We talk about why cultures and untold stories connected to food are at the forefront of Saveur Magazine

• We discuss how the food magazine landscape is changing

• Alex notes why Saveur Magazine doesn’t prescribe to food trends

• Alex shares how the Saveur Blog Awards came to be

• We chat about the role food bloggers play in the food industry

• Alex lifts the lid on how Saveur blog categories and finalists are chosen

• Alex says why it is so important to put yourself and your work out there!

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Find Alex on instagram

• The Saveur website, instagram and Saveur Blog Awards 2018

• Julian, Historias del Ciervo

• Izzah, Tea for Turmeric

• The iconic, Peabody Hotel in Memphis

• Clayborn Temple, the church that plays a pivotal role in Martin Luther King’s life and the civil rights movement

• Elvis’s Graceland

• Lucky Peach Magazine

• Food & Wine Magazine

• Bon Appetite Magazine

• My cauliflower ‘wings’ recipe

• Pasta alla Gricia

• #eggporn

• M F K Fisher

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• Episode 12 with Saveur Award finalists, Husbands that Cook

• Episode 15 with Saveur Award winner, Tara O’Brady

• I write about being nominated for the Saveur blog awards in this blog post

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