Become a Food Writerby Catherine Ipcizade | More from this Blogger 26 Oct 2006 12:27 PM Do you love food? Do you have a passion for fresh ingredients? If so, have you considered becoming a food writer? Food writers can perform a variety of jobs. In my own experience, food writing has brought me great joy. Some of the most popular food writing jobs include: Recipe Writing - many online forums hire food writers to write weekly, monthly, or daily recipes. I am a food blogger here at Families.com, and sharing recipes with readers is something I look forward to each day. Cookbook Writing - cookbooks are published every year. Fresh ideas are always needed. If you have a new idea, why not give it a try? Restaurant Reviews - this is a fun career. Many times the reviews are done anonymously. Companies will often reimburse you for your meal and pay you a flat fee for the article/review you provide. Some of these jobs can pay very well, while others are mostly for exposure. If you love dining out then this may be a career to consider. I write reviews for a local magazine and find it completely enjoyable and very well paying (about $200 per 350 word article plus dinner). Recipe Testing - there are companies who will pay you to test recipes for them. For example, I once created 15 recipes for a company using their pre-packaged muffin mix. I sent the samples back to them in their pre-paid box and they posted the recipes on their website. This is a fun job for a home cook who loves to experiment with new recipes. If you've ever considered food writing, find your own niche and go for it! You never know what career opportunities are out there until you try. Personally, the joy I get from sharing recipes and writing about food, brings me a great deal of satisfaction. The highlight of my day is when someone contacts me to tell me they tried one of my recipes and loved it. Learn more about Catherine Ipcizade  Cathy Ipcizade is 30 years old and currently resides in Southern California. Prior to coming to California she grew up in Arizona. Relevantemployment tags User Comments  Valorie Delp (49340) 09 Nov 2006 09:32 AMDo you have the names of any companies who do this? I am totally interested.  Catherine Ipcizade (5617) 09 Nov 2006 09:43 AMI wish I did. I can recommend this: try to find any local magazines or newspapers that are just starting. Most of them will need a food writer. Then, go to www.craigslist.com and look at their Writing/Editing job listings. I've found some jobs there. The other one I got by chance because it was a magazine I subscribe to and I happened to write and express interest in writing for them at the exact time that they were changing management. Good luck!! Let me know if I can offer any more help. It's a FUN job. I just got to go to a really nice restaurant and spend $180 for TWO people--then I got paid for the article...it was wonderful. :) Valorie Delp (49340) 09 Nov 2006 12:29 PMHee-hee. Not that I don't love families--I do actually. BUT I could totally love a job where I eat out and get paid for it--especially in Manhattan!! ;-) Did I mention I'll happily sample new pastries? hee-hee-hee Catherine Ipcizade (5617) 09 Nov 2006 02:00 PMIt's fun! I had one job where I got sent a ton of muffin mixes (chocolate chip, brownie mix, apple muffin mix, etc) and I had to create 15 recipes from the mixes. The cool thing was that I only had to send them 3 samples from each batch, which left me with a ton of goodies to keep at home. I found that job on Craigslist.com. Just start searching--you'll be surprised what you eventually find. Good luck!  Erika Lutz (309) 20 Jan 2007 01:42 PMCathy, I love the restaurant reviews idea. I had no idea restaurants will pay you to eat their food and write an article. By reading the above comments I wasn't sure if you were saying that you do restaurant reviews through magazines or through the restaurants themselves....? Awesome blog, btw. Community Tags author, careers, food writing Discuss this article
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