Over the past several months we’ve had a great time with Social TV live tweeting food shows including MasterChef Junior, Baking Championship and Top Chef. As with any social media play, part of the enjoyment of SocialTV is interactions with the community. We loved getting to know other tweeters like @donchefbunny and exchanging tweets with talented MasterChef Junior @Chef_Jianna_G @StomachCakes @Charm_CityCakes @meilin21 Top Chef contestant of the LA MexiKosher restaurant @katsujitanabe even @duff_goldman (a fav judge) and so many more.
Live tweeting and live blogging is something that Marianne and I have been doing for the last ten years both with professional programs and just-for-fun. The missing link for us in live tweeting FoodTV is none of the networks seemed to take needs of live tweeters into the mix. Although their websites are rich with content, when live tweeting a show we need immediate links and current information. As a thank you for the fun we’re having with with the live FoodTV twitter community we created an All In Guide for the new Food Network show airing tonight — All-Star Academy. Ten cooks will compete for $50k. Contestants are put itno teams that are match with Food Network Super Chefs Mentors.
The All In Guide includes Twitter handles for contestants and the chef mentors, resource links and Twitter tips that can make our tweets more valuable to our community of Twitter followers and to the # hashtag community. If we were connected with the networks you’d have lots of downloadable photos, interviews, quick tweets. But for now we hope the All In Guide helps make tweeting a little easier, a little more fun. Please help us keep All In current with @ Twitter handles for contestants and the live tweeting folks who are passionate about FoodTV.
Diva Foodies All In Guide To The Food Network All-Star Academy
The All-Star Academy Home Cook Contestants
Meet the 10 best home cooks competing for $50,000 on #AllStarAcademy premiering March 1: http://t.co/Vk0ms4wA55. pic.twitter.com/4Kg7iDt1p7
— Food Network (@FoodNetwork) February 17, 2015
Top Row: Joseph Harris, Bill Joerger III, Thomas Mann, Mike Castaneda, Mimi Chang
Bottow Row: August Dannehl, Vanessa Craig, Sharon Damante, Angela George, Sherri Williams
Twitter Links & Stats – 3/1/15 Prior To All-Star Academy Airing
Joseph Harris NtUrAvgJoe (Located 3-8-15)
Tweets: 318 | Following: 158 | Followers: 58 | Favorites: 8
Bill Joerger III @phillyfire4106
Tweets: 11 | Following: 129 | Followers: 38 | Favorites: 16
Thomas Mann – Could not locate a Twitter account
Mike Castaneda @foodiemikec
Tweets: 706 | Following: 465 | Followers: 275 | Favorites: 71
Mimi Chang – Could not locate a Twitter account
August Dannehl @chefaugust37
Tweets: 41 | Following: 110 | Followers: 32 | Favorites: 21
Vanessa Craig @sweets4sweeties
Tweets: 31 | Following: 122 | Followers: 35 | Favorites: 3
Sharon Damante @Minishar
Tweets: 93 | Following: 112 | Followers: 22 | Favorites: 189
Angela George @twohotpoatoes
Tweets: 844 | Following: 768 | Followers: 473 | Favorites: 54
Sherri Williams @logansw62
Tweets: 1257 | Following: 285 | Followers: 297 | Favorites: 601
Note: Tweet us @DivaFoodies or drop a comment if you find Twitter handles for any of the contestants we missed!
The All-Star Academy Food Network Chef Mentors
#AllStarAcademy premieres Sunday at 9|8c on @FoodNetwork: http://t.co/Cp02U8IJ9R. Which mentor are you rooting for? pic.twitter.com/3chCnCUK63
— Food Network (@FoodNetwork) February 24, 2015
UL Chef Alex Guarnaschelli |UR Chef Bobby Flay | LL Chef Curtis Stone | LR Chef Michael Symon
Twitter Links & Stats – 3/1/15 Prior To All-Star Academy Airing
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli @guarnaschelli
Tweets: 31.9 | Following: 478 | Followers: 185K | Favorites: 873
Chef Bobby Flay @bflay
Tweets: 2675 | Following: 194 | Followers: 1.2M | Favorites: 75
Chef Curtis Stone @curtis_stone
Tweets: 4562 | Following: 1040 | Followers: 143K | Favorites: 996
Chef Michael Symon @chefsymon
Tweets: 30.5 | Following: 3466 | Followers: 605K | Favorites: 38
The All-Star Academy Food Network Host
“@foodandwine: This is @ChopTedAllen and his cat, Rufus Pink: http://t.co/d05XRrnH4j pic.twitter.com/ClAWnmulvK” The magnificent Rufus!
— Ted Allen (@ChopTedAllen) November 22, 2014
Ted Allen @choptedallen
Twitter Links & Stats – 3/1/15 Prior To All-Star Academy Airing
Tweets: 6053 | Following: 665 | Followers: 140K | Favorites: 334
All-Star Academy Food Network Community of Live FoodTV Tweeters
@DivaFoodies |@donchefbunny |@favcity … and many more
Note: Live tweeting on All-Star Academy and want to be included? Tweet us @DivaFoodies or drop a comment on this post with your Twitter handle!
Resources
Food Network All-Star Academy Micro Site
Hashtag #AllStarAcademy | Hashtag Stream
All-Star Academy Twitter Mentor and Contestant List – View tweets in a live stream from mentors and contestants
Scripps Networks All-Star Academy Media Release
Twitter Tip
Add a photo to your tweet for 35% more engagement!
Photos and videos for any Twitter handle, including hashtags, are on the left nav bar of all Twitter pages.
Step 1 Click the photo you want to include in your tweet
Step 2 Click the RT button
Step 3 Locate the pic.twitter link in the tweet
Step 4 Copy the entire pic.twitter link
Step 5 Place in Your tweet … Vola!You now have a photo in your tweet.
Step 6 Thank the person whose photo you borrowed. Thanks Sydney @smareyes!
