Restaurant industry tweeps to follow

If you’ve been on Twitter for more than a week (or at least over any Friday) you’ve probably noticed a few tweets with the hashtag #FollowFriday or #FF. Follow Friday is just a way to give a special shout out to a few favorite tweeps you follow and find interesting, and think others might find worthwhile.

Share you favorite tweeps

Once described as a Twitter ‘game’, Follow Friday has evolved to more of suggested reading list. A restaurant might #FF their favorite food writers, purveyors, wineries, farmers markets or perhaps a few stellar followers. Its good practice to include a reason why they are worthwhile to follow.

A nice Follow Friday tweet might read:

#FF tweeps we love: Fresh everything @pike_market, Wine brain @seattlewinegal, smart eats @bittman

Stick to posting only on Fridays, and please do everyone a favor and DO NOT #FF every single one of your followers. Your followers already know they are special right? Taking 137 tweets to acknowledge all of them dilutes that special-ness. Some people still do this and that’s a great way to get an eyeball roll and un-followed.

My favorite industry tweeps

Without further ado, here is a quick list of the folks I follow to stay in the loop about industry happenings, trends, social media influence, and good old camaraderie:

KNOW-IT-ALLS
Paul Barron @PaulBarron
Zachary Cohen @ZacharyCohen
Gary Vaynerchuk @GaryVee

JUST PLAIN GOOD INFORMATION
Jeffrey Klingman @JeffreyJKingman
Scott Townsend @UnitedLinen
@PracticalCafe
(Facebook tips) @iRestaurant

BLOGS WORTH FOLLOWING
Karen Rosenzweig @incrediblechef
Barbara Evans @SeattleWineGal
Mark Bittman @bittman

JUST FOR LAUGHS
Food Network Humor @FNHumor

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Of course this is a very pared down list of go-to industry tweeters. Have a rock star food industry tweeter we should all know about? Leave a comment!

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