‘Cheap and realistic’: How Alice Taylor became an Instagram cooking star | RNZ

Although Alice Taylor has always wanted to share her cooking on social media, for a long time, she felt like her kitchen wasn’t beautiful enough, her appearance too much like she’d “just finished work”, and her budget too “strict”. But when the 2022 MasterChef NZ finalist posted her first Instagram video, “clumsiness” was what people loved about it, she says, so now any mishaps are left in. In a “very exciting” development for Taylor, creating recipes and content for Instagram has become her full-time job in the last few months. Alice Taylor shares recipes for both ‘cheap’ and ‘expensive’ tiramisu. @alicetayloreats “It’s just great because it gives me more time to produce good recipes and really think them through.” As her social media following has grown and become international, the filming quality of the videos is the only thing that’s changed, she says. “I really want people to feel proud of what they’re putting on the table and leave my page feeling happier and more sort of empowered.” When it comes to keeping meal costs down, Taylor doesn’t recommend supermarket shopping with a full list. To her, it makes better sense to figure out a set of staple ingredients by looking
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