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Well, what a year it’s been! I’ve been making cooking videos on YouTube since 2009 and the past year has been (by far) my busiest. Whilst I’ve uploaded over 25 cooking videos, there’s plenty more to do – so I’ll shortly be uploading a new cooking video every week direct from my kitchen in Nottingham.
Thanks to you all!
All of this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of a number of people throughout the year. I was lucky enough to be the only UK winner of the YouTube Next Chef competition who provided great support with some top class mentors this year. Hopefully you can see how my cooking videos have come along from when I first started out on YouTube (cringe)!
What’s more, we got an extra 850 subscribers on YouTube through 2012 which means we’ve now broken the 1000 mark – huzaahh! More and more of you are signing up to my monthly email newsletter as well – so thank you to everyone who’s following me and stay tuned for more great cooking videos in 2013.
Joining Tastemade
In October I joined the Tastemade food network who will help me further to reach out to like-minded foodies looking for simple recipes to cook, along with 100’s of other creators around the globe that I can collaborate with.
And with special thanks too…
This update couldn’t go without a mention of my mentor from The Hive. Phil’s been great to throw ideas at and been there when I need him to help keep me on track with, well, everything! We met up for breakfast last month and had a few cracking ideas that I’ll be making a reality this year, so look out and you may see some exciting new things on FitBrits.com
My good friend Ross has also been a great help with his never-ending knowledge of all things ‘photography’. He’s certainly taught me a thing or two over the past year and taken some great food shots when we’ve been recording.
And one last person to thank, my lovely other half, Trish! Through 2012 she kindly adopted the role of camera woman and even let me use her snazzy new kitchen which you can see in some of my cooking videos. Who knows, maybe one day soon she wouldn’t mind featuring in an up-coming cooking video (as long as we’re cooking with wine)!
Going forward…
So for 2013, keep watching and expect to see plenty more simple cooking videos from an avid foodie from the UK.
Thanks again to everyone for supporting me – You’re amazing!
I always struggled to make the perfect omelette. I think it’s because I always wanted to make them reasonably healthy, but as a student, a good quality non-stick pan was generally hard to come by. I’d then end up eating the omelette out of the frying pan because it got stuck!
In my opinion, with any omelette recipe, there are a few KEY things you must do:
- Use a good quality pan with the oil even spread out
- Thoroughly mix all the ingredients together in a bowl (before cooking) until the egg goes fluffy
- Heat the frying pan on a large hob and over a low heat (so the pan is evenly heated)
- Heat for a couple of minutes under the hob
Check out our Omelette Recipe video below to see how to make the perfect omelette (including my favourite ingredient – Chorizo).
Well it’s been about 6 months since I was one of the lucky winners of the YouTube Next Chef competition, so I thought I’d provide my loyal followers with a recap of what’s been happening over the past 6 months and what you can expect to see for the future of FitBrits.
After receiving all our new recording equipment, and whilst having weekly seminars on Google hangouts (with some great guest speakers), each assignment was to create a new cooking video that was along a particular theme. Check out our playlist of assignments.
Hopefully you can see how each video has progressed the more we do, and we hope you’ve enjoyed them. We even had a go at using the green screen for a Mojito Recipe and I tried my hand at live commentary for our Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies Recipe – you can be the judge of how well that went! I think the key learning there was always plan what you’re going to say!
Since then, we’ve recorded a series of Jubilee themed recipes as well as other great dinnertime dishes. We still want your suggestions on what else we should include for our Summer line-up of recipes, so submit your suggestion here.
Lastly, the FitBrits.com website was redesigned in December with loads more content and a fresh new look, so we hope you like it.
Going forward… We hope to see the FitBrits channel continue to grow with more and more cooking recipes. If you’d like to be a part of it, keep up to date, and help let more and more people know about FitBrits.com, please follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, and remember to use that ‘like’ button! You can also sign up for our newsletter to receive monthly recipes in your inbox.
Cheers for all your support,
Warren.
