Instagram hype won't save a product that tastes bad

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Food has become a status symbol, but hype without substance won’t earn a second purchase, says Anastasia Katie Terzeon, managing partner at St Luke’s

A friend recently sent me a photo of her larder cupboard, newly stocked with all the right products. It was, in its own ridiculous way, a flex. We both knew it. Status now comes in the form of a £14 smoothie, or olive oil more likely to be found on an Instagram carousel than the hob.

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