Food·Posted on 17 Mar 201721 Secrets Food Bloggers Will Never Tell YouIt's all sooo delicious, right?by Amy PayBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Perfection takes time. 2. Food bloggers don't own hundreds of pretty tables. 3. Everything is researched. 4. It's a blog-eat-blog world. 5. Restaurant launches are pantomimes. 6. More food = more squats. 7. Eating is the fun bit – there's a lot of behind the scenes work that needs doing. View this photo on Instagram 8. Leftovers are never left over. 9. Less is more. 10. There's no such thing as free time. 11. Being a food writer doesn't guarantee culinary skill. 12. Ingredients are a luxury, but fancy props aren't. 13. Posing for phoney action shots isn't really much fun. 14. Building followers is all about interaction. 15. The work never stops. 16. A whole night eating means spending the next day on the toilet. 17. Creative licence can be stretched. View this photo on Instagram 18. Blogging is for love, not money. View this photo on Instagram 19. Pets sometimes force their way into the action. 20. Where food bloggers gather there's always booze. 21. Whatever needs blogging needs eating.