John-Bryan Hopkins

John-Bryan Hopkins (born September 9, 1971) is a food writer and blogger, known for his "Foodimentary" weblog and Twitter profile, and for compiling a calendar of food holidays that was adopted by Google.

Hopkins earned his bachelor of arts in design and applied arts at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1991, and then a bachelor's of interior design at Southern Institute in Birmingham in 1993. He worked in Birmingham as an interior designer, completing most of the interior detailing for the expansive Larry House residence which was completed in 1997 at Shoal Creek.

Hopkins and partner Terry Finley purchased the historic Spanish Colonial-style Jacob Salie residence at 11 Bonita Drive in the Hollywood section of Homewood in 2006. Over the next two years they remodeled the house, with an extension designed by architect Louis Nequette. Hopkins published a blog chronicling the progress of the renovations that generated considerable local interest.

Hopkins began his weblog, "Foodimentary", in 2005. He began using Twitter in 2007 and has collected more than 854,000 followers on that platform. He received two "Shorty Awards" from Sawhorse Media in 2009 and 2010 for his role as a social media influencer. Along with entries on food culture, Hopkins collected information on food holidays which he expanded into a year-round calendar. Google adopted his food holiday calendar into its search results in 2015. Hopkins has participated in Birmingham's "FoodBlogSouth" conference since its beginning, and has made appearances as an expert guest on the Food Network and the Cooking Channel. He has also been consulted for pieces in Epicurious, Slate magazine, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.

Hopkins contributed to the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, published in 2015. His first book, Foodimentary: Celebrating 365 Food Holidays,, was published in 2017 by Wellfleet Press through an exclusive deal with Books-A-Million.

Hopkins purchased the historic Florence Jordan residence on Highland Avenue in 2016.

References

• McAlister, Laura (July 14, 2011) "A Home to Remember". Over the Mountain Journal.
• Dougherty, Conor (August 2, 2015) "Need a Reason to Celebrate? Check Online, Where Social Media Fills the Calendar." The New York Times
• Cambron, Caty (n. d.) "Q&A With John-Bryan Hopkins (Foodimentary)" BIG Communications
• Houser, Dave G. (August 28, 2017) "Wait, it’s National WHAT Day?" MultiBriefs
• "John-Bryan Hopkins" (September 22, 2017) Wikipedia - accessed September 29, 2017

External links

• Foodimentary weblog
• Foodimentary at Twitter.com