‘I tricked TripAdvisor to make my shed its top restaurant’

A writer has told BBC 5 live how he tricked TripAdvisor into making his shed the number one restaurant in London.

Speaking to Emma Barnett, Oobah Butler explained how he created a fake restaurant in his garden using photographs of food made up of bleach and shaving foam.

A spokesman for TripAdvisor, which has since deleted the listing, said: “Generally, the only people who create fake restaurant listings are journalists in misguided attempts to test us. As there is no incentive for anyone in the real world to create a fake restaurant.”

For more information on Oobah Butler’s experiment, see his article on Vice.com (see related links, below).

(Photos: Chris Bethell and Theo McInnes)

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Thursday 7 December 2017.