This statistic shows how chefs feel about customers taking photos of their restaurant food and posting them on social media while dining in the United States as of October 2014. During the survey, 32 percent of respondents said that this was fine as long as they were discrete.
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National Restaurant Association. (December 4, 2014). How do you feel about customers taking photos of their restaurant food and posting them on social media while dining? [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 07, 2026, from /statistics/374725/chef-perceptions-of-diners-posting-photos-of-food-online-us/
National Restaurant Association. "How do you feel about customers taking photos of their restaurant food and posting them on social media while dining?." Chart. December 4, 2014. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed August 07, 2026. /statistics/374725/chef-perceptions-of-diners-posting-photos-of-food-online-us/
National Restaurant Association. (2014). How do you feel about customers taking photos of their restaurant food and posting them on social media while dining?. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 07, 2026. /statistics/374725/chef-perceptions-of-diners-posting-photos-of-food-online-us/
National Restaurant Association. "How Do You Feel about Customers Taking Photos of Their Restaurant Food and Posting Them on Social Media While Dining?." ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc., 4 Dec 2014, /statistics/374725/chef-perceptions-of-diners-posting-photos-of-food-online-us/
National Restaurant Association, How do you feel about customers taking photos of their restaurant food and posting them on social media while dining? ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, /statistics/374725/chef-perceptions-of-diners-posting-photos-of-food-online-us/ (last visited August 07, 2026)
How do you feel about customers taking photos of their restaurant food and posting them on social media while dining? [Graph], National Restaurant Association, December 4, 2014. [Online]. Available: /statistics/374725/chef-perceptions-of-diners-posting-photos-of-food-online-us/