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A former City lawyer who quit the profession to pursue a career as a food-focused content creator has amassed more than one million social media followers.
Emma Petersen studied history at the Leeds Uni before completing a law conversion course, with her sights set on securing a training contract at a top City firm. She achieved that goal in summer 2021, when she joined Watson Farley & Williams as a trainee solicitor in the firm’s London office.
But Petersen’s legal career took an unexpected turn at the end of her training contract, when she decided to walk away from the profession altogether to pursue a very different path — life as a food content creator.
And it’s fair to say the gamble has paid off. Posting online as ‘thefitlondoner’, Petersen has since built a following of more than one million across TikTok and Instagram where she regular shares her “healthy(ish)” recipes.
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Ex-City lawyer who quit after finishing TC amasses 1 million+ followers as a food influencer
