Case Study: Bar Douro
Bar Duoro are a Portuguese restaurant with two branches; one in Liverpool St/City, and another in the London Bridge neighbourhood of South East London.
The restaurant was founded by Max Graham of Churchill’s Vineyards. With two centuries of growing and producing wine in the Douro Valley of Portugal, Max came to London initially to do a Port Popup on Greek Street in 2014 and was amazed at how there wasn’t any representation for Portuguese cuisine at the same level at Barrafina does to Spanish cuisine.
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Case Study: Jeru Mayfair
Located in the exclusive Berkeley Street in Mayfair, London - Jeru has recently opened its doors to welcome the city’s lovers of high concept dining.
Led by Chef Roy Ner, an award-winning Australian celebrity chef - he brings his Cordon Bleu background and wealth of experience to the restaurant to create something unique and fresh to Mayfair.
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Food Photography Project: Mandy Thompson
Working as a food photographer on some amazing food photography and restaurant photography client projects, you always get lots of creative ideas that you want to try out but might not have had an opportunity to fit into a client shoot.
Having teamed up with talented food stylist Mandy Thompson who I’ve worked with on a load of client food photography bookings.
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Case Study: ManiLife - Amazon Recipe Pairing & Packshots
ManiLife are a popular and well-loved brand who produce peanut butter using single-estate peanuts from a family farm in Argentina. They have also been awarded B Corporation status for reaching and maintaining high standards of transparency within their business.
Wanting to boost their visual presence on their Amazon A+ Listing and in-turn raise sales across each product listing - the marketing team reached out to me about producing and shooting content of their core product range.
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Case Study: Greek Boys
Greek Boys London is a brand under the Orbit Ltd brand, owned and operated by 3 co-founders. Having just completed their branding and new menus, they reached out to me with the brief of capturing menu food photography of their Greek food menu.
Their menu ranged from the popular chicken or pork gyros to Greek bowls, halloumi fries, sides and dips.
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Case Study: Lee Kum Kee Ethnic Brief
Client Lee Kum Kee are a popular world-wide brand, also known as the original creators of Oyster sauce. Operating for 130-years, and based in Hong Kong, their range of worldwide and regional products can be found across Asia, Europe, the UK and the US.
Their sauces are popular with home cooks and famous Michelin chefs such as Andrew Wong, of A.Wong.
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Case Study: Happy Jo's Keto Ice Cream
Happy Jo’s are a newly launched keo ice cream brand based.
Created by the founder after discovering the benefits of a keto lifestyle, they saw a gap in the market for low-carb ice creams that were not just healthy but delicious. Developed and now produced in their North West London kitchen, they created four classic core flavours; vanilla, strawberry, mint choc chip, and coffee chip (my favourite).
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Case Study: Amazon Fresh x H!P Chocolate
H!P Chocolate are a popular London-based brand that was launched in 2021. They create and produce creamy oat milk chocolate bars using ethically sourced cocoa from Colombia and have attained B-Corp status.
They are best known for creative flavour combinations and brand collaborations, including a personal favourite of mine, Salty Pretzel Flavour.
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Case Study: Fork Lewes - Jack Standen
Based in my hometown of Lewes, East Sussex and within a local area that has a creative and vibrant scene, with many independent businesses - the town is a hotspot of visitors all year round.
Fork Lewes is a neighbourhood restaurant that originally opened in 2021, with the business creating a place for itself in the town and as the place to go for contemporary spins on British classics. They’re also big on using local produce from the rich selection of producers and suppliers in the county.
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Case Study: Los Mochis
Based on the well known London neighbourhoods of Notting Hill, and recently - London City Liverpool Street, Los Mochis are the first of their kind restaurant.
They offer a fusion menu of Mexican and Japanese cuisines that creates complex flavour combinations with fresh sashimi, maki rolls, ceviches, tiraditos, and unique tacos.
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Case Study: Mr Falafel
Mr Falafel are a family-owned restaurant located at the entrance of the New Shepherd's Market. Trading for 25-years, they first started out by selling one type of wrap, and now having moved to a larger unit, have a strong local reputation for great vegan falafel wraps, and bringing authentic Pastastinian flavours to the people of London.
Keeping true to their roots and maintaining a core menu of popular falafel wraps, they’ve expanded their menu with side dishes, and dips over the years, and frequently have a queue running outside of the door during the day.
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Case Study: Mayyil Lebanese Street Food
Created by the family owners of Beit el Zaytoun - a Lebanese restaurant client of mine, Mayyil is their newest off-shoot. They create Lebanese Street Food at from their flagship Knightsbridge and recently opened Notting Hill stores
They offer quick Lebanese street food from wraps, burgers, salads, fries and sandwiches - from the shopfront or via delivery apps like Deliveroo.
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Food Photography Project: Cheeseburger & Buffalo Chicken Burger
One of my go-to comfort meals is a juicy burger! Being in London, we’re totally spoiled for places to go to grab one, or to have one delivered right to our door. My favorite, however, is a homemade cheeseburger or chicken burger - usually made in the Summer when we have family coming to stay as it’s a real favorite of theirs.
Inspired by all of the amazing burger imagery I always come across and at the time with a smaller amount of strong burger food photography in my portfolio - I decided to produce and shoot a short-form food photography project.
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Case Study: Lee Kum Kee x Universal - Kung Fu Panda
Previous long-term client Lee Kum Kee is are a household brand that have been operating for over 130-years and are well known as the creators of Oyster Sauce amongst many other firm favourites. Sold from Hong Kong to the UK and US - they have a far-reaching product range that is loved by many - from home cooks like me, to Michelin-starred chefs like Andrew Wong.
With the release of the fourth installment of the popular animated franchise, Kung Fu Panda -the Lee Kum Kee Europe marketing team had just partnered with Universal as an official partner to the newest film.
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Case Study: ManiLife - Peanuts
Based in London, ManiLife are popular brand - known for their range of peanut butters that are made of single estate peanuts from Argentina.
With their popular snacking peanuts launched earlier in the year - the brand team decided to redesign the packaging to stand out on the competitive shelves of supermarkets and stores…
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Case Study: The Tiffin Tin
Founded in 2005 in Hornsey North London, The Tiffin Tin are an popular Indian takeaway restaurant with six kitchens across the North and East of the city, as well as offering catering for events.
They are known for their authentic flavours, they bring home-cooked flavours from their home of Sri Lanka and India to their menu. They offer a wide selection of classics and traditional dishes - cooked on charcoals with Naan breads freshly made in the Tandoor to elevate their flavours.
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Case Study: Longhorn Burgers
Longhorn Burgers is a sub-brand under the Orbit Ltd brand, owned and operated by 3 co-founders. With their menu for Longhorn completed, they contacted me with a brief to capture menu food photography of their American style burger menu.
The menu had popular items like cheeseburgers, loaded mac burgers, spicy chicken burgers, loaded fries, classic sides and dips.
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Case Study: Lee Kum Kee - Oyster Sauce
Lee Kum Kee are a 130-year old company and that are known to be the original creators of Oyster Sauce. The sauce packs an umami punch - being found in domestic and commercial kitchens the world over; used in dishes from egg fried rice, to meatballs and beyond.
Wanting to celebrate and communicate the many uses of Oyster Sauce in Western and non-western cooking - they reached out to previous collaborator and production company HeeHaw to produce taste test content for four key regions; UK, DE, and NL.
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Case Study: ManiLife - Almond Butter
With their core range of single-estate peanuts being used for their popular peanut butters, ManiLife responded to popular demands by their own Almond Butter, using carefully sourced Almonds from Portugal.a
Looking to the UK launch in a couple of months, the marketing team reached out to me. The brief was to capture product photography packshots, and food photography pairings of the product with a dish - along with a collection of kitchen style packshots. The product would launch as a smooth and crunchy variety, coming in glass jars and larger serving-size tubs for use in cooking.
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Food Photography Project: Cinema Popcorn
As a food photographer, I have a love for all things food and content - giving me lots of great opportunities to creatively brainstorm on clients’ food photography briefs, and of course, shoot them too.
A big part of applying a creative treatment to a food photography brief, is in immersing yourself in content, both digitally, and online - as well as knowing the best time to set aside an idea, that may be visually strong - but not the right fit for their specific brief.
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