Case Study: COYA Mayfair - Iftar

COYA Mayfair is a high-end Peruvian restaurant located in one of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods - just across from Green Park. Known for bold Latin American flavours served in a luxury setting, COYA pairs immersive design with refined hospitality.

As a new client, they brought me in as a lifestyle food photographer to capture their limited-edition Iftar menu. The goal was to create elegant, inviting imagery of their curated starters, mains, and honeyed dessert, for use across digital marketing and PR.

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Case Study: Notpla

Notpla, winners of the Earthshot Prize are a packaging innovator on a mission to replace single-use plastics with seaweed, and plant-based alternatives.

With a growing range of sustainable, plastic-free food containers designed for everything from hot meals to grab-and-go salads, the team reached out to commission a bank of commercial food photography for their B2B marketing and digital campaigns.

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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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Case Study: Kokodoo

Kokodoo are a family-run, award-winning Korean fried chicken concept in London, originating from a popular food truck and now with multiple franchised outlets in Shoreditch, Camberwell, Wimbledon, and a soon-to-be-opened flagship store in Fulham.

As a returning client, they brought me back as their food photographer to update and expand their food photography library for Deliveroo and to produce creative content for thier digital marketing.

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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: 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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