Michelle Smith

Met with producers and execs to review recipes, create original content and enhance story lines. Managed budget/scheduling of deliverables. Created recipe/menu plans, shop lists, equipment lists. Managed culinary stage for all contestants. Food stylist for beauty shots. Sourcing of tradeouts through strategic brand and product placement.

Managed/trained contestants during polish camp. Worked with producers and execs to solidify contestants, talking points, and food action scripts, worked directly with contestants to execute recipes according to story line. Managed culinary budget, shop lists and deliverables. Worked with contestants to update recipes including food styling for beauty shots.

Secured tradeouts, managed culinary budget and developed and executed recipes, worked with producers to research talking points, and food action scripts and worked directly with on air talent to execute recipes according to story line and exec notes. Food stylist for beauty shots for 13 episodes of reality TV food show.

Met with producers and applicable departments to review recipes, create original content and enhance story lines. Managed budget/scheduling of deliverables. Help create “Beat-sheets” for story producers checklist of cooking points. Created recipe/menu plans, shop lists, equipment lists for 10 episodes. Sourcing of tradeouts through strategic brand and product placement.

On camera lead chef in charge of supervising and executing all aspects of recipe production. From prep to service to diners for each episode. On camera chef for digital “how to videos” in line with each episode’s theme to air with and promote each corresponding episode.

Creating recipe/menu plans, shop lists and equipment lists for episodes. Sourcing of tradeouts and managing vendors. Created “One-sheets” food breakdown of cooking points. Planned & designed set décor to coincide with each episode for challenge or overall theme. Researching and developing content, segment/challenge ideas, writing scripts for digital.

Facilitation and scheduling of lifestyle images as well as all aspects of food styling for shoots. Production manager/producer for category/product specific videos and food styling during shoot. Present and execute creative ideas in line with current food trends and translate them to exciting and appealing recipes for products.

Planned, executed & styled set décor, ingredients and dressing to coincide with video. Design & execution of beauty images as well as all aspects of food styling for shoot.