FOODSERVICE MANUFACTURER SERVICES

  • A white table with brainstorming notes and photos about food and meal ideas. Handwritten notes include 'What could we create?', 'Consumer insights,' 'Trends,' 'Ideas,' 'Concepts,' and 'Possibilities.' There are photos of prepared dishes like sliders, salads, and street food bowls. Sticky notes and a notebook with sketches and text about flavor innovation and global flavor trends.

    Blue Sky Ideation

    Explore trends, flavors and unmet needs to uncover bold new product opportunities.

  • A diagram with food images and notes on innovation and product development, including plant-based sauces, dips, protein patties, soups, and bowls, surrounded by sticky notes about trends and consumer needs.

    Capability-Based Innovation

    Unlock new revenue opportunities by identifying products your existing manufacturing capabilities can produce.

  • Chef working on plated food samples in a professional kitchen with a whiteboard and notes about food concepts and development behind him.

    Sample Creation

    Bring ideas to life with proof-of-concept, gold-standard and customer-ready samples that help move opportunities forward.

  • Chef decorating plates of gourmet salad with microgreens and radishes in a professional kitchen.

    Concept Development

    Transform opportunities into differentiated culinary concepts designed around your product, customer and sales objectives.

  • A chef preparing a salad at a culinary development station with a visual storyboard showing steps for making a Philly cheesesteak sandwich. The station has various ingredients, a notebook with sketches, and plated food items.

    Application Development

    Showcase your products in relevant, trend-forward applications that inspire customers and create new sales opportunities.

  • A chef in a white shirt and black apron is garnishing a plated dish with microgreens in a professional kitchen. The workspace includes bowls of ingredients, a notebook with recipe notes, and printed dish photos.

    Recipe Development

    Create craveable, repeatable recipes designed for real-world foodservice execution.

  • A camera filming a plate of pasta with cherry tomatoes, basil, and grated cheese on a dark countertop, with ingredients and a recipe sheet nearby.

    Photography

    Create crave-worthy imagery that makes your products and applications impossible to overlook.

  • A chef in a white shirt and black apron is plating a colorful dish in a professional kitchen, with a camera recording the process.

    VIDEOGRAPHY

    Bring products, applications and culinary stories to life through engaging video content.

  • A person working on a graphic design project for a restaurant menu at a desk. The workspace includes a laptop, printed menu layout, a smartphone displaying the restaurant's Instagram page, a camera, and notes with ideas for the campaign. The menu features a Caesar salad with crispy calamari.

    Presentation Development

    Transform culinary ideas and insights into polished, persuasive presentations built to engage customers and support the sale.

  • Chef in a professional kitchen preparing fried food on a baking sheet, with a digital timer showing 12:30, and a whiteboard with cook and hold times in the background.

    Back-of-House Product Optimization

    Adapt products for easier execution, greater consistency and stronger operator value.

  • A man in a black chef coat demonstrates a rustic Caesar salad to a group of people in a meeting room, with a large screen showing an image and description of the same salad.

    Chef-Led Sales Presentations

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  • Chef demonstrating rustic Caesar salad to group of attendees at a food trade show.

    Trade Show Culinary Showcase

    Turn your booth into a culinary experience with live applications designed to attract, engage and generate meaningful sales conversations.

RETAIL & CLUB STORE SUPPLIER SERVICES

  • A chef in a white coat examining spices and ingredients on a kitchen counter, with jars of spices, garlic, ginger, and a green apple, along with notebooks and flavor charts on the table.

    TREND & FLAVOR DISCOVERY

    Identify emerging flavors, consumer behaviors and retail trends with the greatest potential for your capabilities and customers.

  • A man in a white chef's coat and black apron sketches food concepts at a cluttered work table with sushi rolls, jars of ingredients, and notes about food development and flavor ideas. A whiteboard with a flowchart, sticky notes, and consumer insights is in the background.

    IDEATION & CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

    Translate the strongest opportunities into differentiated product concepts grounded in your manufacturing capabilities.

  • A chef working on food presentation at a testing and development station, with plates of breaded bites, flavoring ingredients, a camera, and notes on prototype development and evaluation on the table.

    SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT & PROOF OF CONCEPT

    Bring the idea to life through chef-developed prototypes that establish the product vision, flavor and experience.

  • A man in a white chef's coat and black apron preparing a mixture in a stainless steel mixing bowl on a kitchen counter. Various spices and ingredients like garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and black pepper are labeled in jars on the counter. A digital scale shows 36.2 grams, and a whiteboard in the background displays notes for a new retail product development, including flavor, function, taste, texture, and other characteristics.

    PRODUCTION-READY FORMULAS GENERATION

    Refine and finalize the formula around ingredients, process, cost and production requirements—readying the concept for commercialization.

RESTAURANT SERVICES

  • A camera capturing a plated steak with asparagus and garlic on a wooden table, accompanied by a cocktail, a Mojito, and a red wine drink in a restaurant setting.

    Professional Photography

    Capture the food, drinks, atmosphere and details that visually define the restaurant.

  • A chef in a black apron garnishes a plated dish while being filmed by a videographer with a camera. The camera captures the chef's activity, focusing on the expertly prepared meal. In the foreground, a cocktail with a dried citrus slice decoration is on the bar counter.

    Restaurant Videography

    Create short-form video showcasing the restaurant experience, signature dishes, cocktails, kitchen action and atmosphere.

  • Exterior view of Timber & Vine restaurant at sunset, with outdoor dining area illuminated by string lights and people enjoying dinner, aerial view of parking lot and surrounding neighborhood at dusk.

    Exterior + Drone Content

    Capture the location, exterior, patio and surrounding environment to establish a strong sense of place.

  • People celebrating with glasses of red wine at a restaurant with large windows and busy atmosphere.

    Guest Experience Content

    Document the restaurant during service—energy, celebrations, dining occasions and the overall experience guests can expect.

  • A bartender speaking to a customer at a bar, with a camera recording the interaction and bottles of alcohol and garnishes on the bar counter.

    Signature Dish & Cocktail Stories

    Show the preparation, ingredients and people behind the restaurant's most distinctive menu items.

  • A male chef being filmed in a restaurant kitchen, holding a fork and gesturing while explaining a dish. The chef is wearing a white chef's coat and a black apron, with kitchen equipment and ingredients around him.

    Chef, Owner & Team Features

    Create photography, interviews and short-form video that introduce the personalities behind the restaurant.

  • A chef being interviewed outside a restaurant called Oak + Ember Kitchen. The chef is speaking and gesturing with his hands, while a person recorded him with a camera. The restaurant has outdoor seating with customers and a sign displaying the restaurant's name.

    Restaurant Storytelling

    Develop content around the restaurant's history, philosophy, ingredients, suppliers, traditions and points of differentiation.

  • A person working at a desk with two screens displaying food and restaurant photos, a camera, a notebook with a content plan, a black mug labeled 'OAK+EMBER KITCHEN,' and small containers labeled 'PHOTOS,' 'VIDEOS,' 'RAW FOOTAGE'.

    Content Library Development

    Build an organized collection of professional photography and video the restaurant can continuously use across social, web, advertising and promotions.

  • Person looking at a computer screen displaying a social media content plan for Oak + Ember Kitchen, with various food and event images. They also hold a phone showing the restaurant's Instagram profile.

    Social Media Content Development

    Turn captured assets into restaurant-focused social content designed around dishes, experiences, occasions and promotions.

  • A person holds a smartphone displaying an Instagram post about a weekend brunch at Oak & Ember Kitchen, with a picture of scallops garnished with sauce and greens. In the background, a laptop screen shows Facebook ad campaign data for the same brunch event, including performance metrics and audience details. On the table, there is a black mug with the kitchen's logo, a notebook with social media strategy notes, and a pen.

    Paid Social Advertising

    Identify the strongest content and place it in front of targeted potential guests through Instagram and Facebook advertising.

  • A workspace with a laptop displaying a content calendar with food, drinks, and music photos, a social media plan with themes and content ideas, a smartphone showing an Instagram profile, a mug with motivational text, photographs, a notepad with to-do list, and a person's hand writing in a notebook.

    Campaign Direction

    Develop campaigns around seasonal occasions, signature dishes, events, LTOs, holidays and other reasons to visit.

  • A person holding a smartphone with an Instagram post for a weekend brunch event, showing a plated dish, and a laptop displaying performance insights analytics dashboard, a notebook with key takeaways and next steps, and a mug labeled "OAK + EMBER KITCHEN" on a wooden table.

    Performance Insights

    Track what content and campaigns generate the strongest response and use those insights to guide future content.

  • Group of six people having a meeting at a restaurant table reviewing a menu and brainstorming ideas for a new menu. There are photos of dishes and drinks, notebooks, and notes on the table, with a chalkboard in the background listing culinary trends, seasonal ingredients, and positioning concepts.

    Menu & LTO Ideation

    Use culinary trends, seasonality and restaurant positioning to identify new menu opportunities.

  • A chef plating a gourmet dish in a professional kitchen with recipe notes, a salad, and a whiteboard with concept development and recipe ideas nearby.

    Concept & Recipe Development

    Chef-developed menu concepts designed around the restaurant's operation, customer and brand.

  • Group of six people discussing restaurant concept sketches and plans at a wooden table with menus, photos, and design materials, in a cozy restaurant setting with a blackboard in the background.

    New Restaurant Concept Development

    Turn new restaurant ideas into clearly defined concepts built around the food, guest experience, brand and operational vision.