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Urban Foodie Kitchen / Kathryn Rudey
she/herFood Photography + Recipe DevelopmentFreelancePart-timeRemoteContent CreationFood PhotographyFood StylingRecipe Development
Location: Denver, ColoradoExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English -
BakeFresh / Nadia TariqBakeFresh /
she/herFood Blog, Food Stylist and PhotographerFreelancePart-timeRemoteBlog WritingFood PhotographyFood VideographyRecipe DevelopmentSEO ResearchNadia is a highly skilled pastry chef with over 10 years of experience in creating beautifully customized theme cakes. Her passion for baking and culinary artistry is evident in the delightful creations she brings to life. As a dedicated food blogger at www.bakefresh.net, she shares her expertise and love for pastries with the world, inspiring baking enthusiasts to explore their creativity in the kitchen.
Nadia’s expertise in pastry arts extends beyond baking; she also excels as a passionate food photographer, skillfully capturing the essence and beauty of her delectable creations.
Location: Riyadh, KSAExperience: 10+ YearsLanguage: English, Urdu, Arabic -
Shyanne Reynolds Copywriting / Shyanne Reynolds
she/herFood Blog Writer and Social Media ManagerFreelanceFull-timeRemoteBlog WritingInstagram ManagementPinterest ManagementSEO ResearchShyanne Reynolds is an experienced copywriter with seven years of writing experience. She has an English degree with a minor in nutrition, lending her detailed knowledge of food and cooking. With her team, she is able to bring blog posts to life with tantalizing copy and boost your social media with proven strategies and a hands-on approach that removes tasks from your plate.
Location: Salt Lake City, UTExperience: 7 YearsLanguage: English -
Sam Wangberg Creative / Samantha Wangberg
she/herFood StylingFreelanceContractIn-PersonFood StylingProp StylingRecipe DevelopmentSam has been a professional food stylist for nearly 3 years. She has worked with brands such as Whirlpool, Kings Hawaiian, American Girl Doll, Citrus Pear, LifeVantage, and Downeast Home in the photography world as well as featured in movies and television shows such as The Chosen and Mythica. She loves collaborating with photographers, clients ,and stylists to create the right mood and aesthetic for each recipe and experience.
Her hope one day is to be a food storyteller bringing words, food, and world experience together for the ultimate sensory satisfaction.
Location: Salt Lake City, UTExperience: 3 YearsLanguage: English -
Blend Content / Amy Tandiko
she/herContent Creator and Image Selection Specialist for Food BloggersAgencyContractRemoteLogo and Branding DesignSemantic SEO and Keyword-based WritingSEO-Based Image SelectionSocial Media Content CreationAmy Tandiko is a content creator who specializes in employing little-known SEO strategies for your food blog graphics. Blending creativity with research, she’s learned that successful image selection for your food blog posts and social media accounts goes well beyond choosing the ‘prettiest image.’
If you’re not sure how to choose the best images for your posts, struggling to keep up with making social media graphics, or want more conversions from Google, Amy’s company, ‘Blend Content,’ can help you finally see success.
Also offered: SEO blog post writing and re-writing, branding, custom printables, and graphics.
Location: Calgary, AlbertaExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English -
Crisp and Crumble / Margo Gothe
she/herFood WritingFreelanceContractRemoteFood PhotographyGhostwritingRecipe DevelopmentSEOMargo Gothelf is a food content and SEO writer. As a self-taught cook and baker, Margo is eager to take your recipe and turn it into a story to share with others.s
Location: New York, NYExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English -
Joy to the Food / Mika Kinney
she/herFood videographer, recipe developer, keyword research expert, and ghost writerFreelanceContractRemoteFood PhotographyFood VideosGhostwritingKeyword ResearchRecipe DevelopmentMika Kinney is the passionate and energetic photographer, recipe developer, and expert taste tester at Joy to the Food, a healthy and nutritious food blog! She has always loved cooking and experimenting in the kitchen but started the blog as a hobby while working in as an Engineer and is now a full-time food blogger, specializing in recipe development and food photography. You can often find Mika doing her ‘happy food dance’ as she eats a recipes she created or enjoys a meal at a new food establishment. Mika uses her own history food restrictions and allergies to think outside the box when developing fun, healthy, and energy giving food!
Location: Minneapolis, MNExperience: 3 YearsLanguage: English -
Savory Spin / Shashi Charles
she/herFood Photographer, Recipe Developer, Casting ManagerFreelanceContractRemoteFood PhotographyFood WritingInfluencer ManagementRecipe DevelopmentShashi has been a food photographer and recipe developer for over 10 years. Her clients include Fage, Premier Protein, Quaker Oats, and MorningStar Farms, to name a few. Her recipes and photographs have been featured on Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, The Kitchen, Taste of Home, Chow Hound, Brit and Co, Hello Giggles, Parade, Diabetes Strong, and Food Fanatic.
Location: Atlanta, GAExperience: 10 YearsLanguage: English -
When Salty and Sweet Unite, LLC / Kristina Cadelina
she/herFood Photography, Recipe Development, VideoFreelanceFull-timeRemoteFood StylingPhotographyRecipe DevelopmentVideo ContentWhen Salty and Sweet Unite is a food photography business dedicated to helping food brands with their marketing needs. Kristina understands that in today’s digital age, food presentation and social presence plays a vital role in enticing an audience to either use or buy a product. Her creative and food photography skills along with her passion for cooking help deliver captivating images and recipes that make taste buds tingle and leave a lasting impression. Kristina prides herself with working closely with clients to figure out what their unique marketing needs are. With her artistic eye, she strives to capture textures, colors and the finer details of a prepared dish or ingredient to help tell a story.
Location: Des Moines, WAExperience: 1 YearLanguage: English -
Lindsay Humes / Lindsay Humes
she/herWordPress Developer & Brand DesignerStudioFull-TimeRemoteGraphic DesignUser ExperienceWeb DesignWordPress DevelopmentLindsay Humes is a designer and WordPress developer who creates user-friendly experiences for high-traffic websites. Employing a variety of data-driven evidence, Lindsay applies intuitive design practices to help content creators construct and grow their brands through bespoke brand identity design, intuitive web design, and strategy-driven creative consulting. As a WordPress developer, she codes each project personally, ensuring her clients have a high-powered WordPress theme that follows best practices – SEO-friendly, fast, passing Core Web Vitals, meeting accessibility standards, and utilizing dynamic WordPress blocks.
Location: Austin, TXExperience: 10+ YearsLanguage: English -
Shawna Clapper Media LLC / Shawna Clapper
she/herFood photographer, videographer, recipe developer (vegan/vegetarian recipes only)FreelanceContractRemoteFood PhotographyFood VideographyRecipe DevelopmentStop Motion AnimationShawna is a mom to 3 girls, loves creating delicious recipes and photographs them beautifully! Her goal is to always take photos of food that helps the viewer be able to taste the recipe before they even head to the store for the ingredients. She also runs her own vegan food blog, so she knows food blogs from both sides, as a blogger herself, and as a photographer/videographer.
Location: Citrus Springs, FLExperience: 6 YearsLanguage: English -
Lesswithlaur / Lauren Less
she/herRecipe creator and food bloggerFreelanceContractRemoteBloggingContent CreationFood PhotographyRecipe DevelopmentLauren Less is the recipe and content creator, food blogger and writer behind Lesswithlaur. Combining her passions for food and helping others, she has created a space people can visit for allergy-friendly recipes and chronic illness support. After being diagnosed with food allergies and chronic illness, Lauren was forced to change her eating habits and lifestyle. She enjoys sharing her allergy-friendly and healthy creations with the world!
Location: ChicagoExperience: 4 yearsLanguage: English -
Simplement Frais / Carol Ann Fugere
she/herFood PhotographerFreelancePart-timeRemoteDigital MarketingFood PhotographyRecipe DevelopmentSocial Media Content CreationCarol Ann is a talented food photographer, commercial photographer and digital marketing specialist.
She is here to bring your food to life and help you find your unique voice and visual style by taking your food photography to the next level.
Contact her! She’d love the opportunity to work with you.
Location: Lyon, FranceExperience: 3 YearsLanguage: French, English -
Shauna Contois LLC / Shauna Contois
she/herFood Photographer & Content StrategistFreelancerContractRemoteFood PhotographyFood StylingRecipe DevelopmentShauna is a food photographer and content strategist located in Rochester, NY. After getting her degree in Culinary Arts and working nearly 10 years in various restaurants, bakeries, and one of country’s biggest grocery stores, she pursued a second degree and later a career in digital marketing to work with small businesses. Fast forward 5 years of consulting, Shauna’s now back in the kitchen (camera in hand!) to help food and beverage brands create mouthwatering imagery and strategy-led content.
Shauna specializes in food photography, food styling, flatlay and product photography, short form video, recipe development, and content strategy.
Location: Rochester, NYExperience: 12 YearsLanguage: English -
Caro Jensen / Caro Jensen
she/herVideographer & PhotographerFreelanceContractRemoteCoffee/Drink VideosFood VideographyAre you keen to add videos and fresh photos to your food blog and social media channels but you simply don’t have the time to do it all?
Caro can create professional and on-brand recipe videos and photos for you to help grow your food blog faster. Whether you prefer immersive “hands-in-pans” videos, detailed step-by-step edits, or engaging shorter videos tailored to social media platforms, Caro has the expertise to deliver on-brand results.
Location: Auckland, New ZealandExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English, German -
Jenron Designs / Jennifer Gainer
she/herHome Design, Lifestyle & Inspiration BlogFreelancerFull-timeRemoteFloral DesignerInterior DesignI am an interior designer, that chose to become a floral designer many years ago, and just a side of faux finish artist mixed in to be certified. I love animals, nature and all things beautiful. I wanted to start a blog, to share easy to accomplish DIY projects for our home, located in the foothills of the mountains. I also love sharing innovative new and current home trends, handy gardening tips, semi-homemade recipes for entertaining, party tips and creative craft ideas. You will also get to experience a lot of my floral design along the way as well, but feel free to drop by my sister site of, Butterfly Landings, to see more of my wedding designs and special event floral work.
Location: Atlanta, GAExperience: 23Language: English -
Cooks with Soul / Krysten and Marrekus Wilkes
they/themFood Photography & Recipe DevelopmentFreelanceContractRemoteFood PhotographyRecipe DevelopmentTechnical WritingMarrekus and Krysten of Cooks with Soul are husband and wife recipe developers, food photographers, and technical writers. They have partnered with dozens of brands and their work has been featured online and in print. Marrekus specializes in developing southern and soul food cuisine, coastal dishes, and outdoor cooking including smoker and grill recipes. Krysten runs the photography studio and shoots with natural and artificial light and a range of special equipment and props.
Location: Baltimore, MDExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English -
Thank You Berry Much / Emily Wise
she/herFood Photography, Food Videography, & Recipe DevelopmentFreelanceFull-timeRemoteFood PhotographyFood VideographyPhoto EditingRecipe DevelopmentVideo EditingEmily Wise is an award-winning designer turned food photographer from the U.S.
With years of experience working as a designer for brands like Disney, GE Appliances, and Cafe Appliances, she brings a unique perspective and understands how to create visually stunning content that effectively communicates a brand’s message. This expertise has allowed her to approach food photography not only as an art form but also as a strategic tool for marketing and branding.
She is the food photographer, videographer, and content creator behind her popular vegan food blog, Thank You Berry Much, which she founded in 2020. She currently works with bloggers, small businesses, and larger brands.
Location: Charlotte, NCExperience: 3 YearsLanguage: English -
Sweet New Roots, LLC / Cortney Sparkman
she/herFeature Writer + Editor, Ghostwriter, & PhotographerFreelanceFull-timeRemoteContent CreationFeature + Food WritingFood PhotographyProduct PhotographyRecipe DevelopmentCortney Sparkman is the Founder of Sweet New Roots, LLC, which focuses on plant-forward recipe development and education that encourages readers to consider what they eat, where their food comes from, and why it matters.
As a former magazine editor turned executive communicator, Cortney brings a unique perspective to storytelling. Her personal bylines as well as ghostwriting on behalf of clients have appeared in a diverse range of top-tier media, including Asian Geographic, the Austin-American Statesman, Forbes, D Magazine, and USA Today. A full list of clients and published works are listed at SweetNewRoots.com.
Cortney has a Bachelor of Science in News-Editorial Journalism from Texas Christian University, an MBA from Dallas Baptist University, and a professional certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University in conjunction with the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.
Location: Atlanta, GAExperience: 15+ YearsLanguage: English -
halfsoursav / Savannah Keyser
she/herFood Photography, Recipe Development & Content CreationFreelanceContractRemoteEditingFood PhotographyRecipe DevelopmentRecipe TestingUGC CreationTampa, FL based food photographer, recipe developer, & content creator with a culinary background and experience in the kitchens of restaurants and bakeries across the country. A lover of food as a whole, Savannah started cooking and baking beside her mother before the time she could even see over the kitchen counter. She started developing recipes and photographing food in her teen years for fun. Savannah earned a B.S. in Restaurant and Foodservice Management while working in restaurants and eventually as a cake decorator full-time, where she also worked as their in-house photographer and social media manager. Savannah is a skilled and experienced food creator who is passionate about creating a product that her clients and their fans will love equally.
Location: Tampa, FLExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English -
Foodie Studios / Johan Grundlig
he/himFood Videographer & PhotographerStudioContractRemoteAttention to DetailCommunicationConstantly Learning and Keeping Up-to-Date with the Latest Industry Trends and Techniques.Creative vision and art direction for food photography and videography projects.EditingExperience in Collaborating with International Clients and TeamsExpertise in Using Professional Camera EquipmentFood StylingLightingProject ManagementTeam ManagementUnderstanding of Social Media Platforms and Marketing Strategies for Food ContentJohan is a passionate food videographer and photographer with a keen eye for detail. As the founder of Foodie Studios, he leads a team that provides top-quality videography and photography services to clients all over the world. Whether you need a food video for your social media channels or an ad network on your blog, Johan has got you covered. With years of experience in the industry, Johan has a wealth of knowledge that he brings to every project. From selecting the right lighting and angles to capturing the essence of your brand, he knows exactly how to make your food shine on camera. With a commitment to excellence and a dedication to his craft, Johan and his team at Foodie Studios are ready to take your food visuals to the next level.
Location: Pretoria, South AfricaExperience: 5 YearsLanguage: English -
Edible Photography Studios / Constance Ross
she/herFood Photographer, Restaurant Photographer, & ChefFreelanceContractOtherFood and Beverage PhotographyProduct PhotographyRestaurant PhotographyWith a background in the restaurant business and the arts, Constance has created Edible Photography Studios. Constance has a diverse history in the hospitality business, as well as restaurant ownership, so she completely understands culinary terms and practices. Creating recipes is always up for potential discussion but her primary focus is photography.
Location: Ellensburg, WAExperience: 20 YearsLanguage: English -
Whitney Hemmer / Whitney Hemmer
she/herRecipe Testing, Content Creator, & Content EditorFreelancePart-timeRemoteContent CreationEditingMedia TrainingPrint Media and PublicationRecipe DevelopmentVideo Planning and ExecutionWhitney has been a corporate dietitian for over 12 years. Her focus has been on recipe development, print media, video, and community engagement. She recently developed a cookbook sold at her retailer featuring unique recipes, nutrition information, and helpful hints- she would love to help you test and develop recipes for your brand!
Location: Des Moines, IAExperience: 12 YearsLanguage: English -
Delivered Agency / Stephanie Loaiza
she/herFull Service Email Marketing AgencyAgencyContractRemoteCopywritingEmail AutomationsList GrowthStrategyThe premier, full-service marketing agency for creatives. With over 10 years of industry experience, both as an influencer and creating a strategy for hundreds of thousands of emails, Delivered Agency knows how to help creators like you leverage email marketing to achieve your goals – whether you’re looking to increase traffic, build a flourishing community, or you’re ready to stop relying so heavily on social media to sell. Delivered Agency wants you to keep creating, and they’ll take care of the automating.
Location: Moorpark, CAExperience: 10+ YearsLanguage: English