Background
Taking Proud to be a Chef beyond Melbourne
Fonterra’s Proud to be a Chef program helps apprentice chefs build their skills through education, mentoring and industry experience.
Dream Engine partnered with James Phillip Design to stream a series of cooking demonstrations from Fonterra’s head office in Richmond. Melbourne chefs demonstrated recipes, shared techniques and spoke about their experience with apprentice chefs joining online from across Australia.
The challenge
Showing every step live
Cooking demonstrations move quickly. Chefs work across the kitchen, several dishes may be underway at once, and viewers need to see both the presenter and the detail of each technique.
Because the sessions were live, we couldn’t fix a missed angle or unclear sound in the edit. Our team had to manage camera changes and audio throughout each demonstration.
The action
Covering the kitchen with three cameras
We designed a three-camera production around the demonstrations.
A wide shot showed the kitchen while the other cameras followed the chefs and captured close-ups of ingredients, techniques and finished dishes. Our team switched between those angles live as the chefs moved through each recipe.
Professional audio helped viewers hear the presenters in the busy kitchen. We streamed the sessions through BigMarker. Find out more about our live streaming services.
The action
Letting the chefs focus on cooking
Dream Engine managed the cameras, live switching, audio and stream while working alongside James Phillip Design.
That left the chefs free to present naturally, answer questions and focus on the demonstrations.
The result
Apprentice chefs could join from across Australia
The live broadcasts gave apprentice chefs access to the demonstrations without travelling to Melbourne.
Participants could follow each demonstration in real time, watch each technique up close and ask questions during the sessions.
Client feedback
What James Phillip Creative said about the live stream
Dream Engine are an excellent team to work with. They were all highly professional and thorough in the run-up to our event, and the live stream itself was seamless. I’d highly recommend them.
Taking a cooking demonstration online?
We can plan and run the cameras, sound, switching and stream so your presenters can focus on the audience.
Ryan Spanger is the founder and managing director of Dream Engine, a Melbourne video production company established in 2002. Over the past two decades, he’s produced hundreds of videos for businesses, government departments, universities and healthcare organisations across Australia. Ryan specialises in helping organisations explain complex ideas through clear, engaging video content, with particular experience in corporate communications, training and education.
