Delighted to be DOP on Richard Chaney’s latest TV ads for Lidl and Ad agency Chemistry. We combined stop motion with live action on two 30 sec ads , Lent and Easter. 

On Friday of this Week Our Film SlowBerry will show at the New York Food Film Festival. 

We sent over our recipe for the SlowBerry Tarts created  by Annemarie to the New York Food Film Festival, where they will make them for guests of the film to eat on the night. 

SlowBerry / BlackBerry and Almond Tartlets Makes 4 Ingredients Pastry
250g (10oz) Butter
100g (4oz) Caster Sugar 2 Eggs
350g (14oz) Plain Flour Frangipane
100g (4oz) Butter
100g (4oz) Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
100g (4oz) Ground Almonds 300g (12oz) Blackberries 150g (6oz) Blackberry Jam 50(2oz) Flaked Almonds 1. Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees C / Gas mark 3 Make the sweet pastry by beating together the butter and sugar until smooth, then adding the eggs.
Mix until combined and add the flour. Knead the pastry until smooth, then place in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes . 2. To make the Frangipane, beat the butter and sugar together until smooth then add the eggs and mix well.
Add the ground almonds and beat until smooth. 3. To assemble the tart, remove the pastry from the fridge and roll out on a floured surface, big enough to cover the base and sides of a 10 inch cake tin or 4x3 inch cake tins.
trim any loose edges. 4. Spread the Blackberry jam evenly across the bottom of the pastry, then spread the frangipane on top. Finally scatter the blackberries on top and sprinkle over with the flaked almonds.
Bake in a pre - heated oven for 45 minutes. 5. Serve with Vanilla Creme Anglaise Ingredients:
Makes 800ml / 1.5 Pints 1 pint full fat milk / 500ml 7 egg yokes
150g (6oz) castor Sugar 1 Vanilla pod.   

Thanks to  Anne Marie Tobin, food stylist, Kyle Tunney assistant DOP , Jade Lynch Frasers, Film Equipment Hire Dublin.

Other Films on the night include : Films: Cocolo Ramen, Choco Thriller, Fork and Beans: Gluten-Free Moon Pie, La Botanique des Amours, Pasta with ratatouille, Ravioli Perfection, Rosemary Gin Smash, Slowberry, The Cut 

Our Film Slow Berry has been selected for the 3rd Annual Charleston Food Film Festival and has also been selected for New York Food Film Festival 2015.

 The multisensory, ever-entertaining food and film experience where guests get to taste what they see on the screen as they watch—The Food Film Festival—heads back to Charleston for its third year on November 11-13, 2015 at The Cedar Room. Unlike most food festivals, the main focus is a series of food and beverage based films that are selected after an intense screening process. The Festival’s selected films are judged by a panel of esteemed professionals and awards are presented to winners in a variety of categories. Local and national chefs, beverage professionals, and artisans are paired with each film to bring the content to life. The event benefits local culinary organizations Grow Food Carolina and Slow Food Charleston. The three-day festival kicks off with an exclusive opening night screening of the World Premiere of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown - Charleston, presented by CNN and continues throughout the next two days with a wide-array of films from around the world Our Film Slow Berry will slow in New York on 24th October.