The Fearless Chef
Drone · Timelapse · Stills photography · Additional camera
Wildbeast Productions · National Geographic · Channel 4
I covered all the drone work, time lapses, stills photography, and additional camera work across ten episodes and ten countries of The Fearless Chef (also broadcast as Extreme Chef) — the National Geographic and Channel 4 adventure cooking series with presenter Kiran Jethwa.
The brief on commercial work like this is a multi-tool offer: drone-pilot one minute, timelapse-rigger the next, stills photographer for the production assets the third, additional camera operator when the schedule called for it. The series intercut location-establishing aerial with documentary-style ground coverage of the cooking, across ten countries on the shoot schedule.
What the directors said
Both the presenter (Kiran Jethwa) and the director (Tom Whitworth) wrote testimonials on the work — the full quotes are in the carousel on the homepage. The headline from Whitworth: “footage that was inherently cinematic. His work ethic is unparalleled too. I would highly recommend him!”
What the client said
I've had the pleasure of working with Barny over the course of a ten part x 1hr/30min adventure cooking series, "The Fearless Chef/Extreme Chef" for National Geographic and Channel 4. He is an incredibly gifted and impressive drone pilot as well as timelapse and aerial photographer, who would always go the extra yard for the perfect shot. The series was far richer for his contributions, allowing us to widen the scope of our locations and material, and providing the edit with footage that was inherently cinematic. His work ethic is unparalleled too. I would highly recommend him!
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