5 Favourite Eats in The City of London

5 Favourite Eats in The City of London

In November 2021, Leyla Kazim of The Cutlery Chronicles hired me to film a social video for Visit the City of London. Leyla and Phil from Juma Kitchen present five of their favourite places for lunch in the City, London’s financial district.

We filmed it in one day, moving from one restaurant to the next. Each place had its own light, and the food had to look good on the first try, so I worked alone and kept my kit light to keep up with the presenters. I edited and colour graded it as a vertical film for social media.

You can still watch it on Leyla’s Facebook page. That same month, I also filmed Leyla presenting the closing evening of the Italian Embassy’s Italian Cuisine Week.

“He would turn up to locations early just to catch better light and always found the best angles, whether or not I was even there yet.”

— Leyla Kazim, food writer and broadcaster