Naomi is a Food Stylist, Assistant Food Stylist and Recipe Developer.
Her passion for food began over 15 years ago when she trained at Ballymaloe Cookery School.
She then honed her skills in commercial kitchens across California, Boston, and Ireland, including Chez Panisse in Berkeley under chefs Cal Peternell and Beth Wells, as well as Oleana Restaurant in Cambridge, MA, under chef-owner Ana Sortun and chef Cassie Piuma. She also gained experience as a pastry chef under chef Maura Kilpatrick.
This strong culinary foundation led her to work as a recipe developer and home economist for the award-winning Irish food brand, The Happy Pear. She played a key role in developing and testing recipes for best-selling cookbooks, online cooking courses and award-winning food products.
As Lead Food Stylist at Zahra Media, she developed, cooked, wrote and styled recipes for a variety of FMCG brands and Ireland’s #1 food magazine, Easy Food.
She brings a wealth of experience to food styling, transforming your food stories and concepts into stunning visuals; from brief to shoot.