Food styling, recipe development and consulting.
SERVICES
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Food Styling
Need great food photos and videos for social media and all other marketing channels?
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I specialize in photo and video-ready sweets and savories highlighting your product and capturing the essence of your brand.
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Recipe and Product Development
I have expert skill in creating recipes, products or menus based on your desired results and specifications.
Do you rep a brand and need recipes to inspire your customers? Are you a food manufacturer in need of a specialty skill? Are you looking to develop or update your menu offerings, but don't know where to begin? I've got you covered for all of your projects -- big and small.
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Pastry Consulting
Are you looking for consistency, organization and cost-saving techniques in your pastry kitchen?
Sometimes production needs to be reorganized to create efficiencies and economies of scale to decrease payroll.
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Other times, staff needs to be (re)trained to consistently deliver what you want. A well-trained staff can lead to both lower labor AND food costs.
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I can also implement cost-saving techniques such as inventory management and proper sales forecasting to reduce waste and save you money.
ABOUT
Sweet Bee founder Jessica Ellington is an Executive Pastry Chef with a decade of experience at some of Chicago’s top restaurants, restaurant groups and bakeries.
After she graduated from DePaul University, Jessica pursued a career in marketing, but realized her heart was in the kitchen. After a few years, she decided to attend culinary school at the world-class French Pastry School in Chicago.
Jessica crafts modern American desserts using seasonal ingredients and classic techniques. She enjoys casting new light on familiar favorites, hitting a sweet spot with desserts that are both recognizable and revelatory. She’ll confess that baking chocolate chip cookies is her first love – she’s been using the same family recipe for nearly 30 years.
Jessica combined her passion for pastry and mind for business to create Sweet Bee in 2018.
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CONTACT
We'd love to hear from you!
Set up a consultation or ask a question
by filling out the below form or giving us
a call at 847-828-4812.
