Bridget Jones Diary, Finding Netherland to name a few!

Bridget Jones Diary The Edge of Reason, my food and Christening Cake featured in the film and here are some pictures taken by Gina on the set where it was filmed.I had to create 2 identical fruit cakes, no dummies here! and these were to be used for the christening scenes.The finger food I made and below are pictures from  the scenes when Bridget and Mark Darcy, visit her parents and her mother is having a mid life crisis and has just returned to her husband after leaving him for the jewellery selling television salesman!

  
Wimbledon starring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany I produced the airline scene meals. Some meal trays were for economy class, meat loaf or curry and the seared darne of salmon and duck breast was for business class!


Whilst working in the U.K. I was a Head Chef for a catering company called Champagne and Caviar.

It was there that I met Gina Craig who works as a freelance food stylist for various films and commercial productions. Her company Blue Soup was used by various film producers due to her reputation of good quality food produced for filming.

Food has to be prepared and then cooked and then reheated for consumption, the actors do not pretend to eat it, they really do eat it! The food has to be treated with the utmost care to ensure it is visually at its best the same as when food was made for the commercials.Quantity is an issue as several serves will be needed to complete a scene and for a retake if needed.

At the time I was really excited and pleased of the great opportunity to have my food up on the big screen,all be it thirty seconds at a time! So that is my claim to fame!

I also have catered for HRH Duchess of Wessex ( Eddies wife!) for a luncheon venue and have also cooked for Bob Hoskins and Sir Patrick Moore at the various restaurants where I was Head Chef.

Gina Craig's Testimonial:

Prior to Jackie’s departure to Australia, I dealt with her in a professional capacity for several years after meeting her at Champagne and Caviar Caterers. We worked together for Children in Need as well as other televised programmes.I always found her work to be of a high standard and produced on time. This was very important to me since the tight timescales in the film industry, does not allow for time consuming errors.Over this period of time she provided me, a vast variety of food for props ranging from christening & wedding cakes, canapés/tapas, buffet dishes, Christmas foods and dinner party meals.

Gina Craig
Food Stylist

Children in Need

Is a yearly fund raising event broadcasted by the B.B.C. I was very excited to meet Ainsley Harriott and Anthony Worrall Thompson a wonderful pair of inspiring and talented celebrity chefs. Champagne and Caviar catered for the celebrities, guests and film crew. This was filmed on location in Tunbridge Wells auction house that was broadcast live, no pressure!

Champagne and Caviar also had the catering contract for when Bargain Hunt and The Antiques Road show was filmed in Eastbourne or Tunbridge Wells and I met the lovely Cheap as Chips! David Dickinson, several times.


My food and cakes has been used as both background props and also as a main feature in scenes.

My food has also appeared in the following films:

IRIS
Feature film for Iris Fox Productions, I made a beautiful lobster salad prepared for Kate Winslett .

RENNIE
Television & film commercial for Propaganda Films a heartburn indigestion advert,I made a gammon ham , croquembouche and lots of rich tasting food.(My hubby thought that this was funny as he always says ,before he met me, he never had heartburn! he is so cheeky!)

FINDING NEVERLAND
Feature film for Neverland Films Ltd in the deleted scenes on the DVD you can watch the gorgeous Johnny Depp throwing my vegetables at the children in the out takes of the dinner scenes.

WIMBLEDON
Feature film for Working Title

BEYOND THE EDGE OF REASON (Bridget Jones Diary No 2)
Feature film for Working Title

Silent Cry was another film but it did not make it to the big screeen, straight to DVD!