Food competition shows are notoriously action-packed and high energy. Crafting both Beat Bobby Flay and BBQ Brawl: Flay v Symon, which feature the most creative and revered chefs around competing with or alongside celebrity chef Bobby Flay, require focused food story-telling and sharp research skills. Whip It Up, a baking-competition pilot by ITV America, aimed to turn side-hustle bakers into fledged baking business owners.
Jess’s title on all these shows was story producer.
Jess managed the story and schedule for 7 episodes of Beat Bobby Flay over its 24 seasons.
On BBQ Brawl: Flay v Symon, a first season BBQ competition, she post-produced the 3rd of the 4-episode season. Due to a shortened edit schedule, Jess both edited and built GFX for the episode in order to hit deadlines.
Post production on the pilot for Whip It Up was in progress when Jess was hired to streamline story and inject more character into the episode alongside an editor working remotely.