Sunday Sessions
Sunday Sessions was really born out of a mutual boredom of food tv so often being over polished, over produced, and over edited. What if food was shot with more of a documentary style, no huge teams in the back ground with hair spray and cocktail sticks, and no heavy edits leaving viewers questioning how they witnessed a three hour recipe in 5 minutes.
Created by director George Foote and chef Hasan Semay. The two were introduced by Jamie Oliver, and George took a lot of inspiration from Hasan’s no bullshit approach on Instagram. After some discussions, a lot of pitching, and a successful pilot they shot for Jamie Oliver’s YouTube channel, which gained significant traction, George and Hasan decided to produce their own chop and chat show and build an audience of their own.
Their goal was to keep the program as authentic and straightforward as possible taking inspirations from the single camera Keith Floyd days of food tv, countering the overly stylized and heavily produced food television that had dominated screens for years. They aimed to create something more relatable while still maintaining some fundamental television elements to elevate it above typical internet content.
The response has been overwhelmingly positive, leading to two cookbook deals for Hasan, numerous appearances on Saturday Kitchen and Sunday Brunch, and most impressively, the host spot on BBC’s MasterChef Juniors. Additionally, Sunday Sessions has developed a loyal fan base and garnered over 2.5 million views.
Created by George Foote & Hasan Semay
Production company: Chop House Films Ltd
TALENT – Hasan Semay
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER – George Foote
MOTION GRAPHICS – Alice Roseberry-Haynes
KIT – S+O Media
MUSIC – Marcus Allard, Zack Marshall, Seth David, Drew Dutoit
