Olwen Phillips

About Olwen Phillips

Hi, I\'m Olwen - welcome to my LinkedIn! I’m a recipe developer, food stylist, culinary producer, editor, and writer with 10+ years of experience creating craveable, technique-driven recipes that resonate with home cooks. My work lives at the intersection of food media and content strategy. I’m passionate about telling stories through food, translating culinary expertise into approachable content, and connecting with audiences through video, editorial, and social platforms. I’m currently based in NYC and always open to new collaborations in the food and media space.

Experience

1. Senior Recipe Developer

   HelloFresh

   Jan 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Serve as a key team leader, supporting team growth and editorial excellence by mentoring junior team members, onboarding new hires, and contributing to hiring decisions, helping to cultivate a thoughtful, collaborative, and high-standard recipe development teamDevelop, cross test, and thoroughly document 20-25 compelling original recipes per month that support customer demand and adhere to the style and tone of each individual brand under the HelloFresh umbrella, translating culinary knowledge into actionable recipes geared towards home cooksCollaborate with the Social Media Team to pitch and create recipe content connected to social and TikTok video, requiring a strong on-camera presence and occasional self-filming and editingServe as Culinary Liaison to the Food Styling team, ensuring that all photography is beautiful and accurate to brand, specs, and to the vision of the Culinary Team.Serve as Culinary Liaison to the Editorial Team, helping to ensure that recipes are true to the intention of the Recipe Developer while also being user friendly and accurate.Work collaboratively with the Operations and Brand teams to develop the best possible products to satisfy customer demand.Work cross-functionally with the Product Validation team to test and assure quality of new SKUs and products.

Education

• Rhodes College

  English Literaure

• International Culinary Center

  Grand Diploma, Culinary Arts

  2013 — 2014

Skills

• Food Styling
• Menu Development
• Cooking
• Food & Beverage
• Customer Service
• Recipes
• Hospitality
• Food Photography
• Training
• Food
• Restaurants
• Catering
• Recipe Testing
• Social Media
• Culinary Skills
• Blogging
• Baking