Your home kitchen is fighting you. The light dies by mid-afternoon, the worktop is too small for an overhead rig, and every shot needs ten minutes of tidying before you can press record. The Pass, our kitchen studio in Colwick, minutes east of Nottingham city centre, is a real working kitchen built for cameras: proper hobs and ovens, running water, prep space, and clean sightlines from every angle, so the food does the work instead of the backdrop letting it down.
It is one of only three kitchen studios in the Midlands, which is why food creators here have been travelling to London or Manchester for years to find anything comparable. Book by the hour or batch a month of recipes in a half-day. The Pass is dry hire - bring your own camera and lighting, or add equipment hire - with remote support on hand. You bring the kit, the ingredients and the ideas. The kitchen is already camera-ready.
Members book The Pass by the hour at £102/hr; everyone else books half days at £350 or full days at £600. The Food Creator Sprint bundles half-days in The Pass and Cover Story for £450, and memberships from £99/month suit creators filming every month. All prices include VAT.
A real working kitchen. The hobs, ovens, running water and prep space all function, so you cook your recipes properly on camera rather than faking the steps around a decorative set.
Your own camera, lighting and audio kit - The Pass is dry hire, with equipment hire available as an add-on and remote support on hand. Beyond that, bring your ingredients, any hero props specific to your brand, and your shot list.
Almost. We just ask you to tell us in advance about high-smoke cooking such as frying, searing or flambeing so we can manage extraction and the fire alarm properly. Flag it at booking and you are set.
That is what the half-day and full-day rates are designed for. Most food creators prep several recipes ahead, then cook and film them back to back, leaving with weeks of videos from a single booking.
Bookings are open. Founding member pricing is still available for the first 50 members - leave your email for the details.
