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Knorr

Post production and sound design for a recipe video series, where the right audio makes cooking look as easy as it actually is.

Post production Sound design Audio mix
Series
Multiple recipe videos produced with consistent audio quality
Client
Knorr
Sector
Consumer brand
What we did
Post production, sound design and audio mix
What it achieved
A series of recipe videos at consistent audio quality, finished to broadcast specification
Broadcast
Finished to professional broadcast specifications
3 disciplines
Post, sound design, and mix handled by Studio ZK
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The challenge

Food video audio that actually makes you hungry

Recipe videos live and die by sensory appeal. When Knorr set out to show how quick and easy it is to get a delicious meal on the table, the audio had to do as much heavy lifting as the cinematography. Weak audio post production would flatten the whole thing, but the right sound design makes every sizzle, pour, and plate up feel genuinely satisfying.

The approach

Sound design as appetite stimulant

Knorr's recipe videos have no dialogue. The sound is carrying the whole thing, which meant building the cooking audio in layers rather than dropping a sizzle loop under the edit: water going into the pan, vegetables hitting oil, a spoon against the rim, the lid going back on. We recorded a lot of it in a kitchen. Library sizzle always sounds like a different pan than the one on screen.

The solution

Recorded, not licensed

Sound design

Foley inspired kitchen sounds, sizzles, pours, chops, built up layer by layer to make every step feel tactile and satisfying.

Post production

Full audio post from rough cut to delivery, synced to picture and finished for online and broadcast platforms, with the final mix and master done in house.

Audio mix

A clean, balanced mix that puts food sound front and centre while supporting the overall pacing and energy of the edit.

Why it matters

Why the sizzle mattered

A recipe video that sounds right is a recipe video people finish watching. The Knorr series was built to hold attention from the first sizzle to the last plate.

60%
Of consumers find audio more memorable than visuals when combined
3.44x
More effective than visuals alone at producing high performing content
Ipsos, 2020
8.53x
More likely ads with clear sonic identity are to be high performing
Ipsos, 2020
ClientKnorr
DisciplinePost production, sound design, audio mix
StudioStudio ZK. Amsterdam