Picture Day!,

About the event

This will be an intimate mixer with less than 100 people, and everyone attending will do so through personal invites or limited discovery, as they must be part of the food production media community - producers, stylists, influencers, and photographers.

Those who are invited will have a chance to meet other people/brands in this space over the course of a relaxing afternoon, with the option of getting professional headshots from JD Renes. There are so many barriers like price, accessibility, knowledge, and time that make it very hard for unestablished people to get this vital service and our event aims to fix that, by literally giving it away at the event. 

Why should you sponsor?

This event offers potential sponsors a chance to engage with a diverse community within the food media space in an organic, supportive and educational way. Any sponsor of this event will be supporting a black-woman-owned business that is working to disrupt the food media landscape by bringing more authenticity to recipe development, on-camera talent, and behind-the-scenes leadership.

Some of the immediate benefits

• DEI - Visible partner to an important diversity-led project
• MARKETING - Raised social media awareness in multiple posts/tags
• NETWORKING - Contact information for dozens of high-level food media professionals

Some of the long-term benefits of being part of the event

• PARTNERSHIP - Become part of the Jikoni community, with access to Jikoni's activities and network
• MARKETING - Long-lasting awareness throughout the networks of the Jikoni community/attendees

Keith Watabayashi

Jikoni [Swahili] noun: kitchen

In Swahili, Jikoni means kitchen. At our core, that’s what we are. A space to cook, to share and to create. Jikoni was built with the creator and production crew in mind-- the walls are mobile, the surfaces are neutral and the ambiance is whatever you’d like to make it. My team and I are here to make sure your visions become reality, and your creations come to life. Jikoni offers kitchen studio rental and food video production services. Lead by our studio founder, Kiano Moju.

​Kiano Moju is a Los Angeles-based culinary producer and on-screen personality, as well as the founder and principal of Jikoni. She was previously a producer with BuzzFeed’s food video vertical, Tasty, where she produced such viral successes as Party Rice Around Africa,  How to Make Moist Carrot Cake, Making Rainbow Croissants, and Making a 4 Flavor Cheesecake.

In 2019, Kiano departed BuzzFeed and launched Jikoni. She holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Communications and Rhetorical Studies from Syracuse University, and a Master of Arts in Publishing from University of the Arts London. 

​In May 2020 our company launched our online food community site,  Jikoni.co in efforts to create space for Black and under-represented voices in food media to tell their own stories -highlighting the food of the African diaspora through editorial content and events.​ 

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