Hanford High School Partnership

Build a brand. Create the sizzle. Learn the craft.

The Hanford Media Lab is a student-run production house where creators, chefs, and storytellers turn cooking into professional digital content.

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Hanford Media Lab student culinary and media production

Real-world experience

This is more than a club.

Students will learn how to plan, film, cook, style, edit, and publish food-focused content while helping showcase the talent of Hanford High School.

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Professional Skills

Learn food styling, camera work, lighting, editing, production planning, and storytelling.

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Resume Builder

Leave with hands-on experience from a real student-run media and culinary production program.

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Rotating Roles

Students rotate through leadership, cooking, filming, audio, and editing to build a complete skill set.

Who we need

Five key roles. One creative crew.

No experience is required. The program is looking for students with passion, reliability, and the drive to build something from the ground up.

Director

Leads the vision, manages the production schedule, and makes sure every episode tells a compelling story.

Culinary Leads

Prepare and style the food so every dish looks as good on camera as it tastes in person.

Cinematographers

Control the look and feel of the video through lighting, camera angles, framing, and movement.

Audio Technicians

Capture clean sound and food effects, from knife work to sizzling pans and kitchen movement.

Editors

Turn raw footage into high-energy, snackable content that keeps viewers watching until the end.

Schedule

After-school production days.

Students meet on Tuesdays for prep, planning, media loading, and editing. Thursdays are for full cooking, live video shooting, and producing multiple dishes.

Tuesdays

About 3 hours after school for prep, planning, director conversations, media loading, and editing.

Thursdays

About 3–5 hours after school for full cooking, live video shooting, and creating 5–6 dishes. Dinner is provided for participating students.

Ready to leave your mark?

Help build a program that showcases Hanford talent.

Join the crew, learn real creative skills, and help create content that supports the future of Hanford’s culinary and media programs.

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Support Hanford High

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Custom Hanford merch is available, with a portion of sales donated to the school to help students and staff succeed.

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