Karl Emerick Hanuska, portrait and editorial photography, Amsterdam

Workplace story · Hospitality

A Beautiful Mess.

People at work.

Food preparation, service and teamwork at A Beautiful Mess. Photographed during A Taste of Bethlehem.

A Beautiful Mess, a social enterprise created by Refugee Company, helps people who have fled to the Netherlands gain work experience, build connections and move towards employment or education. These photographs focus on the skills, collaboration and hospitality behind that mission. Read about their mission.

A chef carefully spoons food onto a plate in the kitchen at A Beautiful Mess.
Cooks and a member of the service team at the open kitchen counter, with set tables in the foreground.
A staff member arranges a dining table at A Beautiful Mess.
Flour-dusted hands stretch dough beside a work surface.
A cook looks up at a round of dough tossed above his hands.
Chefs prepare oysters together along a stainless-steel kitchen counter.
A cook concentrates on his work beneath the reflective kitchen lamps.
Hands add a bright pink garnish to oysters on a serving tray.
Two cooks work together across rows of plates and bowls.
A cook reaches across rows of bowls while colleagues work behind her.
A smiling member of the service team holds a tray of bowls.

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