Who are famous food stylists How are they artists problem solvers and magicians Mary Valentin plays with food And she gets paid for it She’s a food stylist She uses real food She makes it look awesome She studied art She was painting backgrounds A food stylist asked for help She didn’t know about food styling She said But they offered to pay me So I showed up She was hooked The Art of Food Styling chapter 1 4
Food propping is making food to support the main dish being photographed She said The food stylist has a deep understanding of food She makes food look yummy She wants people to imagine how food smells and tastes 5
Big companies hire her They shoot her food Shoot means takes a picture She gets people to buy food She makes food into art Adam Pearson is a food stylist He creates beautiful food photos He creates them for catalogs and magazines He creates them for cookbooks He works hard Each project takes time Food stylists write menu notes These notes improve the recipes 6
Mariana Velasquez is a food stylist Her work has been featured in many magazines cookbooks and ads She’s from Colombia She went to Big Sur California She pursued her dream of tasting cooking and writing about food She went to cooking school She went to New York City She started as a taster She liked the visual side of food Then she became a food stylist She worked with a mentor She’s inspired by art and fashion She draws the food first She imagines what the food looks like She said I love projects where I read the recipes and my mouth waters She travels the world She finds recipes Spotlight Biography Mariana Velasquez He gathers recipes Recipes explain how to make food dishes They include steps They include ingredients Ingredients are things needed to make a dish He makes shopping lists He meets with his team He cooks He styles food He puts food on plates He takes food to the set A set is at the studio He said That’s where the real magic happens 7
