The Art of Plating Food
If you’re a world renown chef, you’re used to plating (arranging food in a pleasing manner); although, what is your creative process for arranging such an artistic plate?
There is an art to plating food.
Helen Rennie‘s Youtube channels does a good example of explaining just how it is done.
Even more visual is the exhibit, Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity. detailing chef Ferran Adria’s plating process starting from when he was the chef of el Bulli, now shuttered but it was one of the most famous restaurant in Spain in the 80’s.
I first learned about this exhibit in 2014 and it’s taken this long to come to the US.
Brett Littman, the exhibition curator, “has been constructing and deconstructing Ferran’s visual concepts. In fact, out of this exhibit comes a 2,720-page catalogue raisonée, elBulli: 2005-2011, that details all the recipes and techniques of the restaurant from its final seven years. This will be a food lovers visual delight.”
In the meantime, it is interesting to see that the exhibit uses plastine models to visually prep-create the food to give a 3-D perspective of what the plated food will look like.
I can relate to Helen Rennie’s approach and philosophy, “it’s all fluff” but have fun with it. Plating certainly makes preparing any meal more fun. In some ways it is similar to me needed a Facebook page for my business, it is expected for chefs these days to have a pleasing food presentation. Not only this, as a diner, you’ll remember and possibly come back — if it tastes even better than it looks — so good for business.
You may see other interesting appealing food presentation examples in these previous Food category posts.
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I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.
