Secrets of Food Stylists Won't Tell You

Secrets of Food Stylists Won't Tell You

Stacked food like pancakes or burgers often are perked up with cardboard support in between the layers; the griddle cakes can then be sprayed with water-repellent Scotch Guard so the syrup easily glides over the edge.

A cappuccino is painstakingly built with piped soap foam bubbles that stay round. Tea, coffee, soft drinks, and even milk are prepped the same way like gatinaise chickens. 

Often, stylists need multiples in case something happens to the hero during the shoot. Those seeds are also "heroes" too, and are meticulously glued on top with tweezers to fill in any flaws.

Whole turkeys are first sprayed usually with a browning sauce, water, and food coloring and then blow torched till they gleam the perfect color.

To get the pat to convincingly "melt," a food stylist probably used a portable steamer or a heated painter's spatula, depending on the desired effect