food stylist

American  

noun

1. a person whose job is to arrange food in an attractive way for professional photographs or broadcasts.

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food stylist British  

noun

1. a person who prepares food for photographs used in magazines, cookery books, etc

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Example Sentences

When restaurants couldn’t divulge their secret recipes, some attempts required a full reverse-engineering to figure them out — a specialty of L.A.-based recipe developer and food stylist Jasmyn Crawford.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Catriona Byers is a historian who moonlights as a food stylist.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

“For me, the food stylist was often pretty low on the totem pole,” said Susan Spungen, a cookbook author who served in the stylist role on “Julie & Julia” and “It’s Complicated.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

The complaint quoted a food stylist who said she had worked for McDonald's and Wendy's, and preferred undercooked patties because fully-cooked burgers looked "less appetizing."

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

Bev Cox, a home economist and food stylist, was an inspiration for her meticulous attention to detail, her enthusiasm, and her unfailing good humor no matter what.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi