Food Styling

Course Content

• Introduction to course and content
• Health and safety
• Unions and Insurance
• Job seeking
• Portfolio
• Using props
• Kit
• Handling and care of props
• Preparation of food
• Pre-cooking at home
• Selecting foods for camera
• Glazing/ varnishing foods
• Food colouring and food staining
• Padding foods
• Using steam
• Wiring foods (towers/ sausages)
• Dressings, sweet and savoury
• Dressing/ garnish items
• Lemon juicing items
• Mousse, use of gelatine
• Frozen foods for use under studio lighting
• Ice
• Ice cream
• Undercooking foods
• Cutting and caring
• Blow torching
• Pre- packaged foods
• Pizzas
• Pancake tower
• Salads
• Designing, planning and organising a meal for camera
• Colour complimenting foods/ looks
• Lifestyles
• Artwork
• Table dressing
• Accessorising
• Main courses
• Starter
• Deserts

Portfolios

The course will include 1 day of portfolio where you will attend a working professional photographic studio and create food pieces for camera.

Your portfolio is your main and essential tool for gaining work. All areas of media require a professional portfolio.

School Of Make-Up is the only make-up training school that offer their students this facility to this level. Your portfolio is a crucial part of your career, meaning that when you leave you will be able to search for work immediately, showing each prospective employer your skills. Leaving without a portfolio will mean that you will have to struggle with photographers for test shots in order to develop a portfolio.