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How do I get good at plating?
Are there any good books/online resources/videos for it?
I'm tired of cooking delicious stuff and then just shitting it onto a plate

>> No.11943119

Dont do spoon smears.
DONT DO FUCKING SPOON SMEARS

>> No.11943202

>>11943085
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Presentation-Secrets-Techniques-Professionals/dp/1554074916
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Stylists-Handbook-Hundreds-Bloggers/dp/1510721142

>> No.11943205

learn the rule of thirds and the golden ratio

>> No.11943354

>>11943085
Good plating is a MEME. "You eat with your eyes first" is such bullshit because nobody would be so obessed with 3rd world cuisine if this were true. Not even smell matters that much, since most Asian food smells like hot garbage. Just give me some tasty shit and I'll probably eat it all if the first bite is fine.

>> No.11943381

>>11943354
But smell is majority of the food. Your tongue only tastes the five basic tastes, everything else is done by your nose.

>> No.11943387

>>11943354
>Hey guys, I need help with this thing
>Don't do thing

Thanks dude

>> No.11943394

>>11943381
I still think this is bullshit. I've eaten plenty of things that smell not great, but taste good. Plus things like coffee smell completely differently from the way they taste. I have no doubt smell is a part of eating, but tasting itself seems more important to me.

>>11943387
I more meant focus on your flavor, then move to plating. There is no point making a beautiful plate without good food first. I guess if you work in a fancy restaurant, or whatever, it might be important, but normal people only really care about the flavor.

>> No.11943536

>>11943394
>I'm tired of cooking delicious stuff and then just shitting it onto a plate

Can you read?
Are you a dumb nigger?
I can already cook good food, I suck at plating

>> No.11943540

>>11943536
Do you've already mastered cuisine? Please write a book for me, master. I am devoted and will follow you for the rest of my life.

>> No.11943632

>>11943394
Hold your nose next time you eat something and then say smell isn't more important

>> No.11943693

>>11943085
Pretentious bullshit. Sauce spread thinly onto a plate is fucking retarded. Get out of your own asses with this shit.

>> No.11943750
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>>11943085
r8 my pl8

>> No.11943906

>>11943394
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ap/chapter/taste-and-olfaction/

>> No.11943913

>>11943750
10/10
Looks like something Noma would serve.

>> No.11944223

>>11943540
He doesn't have to be a master chef before he starts getting better at plating you stupid fuck, it's not like you can only work on one aspect of your cooking at a time.

>> No.11944238

all you have to do is shape your food in a circle or maybe some adjacent angles and make sure it’s visually consistent (right amount ingredient distribution) and just sprinkle some parsley on top it’s not that hard

>> No.11944957

if you do stupid and gay plating for the average person youre just going to get made fun of and everyone's attention is going to be on the plating rather than how good the food is. keep it simple and proportional

>> No.11944993

>>11943750
b8/8

>> No.11945506

>>11944993
kek
>I r8 ur b8 8/8 m8

>> No.11945871

>>11943750
If you just got rid of the dust sized crunchies to make the crumbles look deliberate, and if it were single source chocalate ganache rather than 'I set my steamer on fire bao', you've got a $15 dessert plate right there.

>> No.11945887

>>11945506
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>> No.11945948

>>11943750
I actually like it, is the food the ones that look bad

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>>11943085
rate me

>> No.11945992
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11945992

The world is your plate. Steak will look good on any plate if you're hungry.

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>>11945992
Nature is your grocery store.

>> No.11946018

>>11945887

10/10

>> No.11946024

>>11945887
thanks for this

>> No.11946031

>>11945992
>safety video on letting the new guy use the dolly
And remember guys, those crates can be dangerous.

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>>11943085
Focus on pouring a good beer first.

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>>11946065

>> No.11946090

>>11945991
THose balls are not cooked

>> No.11946456
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It depends on what you want out of your plating. I like a naturalish approach that isn't overly meticulous when I plate. So to achieve that I had to learn when less is more, when to leave something alone and have the confidence to not fuss over it. But learning how to use a spoon and your hands properly goes a long way (maintaining height by not being too tough with what you're plating, how to quenelle, etc).

>> No.11946473
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>>11944238
But yeah, this guy has it right. Just make it good.

>> No.11946521

>>11943205
Best advice and Noone gave a fuck.
Damn.

>> No.11946566

>>11946521
Everybody who isn't breathing out of his ass knows about the golden ratio and the rule of thirds.
You're like the dudes shouting LEARN LOOMIS in every drawthread
Yeah we know

>> No.11946626

>>11943085
Plating starts with colorful dishes and complementing colors. You have to be sure of your ingredients characteristics with regards to one another, first. Stick to the basics, and always ask questions like "does this garnish add appeal AND flavor?" "Does the serving/plating make sense with regards to how the food ends up finished or the order it intends to be eaten?" Maybe carrot flowers look pretty, but are they going to fall off the thing they're garnishing? Maybe you should julienne them.

Plating can be deliberately artistic, or strictly utilitarian. Use little "cheap" tricks like making duchess potatoes with a pastry bag instead of straight-up mashed. Fuck being flashy unless you're getting paid by someone to do it.

>> No.11946629

>>11946626
Also I prefer "full" plates like
>>11946456
posted
The shit like in OP's pick is way too fucking pretentious, and half the time those smears of sauces detract from some dishes at the cost of looking good.

>> No.11946659

>>11943085
That plating doesn't look good to me at all. It looks ridiculous, like someone ordered a plating dvd from a home shopping channel.

>> No.11946675

>shit food onto plate
>put a green thing on top
That's all it takes. A little green thing. A scallion slice. Maybe five of them. A leaf. The kind of plant doesn't even matter.

>> No.11946747

>>11943119
There is literally nothing wring with a properly used spoon smear.

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>>11943085

>> No.11947190

>>11946659
It will look good good when you are hungry and have to pay 59 $us for it

>> No.11947219

>>11943085
I hate fancy restaurants, you pay a fuckton for 2oz of food.
>But it's pwetty
well, no shit, but i'm still starving. The flavor is also usually nothing to write home about.
Here in europe, truck stops are better in every way.

>> No.11947245

>>11947219
Wanna know how I know you've never been to an actual upper class restaurant?

>> No.11947268

>>11947245
No.

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>>11946675
>A leaf.
>A fucking leaf.

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>>11945998
Life is your restaurant.

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>>11943085
think
about your ingredients
about the person eating it
about the colours
about the context
about what looks sexy to you
about threes, perfect imperfections
all that jazz
love

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>>11947181
Girl I used to work with was an artist with blue cheese sauce.

>> No.11950219

>>11950171
Did her cunt lips smell like blue cheese?

>> No.11950276

>>11950219
After a long shift in a BBQ joint? Probably.

>> No.11950806

>>11943387
How is that bad help?

>Hey guys how do I juggle chainsaws?
>don't
>you're probably right

>> No.11950976
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I's love to learn formal plating but sometimes you just have too many vodka tonics to care. Also, my homemade chili cheese fries.

>> No.11951024

>>11950976
Aside from the plate that's pretty optimal shit for chilli cheese fries my guy. Enjoy.

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Bump, I find plating really hard. Sometimes I think it's just because I don't have a bunch of side elements to scatter around, the current trend seems to be to just jackson pollock the shit onto the plate.

>> No.11952360

>>11950976
What's your cheese sauce recipe?

>> No.11952379

>food styling
if this aint peak millennial i don't know what is.

>> No.11952392

>>11950976
Nah man the context of the dish matters for plating some dishes should be neat and tight others loose and sloppy, chili cheese fries fall distinctly in the sloppy catagory a color contrast garnish would be a nice touch but not necessary

>> No.11952399

>>11952379
Millennials don't give a shit about food presentation, anon. They eat junk food while binging video games.

>> No.11952426

>>11947181
Fuen yeu?

Well kind anon, a nice Ching Ching ping pong back at you!

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>>11952426