#13 – What Is Food Styling And When To Call Yourself A Food Stylist With Suzy Eaton

In today’s episode of My Food Lens Podcast, our guest is Suzy Eaton, a professional food stylist with nearly two decades of food styling experience.

She has styled food for world-renowned chefs, award-winning restaurants, and food & media organizations across the country, including HOLLYWOOD!

In her years of experience, Suzy has perfected food styling skills and created proprietary techniques to make food shine for every variety of set and client.

This episode is loaded with the ins and outs of food styling and what it means to be a food stylist in the real world.

Here’s what the episode includes –

• Suzy introduces herself and shares her story of transitioning from an art background to taking a leap as a professional stylist.
• Suzy defines food styling & breaks down who can call themselves a food stylist in the true sense.
• Suzy talks about the kinds of food styling and the difference between editorial and commercial food styling.
• Suzy takes us through the entire journey of a food stylist, right from pre-shoot to shoot day to the responsibilities of a stylist after the shoot is done.
• She tells us about a stylist’s working dynamics with the art director, photographer and client on the set.
• Suzy shares how she organises a team for a job and the work that is involved.
• Suzy shares her most challenging project till date.
• She shares some secret hacks to make tricky food look stellar for the camera.
• She shares how to become a food stylist, what skills you need and whether you need a degree.

Links mentioned-

Website – http://www.suzyeaton.com

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/suzyeatondesigns

Instagram  – https://www.instagram.com/suzyeatondesigns/

Food styling course – https://suzyeatondesigns.com/online-food-styling-course/

YouTube turkey video  – https://youtu.be/lxkJxgP_IvY