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Your food is delicious, you know that. But what about your photos? Your customers are visual creatures, and they want to see the food before they order it. A picture is worth a thousand words after all! Learning how to photograph your restaurant’s dishes is an important step in marketing your business. Keep reading for five tips and tricks for better quality food photography- including lighting, composition, props, angles, and even how to prepare certain dishes differently to make them camera-ready. Mark Clayton, Executive Chef at Nestlé Professional, was kind enough to provide his insight on the food photography tips below.

Those aromatic dark brown beans we know and love begin their life on a coffee tree. These shrub-like plants are grown all around the world, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn. They bear round red fruits called coffee cherries, and the “beans” are actually the seeds of these cherries. After these soft green seeds are removed, they are roasted to bring out certain aromas and flavours, then ground, brewed and enjoyed, one cup at a time.