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Mastering the Art of Plating: Create Culinary Masterpieces

Explore the world of food presentation and plating techniques to elevate your dishes to artistic creations. Learn about various styles of cuisine, 5 key elements of plating, service styles, and essential tips for perfecting your plate. Discover how to turn your meals into visual feasts that delight all senses!

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Mastering the Art of Plating: Create Culinary Masterpieces

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  1. Plate-Up The eye eats first!!!

  2. You Eat with Your Eyes First • The quote- talk about what it means? Ask how, Who, what, where • Food is like fashion - Types and Styles change over time: Continental cuisine, Nouvelle cuisine, Comfort , Southern Slow, Regional American, Fusion, East-meets-West, Creole and Cajun

  3. Captivate and Navigate

  4. What you see is what you get!

  5. Plating Techniques • Classic • Landscape • Free-form • Organic Material • Non-traditional and alternative receptacles

  6. Classic

  7. Landscape

  8. Free Form

  9. OrganicMaterial

  10. Non-Traditional/ Futuristic

  11. 5 Elements of Plating • Create a Framework • KISS • Balance • Portion Size • Highlight Key Ingredient

  12. Step 1: Framework/Plan • Draw with colored pencils • Use Play-Do • Inspiration from picture or objects • Choose a plating style • Choose a sizeable canvas (white plate) • Assemble a “practice plate”

  13. Step 2: Review the KISS • Select 1 ingredient to focus on • Stay away from Clutter • Focus on Main Ingredient • Make sure flavor profile works • Ensure proper cooking techniques

  14. Step 3: Balance • Play with colors • Shapes • Textures • Odd numbers • Height • Presentation should not overwhelm flavor and function

  15. Step 4: Portion Size • Ensure right amount of ingredients • Ensure plate compliments the dish • Right portion of protein, carb and veg • Nutritionally balanced

  16. Step 5: Highlight Key Ingredient • Make sure Key Ingredient is the STAR • Pay equal attention to the “support” • All should be able to stand alone in greatness • Including garnishes and sauces

  17. Service Style Matters • Communal • Individual • One-Dish Meal • Classic Service • Banquet Service • Buffet Service • Russian Service

  18. Reinforce Guidelines • Match portion size to correct plate size. • Keep food off the rim. • Arrange Items for convenience of diner. • Maintain unity. What’s the focal point? Usually it’s the protein. • Make the garnish count! • Don’t drown with sauce! • Keep it simple! • Cook it Right!

  19. Tips for Plating • Elevation- tight pyramid • Sculpting and molding ingredients can provide height and structure-neat and clean • Larger plates/small portions • Be artistic • Repetition and Odd numbers • Sauces- form of dots or a character on one side. Pour or drizzle either over or under the food. Make sauce design on plate

  20. Garnishes • Perk up or highlight color • Enhance and match flavors • Refrain from heaping garnish on one corner • Provide a flash of color/shape by arranging garnish around the plate (not on rim) • Always edible • Applied quickly

  21. Tools for plating • Knife, peeler, mandolin, melon baller • Squeeze bottle, sauce spoons • Tweezers • Carving tools • Spatula • Paintbrush • Cookie cutters, molds

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