Cooking the food is the first part of the battle, but since the ‘first bite is with the eye’ we really shouldn’t forget to consider how it all looks on the plate.

I have had a look around and found the best of the best plating tutorials here.

Some Plate Presentation Techniques

This food plating tutorial comes from Executive chef Don Walker, he talks about choosing the right kind of plate for your dish and also shares a couple of plating techniques to make your culinary efforts look as good as it tastes.

 

Food Plating: Mash, sauce, asparagus and Stuffed Chicken Breast

Quite a specific video demonstrating how to arrange the above.

Desert Sauces

Johan Jansen does some amazing things with 3 sauces and a skewer! This is a really very clever and easy to follow food plating tutorial.