1. We eat with our eyes first!
Plating & Garnishing
We eat with our eyes first! 1 1

3. Tools Chef Knife Paring Knife Peeler Melon Baller Cookie Cutters
Apple Corer
Egg Slicer
Pastry Bag
Molds
Spiral Cutter
Molding Wands
Tooth Picks
Skewers
Food colouring
Carving Tools
V-Shaped Cutter
U-Shaped Cutter
Specialty Serving ware
Mandolin
ANYTHING... 3

4. Plating for Effect 4

5. Plating for Effect 5

6. Designing Your Plate
Preparing an elegant plate can take precise planning.
Blueprinting: Design your plate on paper beforehand, and discuss the look you are aiming to achieve. Draw pictures, make notes and work by trial and error to blueprint your idea into perfection. 6

7. Plating for Effect Let the food be the focal point.
Serving pieces should compliment the food.
Match the plate to the size, appearance, colour and flavour of the food.
Keep the design simple.
Odd numbers of small items looks best. 7

8. Plating for Effect Food Structure Keep it clean. Make neat piles.
Create a clock.
Keep it clean. 8

9. Plating for Effect 9

10. Plating for Effect

11. Plating for Effect

12. Plating for Effect

13. Garnishing for Effect 13

14. Sauces
Sauces are placed either under the food to highlight it, or on top to garnish it.
Don’t hide the food.
Remember, sauces are used to enhance the food – they are not the focus. 14

15. Sauces

16. Sauces

17. Sauces

18. Sauces
Sauces Video -

19. Plate Painting

20. Fruits & Vegetables
Produce can be arranged into garnishes or as part of the main meal.
Choose ripe, bright coloured, uniformly shaped and unblemished produce.
Use the greens of the produce for added effect.
Use lettuce to display food. 20

21. Fans – Fanning Fruit
Strawberry fan -

22. More Fans

23. Citrus Garnishes
Citrus Twist video -

24. http://www. vegetablefruitcarving

25. More Fruit Garnishes
Brush egg white on fruit and dust with icing sugar to create frosted fruit look.

26. Icing Sugar Garnish
Less is more
Sprinkle with a mesh strainer

27. Vegetables Pepper flowers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN4oqKSx6LI
Green onion flowers -

28. Bell pepper baskets and cups
Vegetable Garnishes
Bell pepper baskets and cups

29. Vegetable Flowers
How to make a tomato rose -

30. Vegetables
cucumber deco -
celery -

31. Radishes

32. Herbs and Flowers Herbs and Flowers
Herbs add beauty, fragrance and a sense of freshness.
Match the garnish with the flavours of the dish.
Edible flower petals can be used to garnish small plates.
Flower blossoms can be used for larger platters.
Start here period 5 – showed red pepper and tomato rose videos 32

33. Herbs

34. Herbs

35. Herbs

36. Herbs

37. Garnishing for Effect Desserts Any effect comes into play.
Sauces can be used to highlight the food.
Chocolate decorations can be created with a pastry bag.
Fruit can be used as the focus or garnish.
Simplicity is the key! 37

38. Chocolate Garnishes
Chocolate curls -
Chocolate scrolls -

39. Chocolate Dipped Anything!
Strawberry tuxedo -

40. Leave some negative space on the plate.

41. Coffee Art
offee-art/

42. Garnishing for Effect Beverages Sugar or Salt rims Kebabs Peel Spirals
Fruit Slices 42

43. Centrepieces Centerpieces
Watermelons and other large fruits and vegetables can be created into incredible center pieces and displays. 43

44. Centrepieces

45. Centrepieces
Wishing well -

46. Centrepieces
Baby stroller -

47. Apple Swans
Apple swan -

48. Centrepieces
Using Green Apples

50. Garnishing Tips Don’t rush making garnishes – take your time.
Use sharp knives and proper equipment
Ice water preserves some garnishes for a few days.
Some garnishes require you to bend or curl vegetables – soak slices in a salt water solution first.
Lemon juice can remove the odour from onions and stop an apple from going brown.
Use toothpicks and wooden skewers to hold objects together.
Use vegetables at room temperature because cold vegetables tend to split and break apart. 50

51. Final Thoughts Be Creative and Innovative – anything can be a garnish!
Let the food speak for itself!
KEEP IT SIMPLE! 51

52. All images from personal sources and http://images.google.ca/52