Food Stylist

Food Styling

Caroline is one of Australia’s leading commercial food stylists. She has wide ranging experience in advertising, packaging, publishing, editorial, advertorial, social media, film and television.

Laneway Food Studio. Specialised photography studio for food projects located in Hawthorn, Vic. Contact Caroline for bookings.

STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY

Caroline brings her attention to detail and masterful cooking techniques to produce imagery that always heroes the food. Her style is natural, highlighting the beauty of ingredients to create food that is visually stunning.

 
 

TVC

In the fast paced environment of making tv commercials, Caroline coordinates and directs a team of highly skilled assistants to make sure that the food is always perfect and ready for when the camera starts rolling. In preproduction, her years of experience guarantees every detail is attended to, resulting in a smooth shoot day.

On set, Caroline ensures action shots of carving, pouring, oozes and drips are executed perfectly.

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COOKING SHOWS

This format requires multiples of each dish, cooked to various stages, to be swapped out, to keep up with the fast paced rigour of this genre. With multiple identical prep bowls, cooking vessels and speed racks, Caroline is well equipped to coordinate the food department on these projects.

Recent examples include 3 seasons of Shane Delia’s Spice Journey. From Malta to Lebanon, then on to Iran, Shane Delia’s Spice Journey explores ancient Middle Eastern food traditions, taking inspiration and giving his recipes a modern twist.

ABC Kids’: How to make: Brainy Bites - a bright and fun educational series that explores numeracy through stop motion magic and healthy, delicious recipes.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Caroline brings her wealth of experience and knowledge to this increasingly popular space.

Clients are choosing to shoot for this format exclusively or in addition to their other advertising requirements. Caroline’s food studio is set up to accommodate filming in the kitchen, as well as running one or two separate sets concurrently.

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COOKBOOKS

Caroline has had the privilege of working on more than fifty cookbooks with some of Australia’s leading food experts, including Stephanie Alexander, Shane Delia, Darren Purchese, Tony Tan, Karen Martini, Gary Mehigan, and upcoming talent Morgan Hipworth.

Caroline’s fully equipped studio with an extensive props collection provides the perfect space for these creative projects.

 

RECIPE DEVELOPMENT

At RMIT, Caroline trained in recipe testing and development. She is highly experienced in creating, testing and writing recipes for a range of clients, including for newspapers and magazines, social media, cook books, and commercial advertising campaigns. Her food is natural, with an emphasis on local, seasonal and healthy ingredients.

 

the new Fitzroy studio space

STUDIO HIRE

Laneway Food Studio is a fully equipped photography studio that is suitable for film and stills advertising, editorial, social media, cook book projects and private events.

The studio has relocated to 274 Fitzroy St Fitzroy in January 2023 to a beautiful 300sq m ground floor freestanding warehouse, with off street parking.

This space will be a one stop shop for food photography projects, both large and small.


 

PROPS HIRE

Caroline has been collecting props over the last twenty years and has amassed and enviable collection that is exclusively available for use at the studio at very competitive rates. 

Please note that props are not hired outside of the studio. This ensures that the complete collection is available when you choose the props hire package.