Now, playing with your food is nothing new but creating real masterpieces out of food is becoming more and more socially acceptable (sorry starving kids in Africa, it's not wastage – it's art!)
Whether it be a vegetable landscape, sushi Mona Lisa or beef burger trainers, edible art has moved on from the macaroni necklace I made my Mum as a child.
Edible art comes in many forms, take self proclaimed artistic chef Heston Blumenthal, he creates dishes he would describe as pieces of art. Edible alcoholic snow, parsnip cereal and snail porridge, but is it really 'art'? I like to see people who really think outside the box and take the idea of food as an art-form to a whole new level (and make it a lot more fun!). Take Bournemouth University, who ran TOAST earlier this year, the edible art exhibition inspired by the London 2012 games. Flaming Grill Pub Co restaurants also got involved, branding their steaks with the faces of Team GB - anyone hungry for a Bradley Grillins or Sir (loin) Chris Hoy?
Anyone can have a go at making their own masterpiece from Morrison's, literally anything is possible (if you have the talent, and the patience), as a modest master cake maker myself I got overexcited at the introduction of the airbrushing kit for cakes, enabling Cake-iteers to literally create works of real art using the icing as a canvas, with endless possibilities – see the Millennium Falcon cake below, amazing. My favourite edible art has to be food masquerading as other food - check out the steak cake!
Hungry for more? For more mouthwateringly good edible art check out http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/article/28-fascinating-food-art-photos.html
Helene Turner
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