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Prompts for food and restaurant photos

In food photography, appetite is what sells: the dish should look freshly made, with its texture, shine and steam. Soft window light and simple backgrounds nearly always beat busy sets.

Here you have codes for the hero dish on a menu, the served table, overhead recipes and hot or cold drinks.

Recommended codes

/FoodHero

Hero food photography

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foodMedium
/MenuPhotography

Menu photography style

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foodLow
/FoodMenu

Restaurant food menu visual style

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foodMedium
/SteamRise

Natural steam rising from hot food

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foodMedium
/CheesePull

Melted cheese pull

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foodHigh
/CutFace

Freshly cut food face

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foodMedium
/OverheadFeast

Overhead feast table

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foodMedium
/TableScene

Restaurant table scene

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foodMedium
/RecipeOverhead

Overhead recipe layout

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foodLow
/IngredientFlatlay

Ingredient flat lay

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foodLow
/RusticTable

Rustic table styling

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foodMedium
/BakeryDisplay

Bakery display case

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foodMedium
/DrinkHero

Hero drink photography

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foodMedium
/PourShot

Liquid pour shot

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foodMedium
/Condensation

Condensation droplets

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foodHigh
/WindowLight

Natural window light

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lightingLow

Ready-to-copy combinations

Paste them as they are into your image tool, or swap the quoted subject for your own.

  • Signature dish for the menu or a delivery app.

    /FoodHero "Cheeseburger with melted cheese in a diner" /CheesePull /SteamRise -food style -4:5 -no text

  • Recipe for a blog or social media, seen from above.

    /WindowLight "Homemade banana bread" /RecipeOverhead /IngredientFlatlay -food style -1:1

  • Summer story for a bar or café.

    /GoldenHour "Iced lemonade on a terrace" /DrinkHero /Condensation -9:16 -no people

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Tips

  • The -food style theme keeps the whole set in a food-photography look.
  • For cold drinks, /Condensation does more than any adjective about coldness.
  • If the photo goes on the menu, repeat the angle and background for every dish.