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
/FoodHeroHero food photography
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/MenuPhotographyMenu photography style
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/FoodMenuRestaurant food menu visual style
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/SteamRiseNatural steam rising from hot food
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/CheesePullMelted cheese pull
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/CutFaceFreshly cut food face
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/OverheadFeastOverhead feast table
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/TableSceneRestaurant table scene
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/RecipeOverheadOverhead recipe layout
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/IngredientFlatlayIngredient flat lay
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/RusticTableRustic table styling
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/BakeryDisplayBakery display case
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/DrinkHeroHero drink photography
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/PourShotLiquid pour shot
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/CondensationCondensation droplets
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/WindowLightNatural window light
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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 textRecipe for a blog or social media, seen from above.
/WindowLight "Homemade banana bread" /RecipeOverhead /IngredientFlatlay -food style -1:1Summer 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.