
When Wallpaper* guest editor Laila Gohar began making her food sculptures almost 15 years ago, the landscape of food art was, in her words, ‘No man’s land’. Now, the world of high-food is increasingly dense, populated by a troupe of artists taking the aesthetic of eating to dizzying heights.
Gohar, for one, has become recognisable for her extravagant food sculptures: tittering langoustine towers, artichoke swans, and plush bread furniture.