Fruit and Vegetable Carving

Watermelons, carrots, tomatoes or apples can all be transformed into delicious works of art. Usually, chefs carve flowers, human faces and even landscapes in fruit and vegetables. If you think of a carrot, two peppers and a tomato, you might think that we are talking about the ingredients you need for a stew. In fact, these vegetables will turn into a very nice flower. There are a lot of complicated designs when it comes to fruit and vegetable carvings, most of them being similar to the ones made in wood or in marble. Chefs can cover a very wide range of shapes, from flowers to figures and buildings. This art is not only about skills, but also about true talent.

Each chef knows how to transform their vegetables into original decorations. Even the women who cook in their kitchen on a regular basis make such carvings in carrots and not only. At a professional level, the results are true works of art.Fruit and vegetable carvings are usually meat to decorate a table, more precisely a festive table. However, there are a lot of artists who choose to make very complicated ans sophisticated ornaments, using their special knives. Thus, they combine different fruit and vegetables, depending on their colours, not on their taste. You can see all kinds of swans, ducklings, Mickey mice, ants, fish, sheep and even characters which frown or smile. The details are all so precise that you cannot stop looking at them and thinking that these decorations are all edible.