8 Fancy Food Plating Tips To Impress Your Dinner Guests

Eating at a fancy restaurant is great: The food is unique and delicious, the service outstanding, and the plating impressive. It's actually the last part that leaves a really lasting impression on most people. And it's surprisingly easy to plate food in a really effective way. So, if you want to wow friends and loved ones at your next dinner party, try and recreate one of these 8 fancy plating hacks that will make your dessert stand out and impress your guests to no end!

1. Chocolate Tic Tac Toe

You'll Need:

• matcha chocolate bar
• lighter

Here's How:

Heat the chocolate bar with a lighter and then press it horizontally and vertically to the plate, creating a cool, tic tac toe pattern. Ideal for serving macarons!

2. Fruit Syrup Star

You'll Need:

• various fruit syrups

Here's How:

Put a few small and large dots on a plate using various fruit syrups. Then turn the table so that the dots start to run and create the shape of a star. This is the perfect way to serve a cupcake or a muffin.

3. Lollipop Dust

You'll Need:

• lollipop
• grater
• fork & spoon

Here's How:

Place a fork and spoon crosswise on a dark plate and grate a light-colored lollipop over the utensils. The outline of the fork and spoon will stay on the plate thanks to the grated lollipop powder.

4. Pocky Stick Lines

You'll Need:

• white pocky sticks
• chocolate pocky sticks
• hairdryer

Here's How:

Blow-dry the pocky sticks until they start to melt a little. Then briefly place them on a plate and remove them again. Now you can use the plate to serve your dessert of choice.

5. Chocolate Paint Brushes

You'll Need:

• melted chocolate or chocolate syrup
• silicone basting brush

Here's How:

Put 3 large drops of chocolate syrup or melted chocolate on a plate and brush them in one direction using a silicone basting brush. Place a dessert on each stroke of the brush.

6. Pixy Stix Candy String Outline

You'll Need:

• sour candy string
• pixy stix powder
• sieve

Here's How:

Place a sour candy string on a dark plate and sieve pixy stix powder over it. Remove the string and serve cupcakes or other desserts on the fancified plate.

7. Chocolate Lines

You'll Need:

• melted chocolate or chocolate syrup

Here's How:

Squirt a line of chocolate syrup or melted chocolate on a white plate and slightly tilt the plate. The chocolate syrup will run in that direction and create a cool pattern.

8. Chocolate Chessboard

You'll Need:

• chocolate piece
• lighter

Here's How:

Heat the bottom of a piece of chocolate and press it onto a white plate in a chessboard pattern for a perfect way to serve cupcakes or muffins.

Wow! Gordon Ramsay would be super jealous of these plating hacks. Take your food plating to the next level and try out one of these tricks!

Get the instructions for the 6 Cool Chocolate Decorations featured in the bonus video.