William Chua

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Food

Restaurant, menu and bar photography, made to make people hungry.

Fire, smoke and steam are hard to photograph and easy to get wrong. William works alongside chefs and bartenders to catch each dish and drink at its best, from the flame on the grill to the last garnish.

Chef tossing a flaming wok in a restaurant kitchen
  • Roast chicken on a cast-iron platter beside a green drink
  • Syrup poured over pancakes topped with fresh fruit
  • A fork lifting fried chicken above a dipping sauce
  • Chopsticks lifting a piece of glazed meat from a plated dish
  • Chopsticks lifting salad from a dish beside a cool drink
  • Vegetable dish in a dark ceramic bowl on a wooden table
  • Scallop crudo in a dark ceramic shell dish
  • Grated coconut dessert in a dark bowl on a wooden table
  • A spoon dipping into a layered fruit parfait in a glass
  • Charred corn ribs at Smoke & Barrel
  • Sauce drizzled over hamachi tiradito against a blue backdrop
  • Australian grain-fed ribeye on a dark platter at Smoke & Barrel
  • Hokkaido scallop crudo garnished with edible flowers
  • Sea prawns being glazed over glowing coals
  • Grilled sea prawns plated with lime
  • Iberico tomahawk in flames over a charcoal grill
  • Herbs being grated over a row of canapés
  • Iberico tomahawk smoking on a platter of roasted vegetables
  • Whole chicken roasting over open flames
  • Flamed cocktail with blue fire on a bar counter
  • A fork lifting a crisp fish fillet from a banana leaf
  • Coconut dessert on a wooden table, seen from above
  • Cocktail flamed with blue fire behind the bar
  • Overhead spread of grilled dishes and dips
  • Fresh herb salad on a white plate
  • Hamachi tiradito with cucumber and citrus on a blue plate
  • Bartender smoking a cocktail under a glass cloche
  • Bartender flaming a cocktail with tall flames
  • Overhead platters of charcuterie, fruit and fried bites
  • Grilled sea prawns on a blue plate, seen from above

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