Costen
King-Cortes

Food Stylist & Recipe Developer

Costen King Cortes is a food stylist, recipe developer, and culinary creative based in New York City. He not only loves to make food look beautiful but loves to weave narrative storylines into his work. He has directly worked with brands such as Arby’s, Kinder, Food and Wine, Southern Living, Pinterest, Simply Recipes, Allrecipes, Real Simple, Verizon, Coastal Living, Eating Well, and Serious Eats.

Costen King Cortes has had the pleasure of assisting many of the nations top food stylists, including Chelsea Zimmer, Julian Hensarling, Torie Cox, Margaret Monroe Dickey, Sally McKay, Emily Hall, Ana Kelly, and Jennifer Wendorf. Through assisting these stylists he has worked on brands such as Sanpellegrino, Tazo Tea, McCormick Spices, Hood Milk, Tea Forte, Country Crock, and Boar’s Head.

Below are a collection of images that have been food styled by myself, Costen King-Cortes, including promotional images, drink styling, still life, and more. From a variety of projects, including web based projects, advertisements, menus, and more, these images are just a highlight of the scope of my food styling work