John F. Carafoli
Food Consultant / Food Stylist / Author

John Carafoli is an internationally known food stylist, consultant, and food writer who has been featured on the Food Network and NPR. After graduating from art school, he was an art director/designer and creative director for advertising agencies and publishers in Chicago. Returning to his East Coast roots, he began a career in food writing and food styling, starting with the Boston Globe. He then wrote the seminal book Food Photography and Styling and worked on major national campaigns with such clients Stella Artios and Rioja Spanish wines, developing recipes while styling their ad campaigns. Other clients have included Absolute Vodka, Dunkin Donuts, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Smirnoff, Miller Lite, and Tanqueray. Jose Cuervo, Au Bon Pain, Kraft General foods, Dannon and Columbo Yogurts

He has taught cooking and food styling at several universities, including Boston University and New York University, and has been published in The New York Times and Gastromonica, in addition to presenting papers at the prestigious Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery in England.

His recipes and design work have appeared in Bon Appetit, Ladies Home Journal, Weight Watchers, Yankee, House Beautiful, and Prevention Magazine. He writes the quarterly feature “In Carafoli’s Kitchen” for the magazine Edible Cape Cod, and this year won an award for one of his articles.