Biography

Jean Cazals is an awards winner London based food photographer. He gained his BA Hons. in Visual Communication at the London College of Printing. Went back to Paris to shoot reportage for the ECPA (French governmental dept.). After 2 years, he returned to London to shoot successfully a decade of portraiture for editorial, advertising & design clients. He had a stint for 2 years shooting commercial . Loving food and travel for years brought him naturally to turn his lens on food & lifestyle which he thoroughly enjoy! Jean is as well shooting commercials but with food this time ! He has lately become an author and producing books on food & Travel .

He shoots from his studio based in Notting Hill when he isn’t travelling overseas for his international clients. His approach is clean, graphic and moody, based on natural light, elegant styling & food presentation which are very important for him.

Jean’s time is divided between editorial, advertising and books.
His work appears in House & Garden , Delicious, Food & Travel, Elle, Marie Claire, Conde Nast Traveller, Vogue Entertaining & Travel, Marthas Stewart Living, Brides, Sunday Times, The Telegraph Mag., Olive, Food Arts, M&S mag., Paris Match, Bentley Mag,… He has published over 70 cook books and work with numerous international chefs: Michel Roux, Peter Gordon, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, Jean-Paul Hevin, Raymond Blanc 'Kitchen Secrets', 'MoMo' Cookbook, 'The Savoy' Cookbook, 'The Cinnamon Club' , 'Le Gavroche','The Square' cookbook, 'Indulge' The French Laundry dessert book, 'Chez Bruce' Cookbook, 'Cuisiner Gascon' (Prix Lamazille ' Best French cookery award 2010), 'La Cuisine des Brasseries' ('Gourmand Award' 2004), 'Quick Bread' ('Gourmand Award' nominee 2006), 'Dough' ('Glenfiddich' 2006 Best Photo. nominee & 'Julia Child' Best Cookbook 2006), 'Crust' (James Beard' best photo Awards nominee 2008), Cinnamon Club Seafood ('Gourmand Award' Best seafood book in UK 2006), Melt ('Gourmand Award' Best chocolate book UK 2010). His advertising client list includes name such as Sainsbury, Asda, Mark & Spencers, Waitrose, Conran, Fauchon, Baxters, Unigate, Kraft, Haagen Dazs, Havana Club, Birdseye, Blue Dragon, NZealand Lamb, Scottish Meat & Californian Almonds Boards, SAS Hotels, Cockspur Rhum, Danone commercial, BOOTS, American Express, Findus, Vahine,…Jean does consultation and advise on book publishing for new projects you may be interested to do!