Culinary It-Girl: Paris Starn and the Art of Eating With Your Eyes

Food has quietly become the eighth art—and Paris Starn is one of its most compelling figures. A multi-hyphenate creative emerging from New York’s cultural elite, Starn belongs to a new generation of culinary artists who treat food not merely as sustenance, but as visual, emotional, and aesthetic experience.

Once described by New York Magazine’s Jerry Saltz as “a confection-maker who makes you wish she would send her confections to you,” Starn’s work sits at the intersection of fantasy and familiarity. Her creations—whether a feather-adorned turkey pot pie, a sticky toffee pumpkin cake, or an elevated mac n’ cheese—feel whimsical yet deeply intentional. Nothing is overworked. Nothing is accidental.

In a world where Michelin stars no longer define the full scope of culinary influence, figures like Starn, alongside peers such as Laila Gohar and Imogen Kwok, have built an alternative star system—one powered by Instagram and driven by aesthetics as much as flavor. With over 131,000 followers, Starn’s audience understands what she has always known: you eat with your eyes first.

Shot inside Be Electric Studios, this film captures Starn in her element—where food, fashion, and visual storytelling merge seamlessly. The result is a portrait of a modern tastemaker who rejects the false divide between beauty and substance. For Starn, food isn’t styled for the camera—it is the art.

And once you see it, you can’t help but want a bite.