The tabletop chef - an optical illusion

They used real food, a blowtorch, 
plastic clay and patience.
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The design group Golpeavisa made a real-life anamorphic optical illusion of chef René Redzepi using food items for the cover of the inflight magazine Clase Premier.

How they did it
Clase Premier August 2012 Cover from Clase Premier on Vimeo.