British-born New Zealander, Shaun Cato-Symonds has always worked with food, first as a chef before going on to train as a food photographer.

Shaun loves all genres of photography but his passion for cuisine has led him to concentrate on photographing all things food and wine related. He has been working as a food photographer for the past 25 years.

Shaun works mainly from his studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland where he has a wide variety of clients specialising in packaging, advertising, editorial and books. He has worked with all the major food brands  such as Watties, Burger King, Whittakers, Tegel, TipTop, Ernest Adams, Puhoi, Griffins, Huntley and Palmers and Just Juice, among many others.