How ‘Julia’ Cooked Up Mouth-Watering Food Scenes and Super-Realistic Kitchens
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy EditorFrom the very start, “Julia” producer Chris Keyser decided there wouldn’t be any shortcuts when it came to creating the food scenes for HBO Max’s origin story of the famous TV chef.
It had to taste good and look even better to honor the spirit of Julia Child.Production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein and food stylist Christine Tobin threw themselves into making sure all the ingredients were perfectly combined, and the result was a delicious-tasting menu of scenes spotlighting the mouth-watering dishes and the Childs’ enjoyment of eating.
HBO Max’s “Julia” has been renewed for a second season, and von Brandenstein recently returned from a scouting trip to France.“It was just wonderful,” says von Brandenstein. “I hope we can carry that torch into our next adventure.
The food is still central, and there’s no place better to start than in France.” An Oscar-winner for “Amadeus,” she breaks down the design of the kitchens, TV studios and restaurants, while Tobin details what went into prepping the cooking scenes.One of von Brandenstein’s first stops was the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., where the Childs’ Cambridge kitchen is preserved.
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