Main dishes marketing for Australian restaurants & cafes

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Main dishes carry the order decision on Instagram in Australia: diners scroll a feed before they open a menu. The play is appetite realism — your actual plates, steam and all, framed the way the table sees them.

What to shoot

• The hero plate, shot from the diner's seat — not a studio top-down unless the dish earns it.
• The first-cut or first-bite moment — the reveal is the reel.
• The plate landing on the table, hands in frame — service is part of the dish.
• A build or plating sequence from the pass, 15 seconds, kitchen sound only.

Plan it toward a moment

Main dishes content works hardest when it rides an occasion the market is already talking about:

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