The World’s Coolest Food Art

By Savannah Cox | Edited By John Kuroski

Published October 10, 2013

Updated November 9, 2023

Cool Food Art No. 5: Sid Chidiac, Chocolate Artiste

Sid Chidiac may seem like your run-of-the-mill painter, but in reality, he is far from ordinary. Instead of paint, the New York-based artist uses chocolate as his preferred medium. For Chidiac, it is a pretty sweet career. Purchasing extreme amounts of chocolate to cover his canvas, all excesses on Chidiac’s paintbrushes must be licked off by Chidiac himself.

Source: Sid Chidiac

Source: Open House

Chidiac’s paintings are so realistic that people often doubt that they are made from real chocolate. Others are so enticed by the food art that Chidiac–and this is truly a first for an art gallery setting–must remind viewers not to eat his work. Since then, Chidiac has been sponsored by many chocolate big-wigs to create edible works of art for their brand, with Chidiac using a good portion of his proceeds and influence to advocate for young people stricken with cancer.

Source: Open House

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Cox, Savannah. "The World’s Coolest Food Art." AllThatsInteresting.com, October 10, 2013, https://allthatsinteresting.com/food-art. Accessed May 9, 2025.