Donut Daddy: Sugar and Seduction — Cookbook Photography
Title: Donut Daddy: Sugar and Seduction
Author: Anthony Randello-Jahn
Publisher: Ten Speed Press / Penguin Random House
Published: 2026
Scope: Full cookbook photography commission
Anthony Randello-Jahn, The Donut Daddy, is a Melbourne baker who built a following of two million on Instagram through a particular kind of sensual, unapologetic baking content. His debut cookbook for Ten Speed Press brings that same energy to the page.
The cookbook photography was a collaboration. Anthony shot much of the lifestyle imagery himself, which made sense given how central his persona is to the work, and I photographed the food. The brief was moody and indulgent, with close attention to glaze, sugar work and dripped finishes.
Across sixty-nine recipes, every image had to work on its own as a recipe reference while sitting within the look of the whole book.
Styling by Lee Blaylock.
