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Black Garlic

A creator-led African food studio producing culturally grounded recipes, photography, styling and visual stories from Zambia.

Kitwe, Zambia · Working worldwide

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A layered dessert styled and photographed by Black Garlic

Food styling · Photography · Recipe development

Food, styled with story.

Black Garlic is a Zambian food studio creating thoughtful recipes, striking imagery and culturally grounded content for brands and food lovers around the world.

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Coca-Cola
Rhodes Food Group
Crosse & Blackwell
Mr Sauce
Supreme Chicken
Country Choice Chicken
Buya Bamba
National Milling Corporation
Binto

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The proof is on the plate.

Every frame begins with the product, the people it needs to reach and the feeling it should leave behind. Here is a taste of Black Garlic’s existing collaborations—see the full portfolio for more.

Fried samosas garnished with coriander, styled with dipping sauces for National Milling CorporationBranded content↗

National Milling Corporation

Doughnuts and samosas, styled for the everyday table

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Overhead shot of Rhodes Quality seasoned roasted potatoes and steakBranded content↗

Rhodes Food Group

A multi-brand table across spice, juice and coating

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Crispy fried chicken burgers with fries styled for Country Choice ChickenFood photography↗

Country Choice Chicken

A year of chicken, framed for the calendar

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Binto instant noodles styled with a beef and vegetable stir-fry for BigTree BrandsBranded content↗

BigTree Brands

Binto Noodles, from the pack to the plate

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What we make

Food stories shaped from first idea to final frame.

Recipe development, styling and visual production brought together by one culturally grounded creative studio.

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  1. 01Food styling & photography↗
  2. 02Recipe development↗
  3. 03Branded content↗
  4. 04Creative partnerships↗
Clara Kapelembe Bwali, founder and creative force behind Black Garlic

“Food is a universal language.”

Meet Clara

A Zambian eye, a generous table and a restless curiosity for flavour.

Clara Kapelembe Bwali began by sharing recipes and looking for a more truthful way to show local food and local products. What started with a phone, a few backgrounds and an instinct for composition grew into Black Garlic.

Today, her work moves between family knowledge and new flavour combinations, commercial briefs and personal stories—always with the belief that Zambian food deserves to be seen with care, confidence and imagination.

Read Clara’s story