Dan Macey is the principal in dantasticfood. He primarily works as a food stylist but also assists authors and companies developing and testing recipes. He regularly teaches advocational cooking classes and offers food consulting services. He has experience as an on-air spokesperson.

Dan Macey has provided food styling for television spots on network and local programming and has worked with numerous celebrities including Emeril Lagasse, Lauren Hutton and Marilu Henner and award-winning chefs such as Lidia Bastianich from her PBS Series Lidia’s Italian Table, Michael Romano from Union Street Café and Nick Stellino from his PBS series. His work can regularly be seen on morning talk shows such as CBS Early Morning Show and locally across the country with corporate satellite media tours.

He was the lead food stylist on Epicurious, co-hosted by chef Michael Lomonaco, now airing on the Travel Network.

Corporate food styling clients have included the American Dairy Council, Aramark Foods, Catelli Bros., Finlandia Cheese, Johnson & Johnson, Keto, North American Olive Oil Council, Otten Flavors and Sharp Appliances. Dantasticfood has worked with numerous publishers including Harvard Common Press, Clarkson Potter, Harper Collins/William Morrow, Simon and Schuster and USA Weekend magazine.

Prior to changing career paths, Dan Macey worked in publishing supervising 34 editorial and creative employees producing 15 news and marketing publications. He created and edited a four-color magazine which won four Editorial Excellence Awards in its first five years.