Santos Loo

Title: Senior Food Stylist

Year you started at FN: 2003

Path at FN: 2002 FN Internship Test Kitchen, 2002-2003 FN Freelance Production Kitchen, now Senior Food Stylist

Culinary education/background: Cooper Union School of Art, Institute of Culinary Education

Cuisine you're known for: Chinese Peruvian "Chifa"

Favorite food: Cilantro, cumin, cardamom, cloves, cake

Food you won't go near: Anything that doesn't start with C

Culinary inspiration: Visiting local farmers markets

Favorite show: Iron Chef and any show where I'm in the background

Do you prefer sweet foods or savory: Savory

If you were a condiment, what would you be: Butter

Funniest behind-the-scenes story: On the back set of Sweet Dreams, Gael Gande's kid Geo munching away on all our beautifully decorated cookies prior to shooting them for the show.