British Food Misunderstood by Ilka & Franz

Ilka & Franz are an Austrian/German photographer duo based in London (UK). They are interested in quirky and minimalist conceptual work involving people, objects and animals.

In their British Food Misunderstood series, Ilka & Franz reinvent six of the most confusing British dishes. How would you imagine Black Pudding, Shortbread or Bubble and Squeak if you had no idea what they were? Ilka & Franz are both nor British born, nor native speakers of English, so they tapped into their own food-related misconceptions from the time when they first moved to the UK.

"Cream tea was pretty puzzling to me and for ages I thought mince pies had meat in them," says Ilka.

©️ Ilka & Franz