Chefs and restaurants attempting to elliminate "food porn"

I love food a little too much as some may know and not just for the taste, texture, and smell, however also because of the pure beauty of the art.  A lot of us are guilty of taking pictures of our meals at restaurants and/or at home and sharing them on our social network accounts.  Sometimes even before we take a bite to make sure they actually even taste as good as they look.  To a foodie this phenomenon of taking pictures of perfectly plated food has been coined "food porn", which I am guilty of looking at a fare share myself and have been involved in the distribution and photography of as well. 

French Chef Alexandre Gauthier is attempting to put an end to the food porn, food selfies, and tweeting during the meal at his restaurant.  He remembers when people would take pictures of their family at restaurants for souvenirs, but now instead people take pictures of their orders and share it on social media accounts before taking a bite. Chef Gauthier has now put a picture of a camera on his menu with a line through it attempting to stop his customers from photographing the food and posting it, so they will actually take a bite of their meals before its cold.  Chef Gauthier said "I would like people to be living in the present. Tweet about the meal beforehand, tweet about it afterwards, but in between stop and eat. Sitting down for a meal should be an enjoyable moment shared with us, not with the social network. Instead of enjoying the moment they are elsewhere. But it is a minority of diners." This is not the only chef and restaurant trying to ban food photography.  Recently there has been several restaurants in New York that are also putting bans on the use of cameras since customers have been standing on tables to capture their meals at interesting view points and using tripods. It is one thing to take a quick picture of food with your camera, however that's going a little too far. I would think this is the modern age form of my compliments to the chef?  So heads up if you're in a restaurant and be discreet when trying to capture a picture of a plate of food. Even though you are paying for it and attempting to post or tweet and give the restaurant free press.

I think it is time that I start a magazine called Foodboy or National Foodgraphic!!  This months centerfold......... a 5 star restaurant serving a 7 course meal with succulent, hot and spicy, mouth watering, and visually stunning dishes.