Lia Townsend is the founder of Stories to Gather - one of Australia's most distinctive creative studios, building bespoke food installations that are, at their core, works of art.
What Lia does is hard to put in a box - and that's exactly the point. She doesn't style food. She builds worlds out of it. Edible, immersive, sensory experiences that transform produce into storytelling - from intimate celebrations to large-scale brand activations for some of the biggest names in luxury.
Lia grew up in an Australian-Italian household where food was never just sustenance - it was the reason people gathered. In this conversation we talk about what it means to build a creative practice around beauty and joy, what it took to finally back herself in this career, the label that was placed on her early in her professional life that quietly shaped how she saw herself for years, and how motherhood has influenced her approach to work and business.
Find Stories to Gather at storiestogather.com.au | Follow: @stories_to_gather
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