You can easily lose your way in the world of food if you don’t watch where you’re going. As you navigate the Isles of Gordon Ramsay and sail around the Jamie Oliver Peninsula, you’re eventually bound to come across the seemingly-endless Desert (not dessert) of Weird Food. And in the middle stands none other than the city of ‘Totally Gourmet’ (Population: 118,000), its streets filled with bizarre sights that show off the strange and sometimes unsettling side of cooking, cuisine, and nosh.

The ‘Totally Gourmet’ page is run by none other than Sébastien Mathys and Jonas Nyffenegger. If their names sound familiar, then it’s probably because you’ve read Bored Panda’s previous post about their other incredibly popular Instagram page, ‘Ugly Design.’ Now, Sébastien and Jonas are shocking the world once again—but with food! Check out some of the weirdest and most mesmerizing food-related pics from ‘Totally Gourmet’ below and upvote the ones that made your eyes pop and your jaws drop, dear Pandas. Planning to skip lunch after this post (we just might)? Let us know in the comment section below.

Sébastien and Jonas told Bored Panda that ‘Totally Gourmet’ started as a spin-off of ‘Ugly Design. They explained that they’re both passionate about cooking and thought that the amazing food pictures that they found online deserved a dedicated page. “We like to experiment in the kitchen and try new flavors whenever given the opportunity. If you are a food artist please share your work with us, we would love to see (taste) what you do!” Read on for the full interview.

More info: Instagram (Totally Gourmet) | Instagram (Ugly Design) | Ugly.Design

#1 Tomato

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#2 Say It With Flowers

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#3 Kiwifruit

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When Bored Panda asked Sébastien and Jonas what could be done if readers suddenly lose their appetites when looking at photos from the ‘Totally Gourmet’ page, the pair weren’t surprised at all. “We know what you mean. This occurs to us as well… DM us when this happens. We have tips to help, depending on the picture,” they said. So, dear Pandas, if you find yourself put off from eating after this list, send a direct message to the curators of the page and they might just have a solution for you.

Sébastien and Jonas also revealed that they have quite a few food and cooking disaster stories between them in their lives. And they shared the worst one of them.

“Younger Jonas organized a Surströmming party in a public park in Geneva with a few friends and me,” Sébastien said. “Surströmming is a Swedish delicacy made of fermented fish. Most of our friends refused to even try and backed away from the smell. Actually, the scent was so strong that everybody in a radius of 50m decided to leave. Even a group of punks. Our tasting was too trash for them.” Got any similar stories to share, dear Pandas? Let us know in the comment section!

#4 Cheetos Superstructure

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#5 Lunch

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#6 Holy Soup

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We’re drawn to weirdness and ugliness. It’s a very human experience to be captivated by something that’s far from aesthetically pleasing. And that’s exactly the primal human fascination with ugliness that the ‘Totally Gourmet’ team manage to capture in the pics that they post.

There’s a lot of similarity between ‘Totally Gourmet’ and ‘Ugly Design,’ namely, the ugliness and the shock value. Sébastien and Jonas earlier spoke to Bored Panda about their other project, ‘Ugly Design,’ and attributed its success to the fact that their content creates a huge contrast to the “norm-perfect” pictures that can usually be found in people’s Instagram feeds.

#7 Sunday‘S

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#8 Noodeldo

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#9 Spirit Animal

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“When seeing an ugly design rather than perfect aesthetics (as defined in the 21st century)—scrollers takes notice,” Sébastien and Jonas told Bored Panda that the key is to avoid predictability and embracing what’s unexpected.

The curators of ‘Ugly Design’ and ‘Totally Gourmet’ explained that they believe ugliness is a topic that’s bottomless and will always have something to offer in terms of content. So you can expect a lot more extraordinary and strange content from Sébastien and Jonas in the near future, that’s for sure!

#10 Munchies

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#11 Avocado

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#12 Beetle Bread

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#13 New Apple AirPods

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#14 When Is The Party?

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#15 Paw

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#16 Cuty

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#17 Lost And Found

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#18 How To Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction?

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#19 No More Stock?
make Your Own!!!

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#20 Carving The Turkey

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#21 Tomato Freak

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#22 Tea X Pepper

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#23 Total Fail

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#24 Mamma Mia ?

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#25 Monday’s Pie

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#26 Coronameatball Going Viral

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#27 Self Isolated Lime

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#28 Totally Curvy

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#29 Olala!

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#30 Sunday Threat

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#31 Flower Bouquet

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#32 Crayfish Procession

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#33 Cereal

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#34 Aww

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#35 Lost In The Sauce

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#36 Dessert

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#37 Bring Me Solo And The Wookie

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#38 Gourmet Bacon

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#39 Puppy

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#40 Chubbytella

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#41 Internet Flavour

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#42 Sunday Treat

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#43 Atleast You Know When You Run Out Of Toilet Paper

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#44 Christmas Tree Salad

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#45 Cheeto Wreath

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#46 Those Sausages Be Flacid

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#47 18+ Fruits

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#48 Happy Hours

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#49 Pug

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#50 Happy Monday

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#51 Veggitect

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#52 His Palms Are Sweaty Knees Weak Arms Are Heavy There’s Vomit On His Sweater Already Covered In His Moms Spaghetti

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#53 Selfisolating

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#54 Wave

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#55 Cheese Tower

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#56 Dog Hot?

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#57 Cake

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#58 Why Does This Look Like A Mouth

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#59 Panface

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#60 Do Something With Eggplant

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#61 Happy Valentin’s Day

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#62 Xxl Onigiri

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#63 Pro Tips Photography

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#64 Hot Mermaid

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#65 Playdonald

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#66 It Can Be Done

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#67 Trapple

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#68 Spaghetti, Ocd Version

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#69 Comfort Food

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#70 You’ll Be Next

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#71 Mamma Mia

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#72 Cork

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#73 “Don’t Forget To Salt”

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#74 The Grinch?

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#75 That’s The Destruction We All Need In Our Communities!

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#76 When The Food Is The Ground

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#77 Bird House

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#78 Mood

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#79 Germ Alert

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#80 Focused On My Goals

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#81 French Perv

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#82 Fresh

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#83 Champion’s Dinner

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#84 Stay By Me

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#85 Designers Humor

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#86 Ever Wonder Why Ice Cubes Taste So Boring? It’s Cuz You Make ‘Em Outta Stupid Water!

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#87 They Won’t Catch Me Slippin’

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#88 Very Cute

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#89 Happy Birthday

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#90 Hardcore Tea Lover

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#91 Totallycumber

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#92 Happy Birthday

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#93 Happy Birthday

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#94 Totally Minestron

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#95 Hello?

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#96 Breakfast

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#97 Coronapaprika

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#98 Why ??

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#99 Multitasking

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#100 Hydration Is Key

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#101 German Sushi

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#102 Orange At Work

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#103 Totally Classy

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#104 Noodly Bday Cake

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#105 A Home Without A Dog Is Just A House

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#106 Pretzels Dipped In White & Red Chocolate Melts, Then Dipped In Black & White Sugar Cigarettes

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#107 Diavola 1/3

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#108 Street Food

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#109 Bastard

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#110 There’s Holes In My Cheese

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#111 Dry Friday

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#112 Po-Tidders

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#113 Worth Trying

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#114 Saturn Devouring His Son

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#115 21st Birthday Celebration

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#116 Croissants?

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#117 A Date

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#118 Fish Face

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#119 You vs. The Guy She Tell You Not To Worry About

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#120 Order Food By Your Local Restaurant

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#121 AirPods

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#122 360/11= 32,72727272727273

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#123 Intense Flavours

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#124 Gastromelon

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#125 Borded Thursday‘S

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#126 Italian Munchies

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#127 Neo Capitalisme

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#128 Thirsty?

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#129 My Life

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#130 True Love

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#131 Never Enough Butter

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#132 Too Much Mayo Anyway

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#133 Can My Employer Stop Me Eating At My Desk?

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#134 Monday’s Delivery

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#135 Italian Pigeons Are The Best

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#136 Cake Face

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#137 Missing Maple Syrup

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#138 Moodymorning

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#139 Pain

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#140 Dinner In The Uglyverse

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#141 “Fruit’s A Gamble.”

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#142 Grape

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#143 Conjoined Potatoes. (Sorry, Not Too Clear)

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