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Good enough to eat: Don't be fooled, these tasty treats are all FAKE and created for use in TV shows and even Hollywood movies such as Barbie

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They look good enough to eat.

But you’d be a fool to tuck into this feast of savouries and sweet treats – as they are all FAKE.

Kerry Boyes launched her Fake Food Workshop, in Kirkcudbrightshire, six years ago and has churned out realistic looking edibles for TV documentaries, museum displays and Hollywood films, including last year’s box office hit Barbie.

For one tray of treats, she drew inspiration from high street bakers Greggs and named her foody sculptures Freggs.

Her artistry is so much in demand that Ms Boyes has also opened a traditional shop in Kircudbright where the shelves are packed with ice cream cornets, cakes, trifles, jellies and pans of eggs and sausages.

Master of disguise! Kerry puts the finishing touches on a fake pie

Master of disguise! Kerry puts the finishing touches on a fake pie

Her tray of fake pastries and doughnuts is enough to fool anyone

Her tray of fake pastries and doughnuts is enough to fool anyone

Kerry in her Kirkcudbright shop with shelves full of delicious-looking (fake) ice cream cones

Kerry in her Kirkcudbright shop with shelves full of delicious-looking (fake) ice cream cones

Lied eggs and bacon anyone... this tasty fry-up is so detailed there's even a scattering of pepper

Lied eggs and bacon anyone... this tasty fry-up is so detailed there's even a scattering of pepper

And, of course, the Freggs products.

Her website says the company is ‘committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity and precision, it provides lifelike replica food items to a global clientele in hospitality, entertainment and retail’.

The list of clients includes Warner Bros Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, the BBC and Historic Royal Palaces.

Ms Boyes, who has background as a stonemason and taxidermist, has said she started experimenting with replica foods after she bought a copy of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management and became fascinated by its lithographs.

She first sold her creations online and at markets before launching the workshop and, earlier this year, the store.

Ms Boyes said: ‘When I began, I only had the time to make fake food one day a week, as I had four jobs at the time.

‘But Covid changed that, I had a lot more time on my hands and I needed to make some money. It’s just developed from there.’

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