Gourmet foods are foods prepared to be eaten by gourmets or connoisseurs. Since gourmets have discriminating tastes and palates, preparing and presenting the foods entails superior skills and artistic flair. Gourmet food dishes should be of a high-quality so that gourmets can distinguish and appreciate its unique taste. Because of the fact that gourmets are the intended audience of gourmet foods, ordinary people will tend to think that this kind of food is very exotic and rare.

However, not all ingredients of gourmet food are uncommon. In fact, a number of them are made from ordinary foods. The focus is then on the food selection, preparation, and presentation. Since these are targeted for gourmets who have high standards, high standards should also be met in the process of selecting, preparing, and presenting the food. Ordinary people may be easily pleased when they eat a gourmet food dish since naturally, their standards are lower as compared to that of the gourmets.