About this photo
Natural soft kitchen lighting highlights the precise knife work of a professional cook preparing ingredients. This image is ideal for restaurant content, cooking tutorials, or culinary blog illustrations.
Prompt: “close-up of a Southeast Asian line cook's hands dicing an onion with a chef's knife on a pale cutting board” — AI-generated and reviewed for quality before listing.
Editor's note (8.0/10): Sharp, well-composed shot matching the brief, with only very minor softness on the far onion slice, fully usable for stock download.
Also searched as: cook dicing onion · food preparation · line cook hands · kitchen prep · cutting onion
Direct file: 1280×1280 JPG
Using this photo — common questions
- Can I use this cook slicing onion on cutting board photo for free, commercially?
- Yes. This photo is licensed CC BY 4.0, so you can use it in commercial and personal projects — websites, ads, social media, videos and client work — at no cost. The one condition is the credit: “Cook Slicing Onion On Cutting Board” by BudgetPixel AI (https://budgetpixel.com/images/cook-slicing-onion-on-cutting-board-29aaf3f4) — CC BY 4.0
- What size is this photo?
- The original is 1280×1280 pixels (JPG); it also downloads at 1280 px and 640 px on the long side. Its square shape suits Instagram posts, profile or album art and product-grid thumbnails.
- Is this photo AI-generated?
- Yes. It was generated by AI from the prompt “close-up of a Southeast Asian line cook's hands dicing an onion with a chef's knife on a pale cutting board” and it passed an AI review for quality and safety before listing. The downloaded file carries the IPTC “AI-generated” marker and its licence details.
- Where can I find more food & drink images like this?
- Browse the Food & Drink collection, see the similar images below, or describe the exact picture you need and generate it free on this page.
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