38 winning images from the Food Photographer of the Year 2022 competition

Five photographers in the UAE were also honoured in the Pink Lady contest

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  ‘Kebabiyana’ by Debdatta Chakraborty of India won the overall prize. All photos: Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022

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  ‘Banana Blossom’, taken in Kerala, India, earned UAE resident Manju Jisto first place in the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (The Gulf) category

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  ‘Goat Attack’ by Shyjith Onden Cheriyath, also of the UAE, was awarded second place in the Gulf category. ‘At a date farm in Fujairah, near Wadi Shees, this farmer was bringing harvested dates to the farm house. On the way, the goats are trying grab them from him,’ Cheriyath said.

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  ‘New Life’ by Thushara Kambil (UAE) was awarded third place in the Gulf category.

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  ‘Feast for Faith’ by Christopher de Castro Comeso, of Abu Dhabi

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  Ameyaa Akhil Vinayak entered ‘Frozen’ in the Young (age 10 and under) category for the UAE

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  ‘Bananas for Sale’ by UAE resident Shyjith Onden Cheriyath

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  ‘Soup and Croutons’ by Aws Bourahmah of Kuwait (The Gulf)

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  ‘Movement of Noodles’ by Chang Jiangbin (China), winner in the Bring Home the Harvest category

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  ‘Drying Stockfish’ by Kasia Ciesielska-Faber (UK), winner of the On the Phone category

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  Chhath Puja Offerings by Indigo Larmour (India), winner in the Young (11 to 14) category

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  ‘Traditional Food’ by Weining Lin (China), Food for the Family category winner

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  ‘Central Park’ by Yuliy Vasilev of Bulgaria, who won in the Fujifilm Award for Innovation category

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  ‘Flower Girl with a Packet of Simba Chippies’ by Marguerite Oelofse (South Africa) - winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (African Territory)

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  ‘Traditional Skill’ by Chen Ying (China) - Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration winner

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  ‘Summer Veg Tart’ by Carolin Strothe (Germany) - Food Stylist Award winner

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  ‘Carrot Field Forever’ by Paolo Grinza and Silvia Vaula (Italy) - One Vision Imaging Cream of the Crop winners

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  ‘Cook’ by Weining Lin (China) - winner in the Philip Harben Award for Food in Action category

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  'Anchovy Catching' by Thien Nguyen Ngoc (Vietnam)- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (South East Asia) winner.

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  'Where Dreams Fly Away' by K M Asad (Bangladesh) - Politics of Food winner.

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  'Food After Work' by Faisal Azim (Bangladesh) - World Food Programme Food for Life winner.

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  'At The Table' by Marguerite Oelofse (South Africa) - The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers winner.

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  'Food-processing' by Joyjit Das (Bangladesh) - Young (15 - 17) category winner.

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  'Herbwoman' by Anna Loraine Hartmann (Germany) - unearthed Food for Sale winner.

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  'The End Of The Day' by Daisy May Nixon (UK) - winner of the Bring Home the Harvest category.

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  'Dinner at the Bar' by Lucas Ober (Argentina) - On the Phone category

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  'Throwing up the Nan' by Chongfeng Wu (China) - Street Food category

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  'Wild Carrots' by Anne Mason-Hoerter (Germany) - The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers category

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  'Flooded Hotel' by Faisal Azim (Bangladesh) - second place in the Politics of Food category

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  'Helen's Bar-B-Q, Brownsville, Tennessee' by Simon Urwin (UK) - Unearthed Food For Sale category

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  'Happy with Food' by M Yousuf Tushar (Bangladesh) - second place in the World Food Programme Food for Life category

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  'Market by the Railway' by Chongfeng Wu (China) - Street Food category

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  'Effervescent' by Paul Steven (UK) - Pink Lady Apple a Day category

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  'Fish, You Can!' by Yuliy Vasilev (Bulgaria) - Fujifilm Award for Innovation category

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  'Children in Camouflage' by Sandro Maddalena (Italy) - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (Europe) category

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  'The Pani Poori Stall' by Anthony Marshall (UK) - Street Food category

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  'The Sole Lady Elderly Fishmonger' by Chua Bing Guan (Malaysia) - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (South East Asia) category

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  'Sunbaked Fish' by Samiha Hossain (Bangladesh) - second place in the Young (11-14) category

Debdatta Chakraborty's photograph shows a vendor in Srinagar, India, tending to his grilled kebabs and surrounded by cloudy smoke after firing up his charcoal oven.

For the stunning image titled Kebabiyana, the Indian photographer won the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 award.

Five photographers in the UAE were also honoured in the competition. Ameyaa Akhil Vinayak won second place in the Young (10-and-under) category for her image of fish in ice.

Manju Jisto was Highly Commended in The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers category with Banana Blossom, a beautiful shot of banana blossom gathered in Kerala, India. The image also won Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (The Gulf) award, which goes to the most outstanding photographs from photographers in the GCC.

Second place in the category went to Shyjith Onden Cheriyath for Goat Attack, which showed a date farmer in Fujairah near Wadi Shees, while third place was awarded to Thushara Kambil for his experimental shot, New Life.

Christopher de Castro Comeso was Highly Commended for Feast For Faith, which captured Eid Al Adha preparations, while Jure Ursic was also Highly Commended for Singing with the Food, which showed an image of a waiter singing during the service of chicken souvlaki.

"As Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year enters its second decade, never has the importance of photography and food been so great," says Phil Turnbull, chief executive of APAL, the owner of Pink Lady.

"Huge global events — war, famine, the end of lockdowns, the revival of the hospitality industry, the chance to celebrate with friends and family again — all these are recorded in the Awards, which show so vividly how food touches every aspect of our lives. The competition continues to be a truly global celebration of the art of food photography.”

Here's the full list of winners:

Overall Winner (and Street Food)

Kebabiyana, Debdatta Chakraborty, India

Bring Home the Harvest

Movement Of Noodles, Chang Jiangbin, China

Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration

Traditional Skill, Chen Ying, China

Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photographer

Lemon Cake, Isabelle Hattink, Netherlands

Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Overall Winner (and People)

Gathering prunings on Corton Hill, Jon Wyand, United Kingdom

Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Places

Architecture And Wine, Marina Spironetti, Italy

Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Produce

On Ice, Suzanne Becker Bronk, United States

Food at the Table

Putting On The Ritz, John Carey, United Kingdom

Food for the Family

Traditional Food, Weining Lin, China

Food in the Field

Agricultural Art, Paolo Crocetta, Italy

Food Stylist Award

Pumpkin Buns; Berry Jewels On Semolina Pudding; Summer Veg Tart; Strawberry & Rhubarb Pie; Blood Orange Madeleines, Carolin Strothe, Germany

Fujifilm Award for Innovation

Central Park, Yuliy Vasilev, Bulgaria

Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture

Watermelon & Feta Salad, Daniela Gerson, US

MPB Food Influencer

Draining Pasta By The Window, Elisa De Cecchi, Italy

On the Phone

Drying Stockfish, Kasia Ciesielska-Faber, United Kingdom

One Vision Imaging Cream of the Crop

Carrot Field Forever, Paolo Grinza and Silvia Vaula, Italy

Pink Lady Apple a Day

Autumnal Woodland Apple Party, Amanda Farnese Heath, United Kingdom

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (African Territory)

Flower girl with a packet of Simba chippies, Marguerite Oelofse, South Africa

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (Chile)

Grape Hat, Matt Wilson, Chile

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (Europe)

Pasta And Fake Curls, Remko Kraaijeveld, Netherlands

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (The Gulf)

Banana Blossom, Manju Jisto, United Arab Emirates

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (New Zealand)

Boning Competition, Christall Lowe

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (South East Asia)

Anchovy Catching, Thien Nguyen Ngoc, Vietnam

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (USA)

Home Box Office, Sriram Rajmohan, US

Politics of Food

Where Dreams Fly Away, K M Asad, Bangladesh

Production Paradise Previously Published

Red Mullet, Mike English, United Kingdom

Student Food Photographer of the Year supported by The Royal Photographic Society

Pot Of Tea, Kim Bainbridge, United Kingdom

The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers

At The Table, Marguerite Oelofse, South Africa

The Philip Harben Award for Food in Action

Cook, Weining Lin, China

Unearthed Food for Sale

Herbwoman, Anna Loraine Hartmann, Germany

World Food Programme Food for Life

Food After Work, Faisal Azim, Bangladesh

Young (10-and0under)

Processing Fish, Rupkotha Roy Barai, Bangladesh

Young (11 - 14)

Chhath Puja Offerings, Indigo Larmour, India

Young (15 - 17)

Food-processing, Joyjit Das, Bangladesh

Food Film Shorts

DaCrema Image Video, Miklos Terei, Hungary