Celebrity cook Prue Leith recently presented Bangladeshi photographer Noor Ahmed Gelal with the top prize at the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards. The winning slot, entitled ‘Praying with Food’, depicts the moment a day-long fast is broken at a Hindu temple in Dhaka. It was also the category winner in the Food for Celebration category.
Meanwhile, the gong for Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year was awarded to Australian photographer Victor Pugatschew for ‘Spinning the Chardonnay’.
Held at the Mall Galleries in London, the annual ceremony is a worldwide celebration of food photography and film.
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year: Noor Ahmed Gelal (Bangladesh) for ‘Praying with Food’
Breaking the fast in congregation. A section of the Hindu community is preparing to break the day-long fast in one of the local temples at Swamibag, Dhaka.
Production Paradise Food of the Press: Oliver Hauser (Germany) for ‘Schnitzelberg’
Out of the series ‘Adam’s cooking for Eve’
Food for the Family: Guillaume Flandre (UK) for ‘Family Dinner’
This is the last time my father and grandfather cooked together in the apartment before my grandfather passed away. I captured this scene on Christmas Eve, a moment when, traditionally, the whole family would gather to share a meal.
Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture: Linda Taylor (USA) for ‘Pastry and Pears’
My small, imperfect pears from my tree were gifted to my local bakery and they were transformed into these perfect little brioche and ricotta pastries.
Food for Sale: Jade Nina Sarkhel (UK) for ‘Rex Bakery’
Straddling a gutter, I captured the bullet-stricken walls of one of Mumbai’s oldest bakeries. The bakery churns out 18,000 paos a day, operating 24x7 selling bread through the keyhole counter overnight. Bread is given free to those who can’t afford it. It’s places like this that knit communities together in India.
The Philip Harben Award for Food in Action: John Carey (UK) for ‘Calum in his Pie Room’
A master of his craft, Calum Franklin, executive head chef and pie creator extraordinaire, in his wonderful Pie Room at Holborn Dining Rooms in the Rosewood Hotel, London
15-17 Years: William Lindsay-Perez (UK) for ‘Finishing Touches’
A sprinkle of cocoa powder over raspberry meringue with a white chocolate rocky road. In this image, I wanted to combine rich colour and movement to create an image that looks as great as the dessert tasted. wanted to combine rich colour and movement to create an image that looks as great as the dessert tasted.
11-14 Years: Stefan Dedu (Romania) for ‘Fresh Chicken Eggs’
These are our own production eggs. There are three different colours — cream, brown and green. The colour is determined by the genetics of the hen.
10 and Under: Ruby Smend (UK) for ‘Raining Pasta’
I took this picture while we were making fresh pasta at home and hung it on a stick to dry. It looked like heaven, like pasta raining from the sky.
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year ‘produce’ category winner and overall winner: Victor Pugatschew (Australia) for ‘Spinning the Chardonnay’
Here we have chardonnay being pressed at Champagne Veuve Fourny and the juice flowing into the Belon tanks.
Madeleine Howell
(The Daily Telegraph)
