Chinese photographer Jianhui Liao has won the overall title of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2019 in the annual competition to find the best pictures around the globe of food, wine, farming and produce.
The shot beat over 9,000 images from 77 countries to win the £5,000 main prize, as well as the Food for Celebration category.
The overhead shot shows villagers from Handan in Shexian County of China wearing Qing Dynasty costumes gathering around a giant pot of noodles in a feast to celebrate the birth of goddess Nüwa.
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Titled Cauldron Noodles, Jianhui Liao use his Sony A7R Mk II with a 24-240mm superzoom set at 54mm using an exposure of 1/200sec at f/8, ISO100.
The prizes were presented legendary Blur musician and cheesemaker Alex James.
Jianhui’s shot won the Food for Celebration category sponsored by Champagne Taittinger. “It stood out from the rest in its category, however, for the way in which he made the subject matter, a community feast, so beautiful and atmospheric.”
Now in its eighth year, the global judging panel for this year's competition was chaired by internationally-renowned food photographer David Loftus.
Category winners
Bring Home the Harvest
Kazi Mushfiq, Bangladesh
Harvesting Gold
Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photographer
Tiree Dawson, UK
Preparing for the Nightshift
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year
Jon Wyand, UK
Cleaning the Cuverie
Food Bloggers
Aimee Twigger, UK
Drying Pasta
Food for Celebration sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
Jianhui Liao, China
Cauldron of Noodles
Food for Sale
Elise Humphrey, UK
Ramadan
Food for the Family
Sanghamitra Sarkar, India
Bonda Tribe
Food in the Field
Andrew Newey, UK
Pumpkins at Sunrise
Food Stylist Award
Kim Morphew, UK
Fujifilm Award for Innovation
Michael Hedge, UK
Broken Egg
InterContinental Food at the Table
Giles Christopher, UK
Mussels Ready to Eat
Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture
Nick Milward, UK
Tarte Tatin with Thyme
On the Phone
Matt Wilson, Chile
Rosemary Harvest
One Vision Imaging Cream of the Crop
Simon Bajada, Sweden
Basque Heirlooms
Philip Harben Award for Food in Action
Kazi Mushfiq, Bangladesh
Water Collecting
Pink Lady® Apple a Day
Tiree Dawson, UK
The Girl
Politics of Food
Martin Chamberlain, UK
Cow Tantrum
Production Paradise Previously Published
Cosimo Barletta, Italy
Red Octopus
WFP Storytellers Innovation Award
Eder Estilmer, Guatemala Water Stream
Winterbotham Darby Food Film Shorts supported by Foodism
Jennifer Davick, USA Black Sesame
World Food Programme Food for Life
Avishek Das, India Food Processing
Street Food
Debdatta Chakraborty, India
Risha Kesarwale, Chai seller
Student Food Photographer
Chloe Dann, Australia
The Carnal Supper
Young 15-17
Lily-Mae Franklin, UK
Always Have a Camera in my Hands
Young 11-14
Jemima Painter, Thailand
Fresh Thai Ingredients
Young 10 & under
Joshua George, Bahrain
Passion Fruit Love
View all this year's winners on the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year website.
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