30 Winners From the World Food Photography Awards

A young picture titled A Woman Eats within the Canteen of the Soviet-era Sanatorium, by British photographer Jo Kearney, is the Overall Winner of the World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi®.

The picture, which first gained the Fortnum & Mason Food on the Table class, was taken on the Khoja Obi Garm sanatorium within the mountains of Tajikistan. The colossal concrete complicated is constructed on radon-rich sizzling springs and dates again to the Soviet period. It stays one of many few such sanatoria nonetheless in operation, the place visitors observe prescribed remedies akin to thermal bathing and steam remedy, and are served meals of nourishing meals — soups, fruit, tea, and conventional Tajik fare — in step with the sanatorium’s restorative ethos. With a price of about £33 per day for board, lodging, and coverings, the sanatorium is immensely widespread.

“There is so much to see and so much to feel in this image,” says Caroline Kenyon, Founder, World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi®. “An old woman pours herself tea – but it’s so much more than just that. The expression on her crevassed face is beautiful; it moved me to tears. She is alone, her simple breakfast on the table before her echoes the fruit in the painting on the wall behind. Against the parched colours of the scene through the window, the rich crimson chairs give a regal quality to the setting, and though humbly dressed, her dignified bearing is queenly too. She has seen much in life, we are sure, but holds her head high.”

The winners of the competitors’s 27 classes had been revealed by famend chef and meals author Gennaro Contaldo on the Mall Galleries, London, at the moment (June 2) at an awards night gathering stars of the meals and humanities worlds.

“These Awards highlight the power of photography to tell food stories from around the world,” says Dave Samuels, Brand Director of Tenderstem® Bimi® Broccolini and headline sponsor of the Awards. “The remarkable images remind us of the essential role food plays in communities across the globe – through growing, harvesting, cooking, eating, celebrating and surviving. Whatever changes the world goes through, food remains central to our lives.”

Category Winners

This yr’s world judging panel was tasked with assessing practically 9,000 entries submitted from over 50 international locations all over the world. A free-to-enter exhibition of all 203 finalist photos will premiere on the Mall Galleries, London, working from Wednesday, June 3 to Sunday, June 7. A number of the pictures hand-picked by Fortnum & Mason will likely be displayed at their iconic retailer on Piccadilly from Tuesday, June 9.

To see the net gallery of all of the 2026 finalists, go to www.worldfoodphotographyawards.com. Entries for the 2027 version of the competitors will open later this yr, in September.