Step Up to the Plate for Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2014

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2014 is back in focus when it opened to entries on Monday, 1 July 2013. This global celebration of the art of food photography applauds both amateur and professional, young and old, and in just two years has already established itself as a major international cultural event.

Last year entries were up a stunning 73%, with more than 5500 images coming from the far corners of the globe. The most inspiring food photography was submitted and the overall winner was a little-known photographer from Romaniawith a beautiful and endearing shot of her grandfather eating an apple.

This year's competition has several exciting new categories for entrants, including Politics of Food, for photo-journalistic images that show the reality of issues relating to food anywhere in the world, Food Bloggers, for images that perfectly complement the blog and bring the written word to life, and the unearthed® Food in Film category, for short film, fact or fiction, about food.

First prize for the overall winner is £5000, and the distinguished panel of judges for this year include David Loftus, Jamie Oliver's food photographer, Julia Bradbury, Presenter, BBC1Countryfile, Donna Hay, Australian food stylistand author, Yotam Ottolenghi, acclaimed chef, cookery writer and restaurateur and Pat Llewellyn, Founder and Managing Director, Optomen Television.

"The Pink Lady® brand has been the headline sponsor for this award since its inception and we're looking forward to another record breaking year. I am sure that the job of picking a winner will be extremely challenging," says Andy Macdonald, judge and Managing Director of Pink Lady® UK.

"High quality, engaging photography is central to how Pink Lady® communicates with its fans around the world and we are proud to acknowledge and congratulate people for their incredible work behind the camera and for sharing their photographs with us."

For further information regarding Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2014, please contact Susan Richmond, Kenyon Communications.