The winning image was taken in Shuangliu Ancient Town in the Sichuan Province of China. “The elderly ladies in the picture are ‘setting up a Dragon Gate formation’,” says Xiaoling Li. “This is an expression used in China to refer to neighbourhood friends coming together to chat, gossip and share stories. They eat the famous Sichuan snack 'Spring rolls’. Food makes these people happy; they enjoy a beautiful and joyful life.”
There were 48 photographers from the UK selected as finalists from nearly 10,000 entries submitted from 70 countries across the world, including 6 winners from different individual categories. These winners were Emma Stoner from the Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photographer category, Lizzie Mayson won the Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers, Susan Lang from the Food in the Field category, Paul Hughes won the Food Influencer category, Costas Millas from the Hotel Art Group Food Stylist Award and Jo Kearney won the Politics of Food category.
The winners of the competition’s 25 categories were revealed by renowned chef, restaurateur and food writer Yotam Ottolenghi at the Mall Galleries, London on Tuesday 20 May at an awards evening gathering stars of the food and arts worlds.
To see the online gallery of all the 2025 finalists, visit www.worldfoodphotographyawards.com
A free-to-enter exhibition of all 185 Finalist images premieres at The Mall Galleries, London, running from 21st - 25th May. A selection of images will also be exhibited at Fortnum and Mason from 2nd June, as well as the Museum of the Home from 3rd June - 7th September.
Thank you to everyone who submitted their photos for this year’s World Food Photography Awards. Entries for the 2026 edition of the competition will open later this year in September.
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