Pink Woman Meals Photographer of the Yr 2024 competitors winners

Purple Bean Paste Balls, by Chinese language photographer Zhonghua Yang, has gained the general prize within the Pink Woman® Meals Photographer of the Yr 2024.

The picture, which got here first within the Champagne Taittinger Meals for Celebration class, was taken within the rural space of Xiangshan, Zhejiang throughout preparations for the Spring Pageant, also called Chinese language New Yr.

Celebratory traditions embody making dim sum, akin to crimson bean dumplings, steamed rice truffles and glutinous rice cake.

“This wonderful, perfectly-balanced image is full of light, shadow, mystery and poignancy,” stated Caroline Kenyon, founding father of the Pink Woman competitors.

“The meals is exquisitely made – its round shapes contrasting with the angularity of the fretwork screens, by means of which the sunshine pours.

“Meanwhile, the woman who has made the food, weary, carries in yet another tray. Her role is to labour and to serve, while the guests party and enjoy.”

Here’s a number of the class winners, with descriptions by the photographers who took them.

“Lucy and Tony, and their children, made the long journey from Kent to the Isle of Skye to get married.

“They did not need to transport a standard wedding ceremony cake all that method, so their cakemaker produced these fabulous little ‘truffles in containers’ for them.

“We found a spot by the historic Sligachan Bridge, and they tucked in!”

“Buri is Japanese for the fish [belonging to the species] Seriola quinqueradiata – it is known in English as ‘Yellowtail’.

“For hundreds of years, fishermen filleted buri, salted them, dried them for about 10 days, and eventually wrapped them in leaves and lengthy rice-straw ropes earlier than hanging them in entrance of their homes, uncovered to the ocean breeze.”

“Rhubarb is so fascinating to me. I like its color and texture. It additionally means spring is close to.”

“Chestnuts symbolise Autumn harvest.

“In our family with strong Celtic roots, they are considered guardians of men and animals.

“The vintage chestnut roaster is a household heirloom and a nod to our farming heritage.

“The crested dove symbolises harmony and virility.”

“This photo was shot as part of a series, The Hungry Traveller, a Gousto campaign celebrating cuisines from around the world.”

“At the beginning of the rice-farming season, a young farmer carries a rack of rice sprouts across a paddy field in Sakon Nakhon province, Thailand.”

“As the sun gracefully descends on the horizon, casting a warm and magical golden glow with an ethereal radiance, a tribal lady engages in the ancient practice of threshing rice grains in the courtyard of her home with rhythmic movements by tossing the harvested rice into the air.”

“A celebration of cake with My Little Cake Tin’s signature colourful and stylish edible floral decoration.”

“Boats fan out across a stretch of the lake, creating a floating market selling an array of fresh fruit.

“It is a floating market of seasonal fruits akin to jackfruit, pineapple, mango, at Rangamati, Bangladesh.

“The tribal farmers sell their fruit early morning at minimum price on a wholesale basis.”

“I caught this bee having breakfast on a large sunflower at Bignor Roman Villa in West Sussex, England.

“With out bees to pollinate, there could be far much less meals on the planet.”

This year’s judging panel, assessing thousands of entries submitted from more than 65 countries, was chaired by food photographer David Loftus and included Fiona Shields, head of photography at Guardian News & Media and Rein Skullerud, senior photographer and photo editor, United Nations World Food Programme.

An exhibition of all the finalists can be seen, between 5-9 June, at the Mall Galleries, London.

All images topic to copyright. Courtesy of Pink Woman® Meals Photographer of the Yr 2024.