The shortlisted images for the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 competition have been announced prior to the final results being revealed on 26 April 2022.

The organisers announced, ‘We are delighted to announce that the long-awaited Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 shortlist is here to entertain and inspire. Thousands of images poured in from countries around the world. Once again the standard of entries has not only displayed incredible technical prowess but the most evocative and powerful storytelling. This global competition continues to help connect us and offer an exclusive insight into the universal language of food culture.’

Charity Meal by Hoang Long Ly (Vietnam), shortlisted in World Food Programme Food for Life category of the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Charity Meal by Hoang Long Ly (Vietnam), shortlisted in World Food Programme Food for Life category of the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Global judging panel

This year’s global judging panel for the awards has been chaired by legendary food photographer, David Loftus.

Never too old to learn by Shallon Cunningham (Canada), shortlisted in the Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Never too old to learn by Shallon Cunningham (Canada), shortlisted in the Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

The panels also includes Fiona Shields (Head of Photography, Guardian News & Media), NA Risong, (art director and curator of Inter Art Center Gallery, Beijing), Nik Sharma (cookbook author, photographer and columnist), Tasneem Alsultan (investigative and National Geographic photographer), Phillip Prodger (executive director, Curatorial Exhibitions, LA and former head of photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London) and Rein Skullerud, (head of Photo Unit, World Food Programme).

Baked Honey Figs by Jade Winslade (UK), shortlisted in the Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Baked Honey Figs by Jade Winslade (UK), shortlisted in the Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Live YouTube ceremony

The winners will be announced on April 26 2022 at 19:30 (BST) in an exciting, live global event that will be streamed on the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year YouTube channel.

 Children work for food by Subrata Dey (Bangladesh), shortlisted in the World Food Programme Food for Life category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards


Children work for food by Subrata Dey (Bangladesh), shortlisted in the World Food Programme Food for Life category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

The Awards Film, hosted by a ‘very special celebrity master of ceremonies’, will be shown live across the world, allowing everyone to enjoy the show from the comfort of their own homes.

Dali Dedication by Nathan Myhrvold (USA), shortlisted in the Production Paradise Previously Published category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Dali Dedication by Nathan Myhrvold (USA), shortlisted in the Production Paradise Previously Published category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Goat Attack by Shyjith Onden Cheriyath (UAE), shortlisted in the Bring Home the Harvest category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Goat Attack by Shyjith Onden Cheriyath (UAE), shortlisted in the Bring Home the Harvest category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Romanescu Broccoli by Steve Varman (UK), shortlisted in the Fujifilm Award for Innovation category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

Romanescu Broccoli by Steve Varman (UK), shortlisted in the Fujifilm Award for Innovation category in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards

See the full shortlist

We’ve given you a taster of some of the best shortlisted images from the awards but you can view the full shortlist at the

To view the full shortlist, please visit Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year Shortlist 2022.


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