Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2013 is delighted to announce the illustrious judging panel for 2013. The stellar team includes: Antonio Carluccio, iconic Italian chef and restaurateur, Prue Leith, restaurateur, broadcaster and cookery writer, Astrid Merget, Creative Director, World Photo Organisation, David Loftus, food photographer to Jamie Oliver, Bill Granger, self-taught cook, restaurateur and food writer and James Martin, Television Chef, Presenter and Author.

 

Following a hugely successful debut year, our panel is a diverse and eclectic mix of consummate professionals from the world of food and photography. Also taking part is Tom Aikens, Michelin-starred chef at Tom's Terrace and Tom's Place, Chris Beetles, one of Europe's leading art and photography dealers and Edwin Booth, Chairman and fifth-generation retailer of Booth's Supermarkets.

 

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2013 is inspired by the proliferation of wonderful food photography in a huge variety of applications and therefore Neil Christie, Managing Director, Wieden & Kennedy seemed another perfect choice following the success of their award-winning Lurpak campaign.

 

John W Dixon, Executive Director, Food, Marks and Spencer and Peter Farquhar, Chairman of Dorset Cereals, Alison Clarke, Editor of Cravings Magazine, Australia and Elizabeth Galbraith, Creative Director, BBC Food Group, Olive, Good Food, Easy Cook are all involved in eye-catching packaging, advertising, or sumptuous editorial features.

 

Open to professionals and amateurs alike across the globe, with a prize of £5000 for the overall winner, the competition is also delighted to welcome back Roy Meiklejon, National President, British Institute of Professional Photography, Eric Treuille owner of Books for Cooks and Helen Lewis, Creative Director, Quadrille Publishing.

 

The entries will be judged early next year and with Jay Rayner, award-winning journalist, broadcaster and food critic, Ellen Silverman, food photographer to Gwyneth Paltrow, and Heidi Swanson, writer and photographer behind the massively-followed blog 101 Cookbooks on the panel, our  judges will have a tough decision choosing from thousands of images to produce their final selection.

 

The awards are sponsored by Pink Lady® apples; the UK's leading apple brand and Andy Macdonald, Managing Director of Coregeo UK, the Master Licensor of Pink Lady® in the UK will also be on our panel of judges.

 

This year will also see the introduction of a new category, Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year. The judges for this section are; Sarah Kemp, Publishing Director, Decanter Magazine, Joanna Simon, Wine & Food Editor, House and Garden and Yasia Williams, Deputy Creative Director, Mitchell Beazley.

 

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For further information and interview requests

please contact Susan Richmond, Kenyon Communications

 Tel: 01673 828764, Mobile: 07708 690707

Email: sue@kenyon-communications.com

 

For further information about Pink Lady® apples please contact Ellie Lean, Pam Lloyd PR, Tel: 0117 924 7933 Mobile: 07738 730265

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Editor's Notes:

 

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2013 launched Monday 11 June 2012

 

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2013 closes for entries 31 January 2013

 

Shortlisted entries will be announced 20 March 2013

 

Winners will be announced at the Mall Galleries on 23 April 2013

 

Headline sponsor Pink Lady® apples take 200 days of tender loving care to produce. From 'pip to perfection', only the very best pass the rigorous inspection tests to receive the Pink Lady® classification. This time on the tree helps Pink Lady® apples to develop their unique personality, distinctive pink blush, sweet flavour and crisp texture.

Pink Lady® apples are also packed with goodness - they are a natural source of energy and a single apple supplies a quarter of your day's vitamin C. In addition, you'll find boron to keep your bones strong, and pectin, which helps your body digest food more efficiently. What's more, with an average 100g Pink Lady® apple containing about 50 calories, they're the perfect ingredient or snack for a healthy lifestyle. For more information visit www.pinkladyapples.co.uk  

 

Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year is sponsored by Errazuriz, the premier family wine estate of Chile. Don Maximiano Errázuriz founded Viña Errázuriz in 1870 in the Valle de Aconcagua, 100km north of Santiago.  With cool, rainy winters, hot, dry summers and moist Pacific Ocean breezes, this is the ideal climate for growing grapes, and it is here that Viña Errázuriz has been producing the highest quality Chilean wines for more than 140 years.

 

The chosen partner charity is Action Against Hunger

 

Supporters for 2013 are One Vision Imaging Limited and Champagne Taittinger

 

Kenyon Communications, award-winning specialists in both food PR and in delivering national awards, are behind Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2013