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Food Photographer of the Year is a set of awards presented to amateur and professional photographers for excellence in food photography. The Award supports Action Against Hunger, a humanitarian aid organisation specialising in saving the lives of malnourished children in the world’s poorest countries, and has also supported the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Format
The format of the award emphasises a variety of applications of food photography, including portraiture, editorial, advertising and personal blogging.

The award's judging panel has comprised notable figures from the photographic and food industry, including Blur bassist Alex James, television presenter and Observer food critic Jay Rayner, chef James Martin as well as restaurateurs Tom Aikens, Antonio Carluccio, Bill Granger and Prue Leith.

Categories include: Food and Its Place, for images celebrating food's geographical essence; Food In the Street; Food for Celebration and commemorative categories such as the Philip Harben Award for Food in Action, in memory of Philip Harben, the UK's first TV chef.

The 2013 competition received over 5500 entries; the website attracted visits from 140 countries.

Overall winner
Alexandrina Paduretu - amateur photographer from Romania.

Category winners

 * Philip Harben Award for Food in Action - Mick Shippen
 * Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Tim Clinch
 * Cream of the Crop - Olaf Tamm
 * Food In The Street - Klaus Einwanger
 * Food In The Field - Klaus Einwanger
 * For and Its Place - Guy Harrop
 * Food For Sale - Rachelle Davey
 * Food for Celebration - Jessie Diblasi
 * Food SN-Apping - Jonathan Gregson
 * Food Off The Press - Diana Miller
 * Food Portraiture - Jonathan Gregson
 * Under-18s - Martin Derooy, Gabriel Wise, Joel Ruane
 * An Apple a Day - Alexandrina Paduretu

The first prize in 2013 was £5000. Individual category winners receive a trophy, camera equipment and other sponsor-related items. Short-listed entrants have their work displayed at The Mall Galleries prior to the award ceremony, in London, England.

Overall winner 2012
Jean Cazals - professional photographer based in London and France - for his image Black Pigs in Gascony.