Best food photos in the world from the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2016

Photographic masterpieces from the world of food, courtesy of this annual competition.

Over 7,000 pictures were entered from 60 countries for the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2016 awards. And the judges have once again picked a stunning bunch of food and food-related photos to win the top prizes. Feast your eyes on these...

Bear's Delight

Will Jenkins from the UK would get Pooh drooling with his Bear's Delight, which won the 11-14 Years prize.

The Carpet of Wild Garlic

Robin Goodlad from the UK won the Food in the Field category with his photo of The Carpet of Wild Garlic.

Floating Vegetable Market

Paula Watts from the USA picked up the Partridges Food for Sale title with her Floating Vegetable Market.

The Grand Kitchen

Shoeb Faruquee from Bangladesh was the winner of the Food for Celebration (sponsored by Champagne Taittinger) award for The Grand Kitchen.

Mayasara Winery

Robert Holmes from the USA won the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year (Places) category and was the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year Overall Winner for his portrait of Mayasara Winery.

Salmon Tail Still Life

Susan Bell from the UK won the Production Paradise Food off the Press prize for her Salmon Tail Still Life.

Go Home

Viktoriia Moskalenko from Ukraine scooped the Bring Home the Harvest award for her portrait Go Home.

Kid’s Table

Lucy Pope from the UK's colourful photo Kid’s Table won the Food Sn-apping (in aid of Action Against Hunger) award.

Octopus On Ice

Petra Novotna from the Czech Republic won the Cream of the Crop prize for Octopus On Ice.

Flour Frenzy

And the overall Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2016 award went to Mark Benham from the UK for Flour Frenzy, which also won the Philip Harben Award for Food in Action. He picked up a £5,000 prize.