{"id":1974990,"date":"2026-06-05T12:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974990"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:08:44","slug":"moved-to-tears-winners-of-the-2026-world-food-photography-awards-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974990","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Moved to tears&#8217;: Winners of the 2026 World Food Photography Awards revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1200x675_cmsv2_ed201926-9881-5949-b42d-14dbcc93618f-9786475.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2899598-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2899598\" data-cid=\"9786982\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2899598-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1536x864_cmsv2_ed201926-9881-5949-b42d-14dbcc93618f-9786475.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Jo Kearney&apos;s winning shot of a Tajik woman in an old sanatorium\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Jo Kearney&#8217;s winning shot of a Tajik woman in an old sanatorium<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Jo Kearney \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Jo Kearney \/ The World Food Photography Awards\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-immersive__content u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Jo Kearney \/ The World Food Photography Awards\n  <\/div>\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-immersive__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Culture<\/p>\n<p>                          Food and Drink<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            &#8216;Moved to tears&#8217;: Winners of the 2026 World Food Photography Awards revealed<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspCraig Saueurs\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1780661324\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-06-05 14:08:44 +02:00\">05\/06\/2026 &#8211; 14:08 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"15:27\">15:27<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div id=\"js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\" class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\">\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup__header u-display-flex\"><span>Share<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" 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Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi is one of the most satisfying meals of the year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The winners of the 2026 competition have been announced, with British photographer Jo Kearney taking the overall prize for her portrait of a woman pouring tea at a Soviet-era sanatorium in Tajikistan.<\/p>\n<p>Drawn from nearly 9,000 entries across more than 50 countries, this year\u2019s awards feature everything from rows of rickshaws overloaded with cabbage leaves in Bangladesh to \u2018family portrait\u2019 of eggplants.<\/p>\n<p>A free exhibition of all 203 finalist images is on display at London\u2019s Mall Galleries through 7 June, before a selection of photos heads to the luxury department store Fortnum &amp; Mason in Piccadilly.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a selection of some of this year\u2019s winners. To see the full collection, including finalists, visit The World Food Photography Awards website <strong>here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Overall winner \u2013 Jo Kearney, UK<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.661\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x848_cmsv2_4507c6a9-bff7-5afc-83f2-3decb3158ad2-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"Jo Kearney&apos;s award-winning photo captures a Tajik woman in a solitary moment\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Jo Kearney&#8217;s award-winning photo captures a Tajik woman in a solitary moment<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jo Kearney \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>British photographer Jo Kearney\u2019s award-winning photo captures a woman pouring tea in the Soviet-era Khoja Obi Garm sanatorium in Tajikistan. Caroline Kenyon, founder of the World Food Photography Awards, said the emotion in the photo moved her to tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is so much to see and so much to feel in this image,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cShe has seen much in life, we are sure, but holds her head high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sprawling health spa in the Hissar Mountains, outside the capital Dushanbe, is one of few still operating in the former Soviet republic \u2013 but it sits on radon-infused hot springs. Although radon is toxic, it\u2019s believed to have medicinal benefits in small doses, and customers still flock here for short breaks in the radioactive pools and steam rooms, as well as healthy meals and moments of calm across the complex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Over 430,000 entries later: Sony World Photography Awards 2026 crowns its winners<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Scotland urges US to \u2018make haggis legal again\u2019 ahead of World Cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Bring Home the Harvest \u2013 Marco Rutten, The Netherlands<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x853_cmsv2_d38a669e-425a-505e-9aa5-a92efc755450-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"Fishermen pull up their nets at dawn in West Bengal, India\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fishermen pull up their nets at dawn in West Bengal, India<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Marco Rutten \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A crew hauls in their catch at dawn on the Hooghly River near Kolkata, India.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration \u2013 Pingyao Song, China<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.558\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x715_cmsv2_910ff685-f0db-531b-b23b-fcf564800458-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"A smorgasbord of Sichuan peppercorn in China\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A smorgasbord of Sichuan peppercorn in China<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Pingyao Song \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At a festival organised by China\u2019s Zouchuan Hotpot brand, crowds gather for soup simmered with chillis, fermented bean paste, Sichuan peppercorn and more.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Kellie Carter, US<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x853_cmsv2_80df65df-6614-5bd6-9859-4266289246be-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"Grandma&apos;s baked goods beckon in Carter&apos;s winning shot\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Grandma&#8217;s baked goods beckon in Carter&#8217;s winning shot<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kellie Carter \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An elderly woman offers fresh-baked goodies in Carter\u2019s photo, \u2018Granny\u2019s Welcoming Gift of Love\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Food in the Field \u2013 Serkan Do\u011fus, UK<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x853_cmsv2_32fa6810-e592-56fa-8b49-fd0549a34da8-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"A lone shephered moves his flock in Turkey\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A lone shephered moves his flock in Turkey<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Serkan Do\u011fus \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A shepherd guides his flock down Mount Nemrut in eastern Turkey.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jamie Oliver Youth Prize (13-17) \u2013 Indigo Larmour, India<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x853_cmsv2_3dcbef8a-9c7e-5515-b0dd-3525e2e38c0e-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"The young Indian photographer Indigo Larmour captures Chhath Puja offerings\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">The young Indian photographer Indigo Larmour captures Chhath Puja offerings<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Indigo Larmour \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Devotees pray to the sun god Surya and make offerings for Chhath Puja in West Bengal, India.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Louis Jadot Wine Photographer of the Year (Produce) \u2013 Luke Carver, France<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x853_cmsv2_c75e337b-4c4e-598e-ae4b-0c37bd99dd0c-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"Carver captures grapes falling into a Georgian qvevri\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Carver captures grapes falling into a Georgian qvevri<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Luke Carver \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carver gives vieweres a point-of-view perspective from inside a traditional <strong>Georgian<\/strong> qvevri (winemaking amphora) during the autumn harvest.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Politics of Food \u2013 Glenn Vanderbeke, Belgium<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.68\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x871_cmsv2_00ecc529-1fe4-595e-8115-9210609ae1c7-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"A millworker in Rwanda covered in cornmeal dust\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A millworker in Rwanda covered in cornmeal dust<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Glenn Vanderbeke \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vanderbeke profiles a female miller at the Vocational Training Center Irebero in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Street Food \u2013 Kara Baird, Australia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.714\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img 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class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x853_cmsv2_00902748-15dc-57ba-8d16-829e990d0c48-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"A worker counts cash at a West African restaurant in Brooklyn\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A worker counts cash at a West African restaurant in Brooklyn<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Daniel D Kwok \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At Hadja Marley, a Senegalese restaurant in New York, a worker pauses from counting cash to pose.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Philip Harben Award for Food in Action \u2013 Leh\u00f3czki Bal\u00e1zs, Hungary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/64\/75\/1280x962_cmsv2_f92f6329-24c6-5a1c-88cf-48e96b3713ca-9786475.jpg\" alt=\"A peaceful culinary ritual in Hungary\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A peaceful culinary ritual in Hungary<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Leh\u00f3czki Bal\u00e1zs \/ The World Food Photography Awards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGrandma went to the hairdresser, Grandpa shaved, and I filled their kitchen with studio gear,\u201d says Bal\u00e1zs, who captured the couple in a quiet morning 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Kanye West postpones French concert a week after UK ban<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">If we eat with our eyes, then the World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi is one of the most satisfying meals of the year.The winners of the 2026 competition have been announced, with British photographer Jo Kearney taking the overall prize for her portrait of a woman pouring tea at a Soviet-era sanatorium in Tajikistan.Drawn from nearly 9,000 entries across more than 50 countries, this year\u2019s awards feature everything from rows of rickshaws overloaded with cabbage leaves in Bangladesh to \u2018family portrait\u2019 of eggplants.A free exhibition of all 203 finalist images is on display at London\u2019s Mall Galleries through 7 June, before a selection of photos heads to the luxury department store Fortnum &amp; Mason in Piccadilly.Here is a selection of some of this year\u2019s winners. To see the full collection, including finalists, visit The World Food Photography Awards website here.Overall winner \u2013 Jo Kearney, UKBritish photographer Jo Kearney\u2019s award-winning photo captures a woman pouring tea in the Soviet-era Khoja Obi Garm sanatorium in Tajikistan. Caroline Kenyon, founder of the World Food Photography Awards, said the emotion in the photo moved her to tears.\u201cThere is so much to see and so much to feel in this image,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cShe has seen much in life, we are sure, but holds her head high.\u201dThe sprawling health spa in the Hissar Mountains, outside the capital Dushanbe, is one of few still operating in the former Soviet republic \u2013 but it sits on radon-infused hot springs. 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