Plymouth Photographer in World’s Best Food Photography

Plymouth-based photographer Marcin Jucha was acclaimed in the Food for the Family category of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2017 at a packed reception at the Mall Galleries, London, last night, Tuesday 25 April with his atmospheric image, Rest at Least.

“The competition was fiercer than ever,” says Andy Macdonald, who heads up Pink Lady® in the UK, headline sponsor of the awards, “there were over 8400 images entered internationally and the standard was phenomenal.

“Marcin’s shot stood out in category, however, for the way in which he made the simple subject matter both touching and beautiful.”

The evening was compered by chair of the judges, journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner, and took place in front of more than 400 people at the Champagne Taittinger reception, many of whom had flown in from across the world for the occasion, from America, Bangladesh, Australia, France and more.

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year is the world’s leading celebration of the art of food photography and film. In its sixth year, almost 40,000 entries have been submitted since its inception.

Judges include: David Loftus, Jamie Oliver’s photographer, culinary superstar Gary Rhodes, Emily Luchetti, Chair, James Beard Foundation, NYC, Nik Powell, Director, National Film & Television School and Dr Michael Pritchard, Director-General, Royal Photographic Society.