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Chinese photographers serve up a visual feast at World Food Photography Awards 2026
Hotpot feasts, communal banquets and street food scenes were the highlights from Chinese photographers during this year’s competition
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Nine Chinese photographers have triumphed in the annual World Food Photography Awards, with 12 finalist images and one category winner chosen from a competitive pool of 9,000 entries from 50 countries.
Song Pingyao won the Food for Celebration category with an image titled “The Festival of Food Enthusiasts”, depicting diners gathered for a communal banquet.
Taken from a bird’s-eye view, dozens of tables laid out with simmering hotpot and plates of fresh ingredients such as beef, tofu and tripe create a kaleidoscope of colour, with participants in various states of eating and socialising.
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“Through tasting, sharing and interaction, they convey the authentic flavours and lively atmosphere of Sichuan hotpot to food lovers across China and around the world,” reads the World Food Photography Awards notes on the image.
A “highly commended” image in the same category was taken by Chinese photographer Yang Zhonghua, which shows the epic annual “Thousand-Person Feast” held by locals in Dongmen Fishing Village in Shipu Town in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Hundreds of tables flank the harbour, with diners enjoying fresh seafood.
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