World Food Photography Awards!

Finalists and winners of the 2025 World Food Photography Awards were just announced in London, and I’m thrilled to have won 2nd place in Food Portraiture for my image of chef Roberto Alcocer’s charcoal-smoked onion tart with caviar at Valle in Oceanside, California. And yes, this dish was as delicious as it was beautiful. I also got a commendation for the contest’s James Beard Foundation Photography Award for my shot of a bartender at Tre Dita in Chicago.

If you’re in London this week, you can visit the exhibition at the Mall Galleries in St. James’s. It’s a very limited run, so if you miss the exhibition in person (as I will), you can still view the image galleries online. I am in awe of so many of the winning images. Formerly known as the Food Photographer of the Year Awards, this is the most prestigious competition worldwide for food photography (plus street photography, drink photography and so much more). This is an incredible collection of images, and it’s an honor to be recognized again this year.

2nd Place — Food Portraiture

Charcoal-smoked onion tart with caviar at Valle, San Diego (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)

Commended — James Beard Foundation Photography Award

The bar at Tre Dita at The St. Regis Chicago (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)

Congrats to the dozens of photographers all over the world — including Simon Urwin in London and Marina Spironetti in Milan, both contributors to OLTRE — who made it to the final rounds and winners’ circle.

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