Surrounded by plumes of steam and golden light, this street food cook is engrossed in his work. The atmospheric photograph was taken by Debdatta Chakraborty of a kebab seller in a backstreet of Srinagar. The sizzling, colourful picture is so evocative, you can almost smell it.
The image is the overall winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year, which picks the best gastronomic picks from over thousands of entries from more than 60 countries across the world.
Photographs taken by the 2022 finalists will go on display at The Royal Photographic Society in Bristol from November 20 to December 12, 2022. Take a look at some of our favourites:
Like this less-than-impressed wedding guest
This busy family preparing to make filled dumplings
This wintery vineyard pruning session
This boy drying semai vermicelli in Bangladesh
This joyful market stall seller in Yogykarta, Indonesia
This hypnotic anchovy fishing boat
This ingenious grape harvester in Chile
This innovative diorama of Central Park, made out of broccoli and cheese graters
And this colourful festival scene in Delhi
