Competition opens on Dec.15th, deadline for submissions is Jan.7th. 
Our esteemed judges this year are Laura Calder, Jacob Richler, Mia Nielsen, Rob Firing and Jeff Stober.
The awards will take place on Jan.16th in the Lounge at the Drake Hotel. All submitted photos will be displayed in a dazzling slideshow on the big screens. The winners will receive prizes courtesy of HarperCollins Canada, Corby Distillers and Stephen Bulger Gallery. 

Categories:

food - raw, cooked, vegetable, animal, living in a meadow or sliced and on a plate. This category is all about food itself.


people - chefs, farmers, recipe testers, fishermen, winemakers, etc. This category includes any and all people who deal with food.


places - restaurants, barns, gardens, vineyards, fishing boats, home kitchens. This category is all about where food comes from and is cooked and eaten.


things - a knife, a cutting board, stockpots, wine glasses. 


drinks - coffee, beer, soda water, champagne. This category is all about drinks.

New Category- Phone Shots! - this is where you send in your not so serious food photography, pictures of food that are informal but still beautiful. This category is where all those Instagram shots you took at the Grand Electric can finally get some respect.

Rules:
-only one picture per category may be entered
-only photos taken in 2011 may be entered
-each picture must have a name/title
-all pictures must be sent as jpeg attachments
-Photographers retain ownership of their copyright. The Drake reserves the right to display photos/images at the Awards event and the right to use winning photos in conjunction with post-promotion and PR of any future Food Photography Awards
-please submit photographic entries to ivygknight@gmail.com with "Food Photography Awards 2011" in the subject line
-all entries must be submitted by midnight on January 7, 2012, entries received after that time will not be eligible to compete