Partridges Fly High With Food Photography
Partridges,
the grocers by Royal Appointment to HM The Queen, have joined forces with Pink
Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, the world's leading awards recognising the
art and diversity of food photography, to sponsor the Food For Sale category
which will be shown at the Mall Galleries in 2015.
“We are
absolutely delighted to be collaborating with the Awards and this category in
particular,” says John Shepherd, Managing Director of Partridges, the iconic
grocer's shop which has become a landmark in Chelsea's Duke of York Square. “It
is exciting for us to be able to encourage the depiction of food being sold
across the world in these prestigious awards. We very much look forward to
exhibiting them in the store next year too. ”
Pink Lady®
Food Photographer of the Year, founded in 2011, attracts thousands of entries
from across the world, and already has strong Chelsea connections – the annual
Judges' Dinner is held at the Saatchi Gallery and long-time Chelsea resident,
David Loftus, Jamie Oliver's photographer is on the Judging Panel.
“It's a huge
pleasure to welcome Partridges as part of the Awards family,” says Caroline
Kenyon, Founder and Director of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year. “They
have been synonymous with the very best food retailing for years and we are
also very pleased to welcome John Shepherd on to the Judging Panel.”
Other new
judges for 2015 include Anglo-French culinary legend Michel Roux Jr., Emily
Luchetti, Chair of the James Beard Foundation, USA, and George Motz, Founder
and Director, Food Film Festival NYC, who joining luminaries such as Jay
Rayner, Chair, (The Guardian, Observer, BBC's The One Show), Sanjeev Kapoor,
India's culinary superstar and Chris Beetles, of Beetles & Huxley, one of
the world's leading galleries specialising in photography.
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