"This picture was taken in the south-west of France. It was part of a book for the Club Gascon restaurant in London, a Michelin-star restaurant specializing in produce from Gascony. The book that I shot which includes recipes and location won best French cookbook! The black pigs produce the best ham in France. Fed with acorns and other purely organic food, they are the equivalent of the Black Iberian pig or ‘Pata Negra’ in Spain which make Iberico ham" Photograph: Jean Cazals
Taken in the beautiful, Eiffel-designed fishmarket in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Photograph: Tim Clinch
"After numerous attempts at pulling ice cream scoops with my head buried deep in the freezer (and biceps not unlike Popeye’s!) I finally captured the shot I was after, showcasing the ice creams intense vibrant colour and natural array of textures. My ultimate goal as a food photographer is to make the food look good enough to eat. Hopefully I have achieved this here" Photograph: Hilary Moore
"This photo was taken on my first trip to Marrakech, in October 2011, such a cool and different experience, amazing situations everywhere. I had only three days to get to know the city, a short and intense trip. The heat, the rudimentary homelike style of the markets, the untiring sellers, everything had earthly colours, so simple but at the same time beautiful and inspiring. I just found this lonely chicken hanging in the middle of the Médina Souk with the light coming from the roof, and I fell in love, including the little 'midge'" Photograph: Araceli Paz
A street vendor in Istanbul attempts to juice a stubborn orange. His friend looks unconvinced Photograph: Rebecca Chesney
"The fruits are ready. They will be picked by the locals of the Val di Non in Trentino, in the north of Italy. After long hard work, at last the harvest. This is once again the ancient generous miracle of nature." Photograph: Alessandro Zanon
"This shot was taken shortly after the harvest of our first home-grown garlic. Having been pulled from the ground, the garlic dried in the sun on a garden bench. A macro lens was used to pick up the detail in the skin and the grain of the wood" Photograph: Jed Alder
"This photograph was taken as part of a personal project. I wanted to capture the motion of the liquid as the strawberry hit the spoon. I like the contrast in colours and the shape created by the splash" Photograph: Kyle Meadows
A homemade lemon and vanilla cupcake Photograph: Sylvia Ware
"This is a picture of my donkey Flipper. He is 22 years old. I am 8 years old. He is my biggest donkey, he is nice and he loves carrots! He likes being tickled behind his ears" Photograph: Jonty Abbott
"I noticed a lot of plums which had fallen from a tree into the school playground in September. I decided I’d go back and take some photographs of them after school. I like the bright colours of the plums mixed with the autumn leaves in this photograph" Photograph: Joel Roane
"The fishermen, after an early morning haul, prepare their breakfast of red mullet over hot coals on the desert sands just a stone’s throw from the sea near the border of Sudan in the searing Egyptian heat."
Photograph: John Arandhara-Blackwell
