The Judges’ favourite fruit and vegetable pictures of 2025

Fruit and vegetables are so photogenic. From the cheerful shine of cherry tomatoes on the vine, the playful curl of a pea pod, or the earthy textures of carrots just pulled from the soil, they lend themselves beautifully to the camera. Their natural colours, intricate patterns and endless variety of textures mean every shot can tell a story.

Our Bimi® Prize celebrates the photography of fruit and vegetables. The winner is a photo including fresh fruit and/or vegetables, selected from the Shortlisted of any of our competition categories. Plus, there’s a very exciting prize for the winning photographer: a meal for 2 at a Michelin-starred restaurant!

In celebration of September Fruit & Veggies Month, we asked some of our judges to select their favourite fruit and veg pics from last year’s Bimi® Prize shortlist.

Here they are…

Claire Rees, BAFTA Photography Director

I’m passionate about gardening and I love the form of plants and flowers. So images that focus on the natural beauty of form and colour always capture my attention and eye.  I love the colours in Waiting for the Harvest, the shapes of the leaves and the way that the cabbage – which seems too dull a word for such flamboyant colours – fill the entire frame.  I also love a greenhouse image – and love the Home Grown Tomatoes, Green House Magic photograph – I love the light and the way that your eye has to dance around the page and how it prompts an olfactory sensation.

Angela Nicholoson, Founder of SheClicks

I’ve been back and forth through the selection several times and there are so many striking images that it really is hard to pick just one. A few that have really caught my attention include Canning Department, an interesting and colourful glimpse into the world of canned fruit; Heirloom Tomato, which is such a bold splash of colour with great use of light and central composition; Herbs, a beautiful image I could imagine on many kitchen walls; and Shiso, which is as alarming as it is intriguing and attractive. These are just a handful of the many standout images in the collection. However, the one I pause the longest on is Tom, you can! It’s a clever concept, very well executed, with fabulous use of a limited colour palette.

Ian Kittichai, Chef, Restaurateur, Author and Television Host

When I first looked at ‘Artichokes together’ I was reminded of lotuses commonly used in Buddhism prayer.

• The artichoke stem is delicious
• The artichokes are photographed in an angle we don’t usually see and show their flower roots. Some people might not think they are artichokes at first glance. Artichokes are buds that will flower, but it’s not something most of us think about in the kitchen
• Nice lighting contrast.

Zoe Whishaw, Commercial Photography Consultant & Mentor

There is so much to look at in the picture ‘School Farm Orchard’; everyone is doing something different yet all are connected to their main task: gathering the apples. 

The wonderful composition is so inviting; the arch of the branch is almost ‘embracing’ the subjects, holding the narrative together and inviting me to explore all the elements within it. The lighting is reminiscent of early autumn when apples are ripe, plentiful and ready to eat. The picture is held by the slightly guilty expression of a child having a pause to take a bite while others are still busy gathering the glut of fruit surrounding them. The body language of the person on the left perfectly represents that moment weighing up whether her apples pass muster. 

With such a tight, almost claustrophobic closeness to the activity, (without any reference to the wider location), the photographer has taken me into the tangle of the apple trees to experience the harvest for myself.

Ruth Watson, President, Guild of Food Writers

School Farm Orchard epitomises the beauty of a late English summer with its twisting fruit tree branches, soft lacy light, and the delight of biting into an apple that has been sneakily appropriated. It is utterly bucolic in both subject matter and depiction.

In complete contrast, Canning Department shows fruit in an industrial context. The greens and blues of the workers’ protective clothing offers a vibrant contrast to the orange of the peeled clementines. Here, fruit is as divorced from nature as is possible but the image is riveting.

Helen Lewis, Freelance Creative Director

The frozen kale image makes me appreciate the resilience of winter veg – and helps convey the importance of seasonality in what we eat and when. Kale is perfectly adapted to grow in the cold winter when there is very little other green veg around. It is also a very beautiful and slightly grandiose view of one of the most humble vegetables.

I find the sage image very surprising. We tend to ordinarily see sage in a large amorphous shrub yet here, each leaf is honoured for their often missed and unappreciated texture. Seeing the inside of the top leaf shows how beautiful the individual leaves are – and such a lovely bright green!

Sarah Pither, Senior Creative Designer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Each time I look at Pomegranates in Petra, my eye is drawn to something new, uncovering another detail that I hadn’t noticed before. 

The expressive, hand-crafted typography. Words slotted into small spaces, whilst a vast black background remains untouched, as if items are removed and added. Its repetition of “WE HAVE ICE CREAM” acting like the bold neon signage of Las Vegas. Even the character of scale of the “0’s” and the oversized “/“ of the percentage sign gives it a character of its own.
Then there are the pomegranates, centre stage, not mentioned in any of the signage above. They glow as luminous beacons that you want to reach for.

The charm of the bottles that hang from the roof over the seating area. Behind the dusty glass, lit slightly, a man emerges from the shadows, blending in like part of the furniture, waiting for the next customer.

The heavy shadowing on the left of the image, gently moving to pale stone on the right, with the wooden posts and signs cutting through the centre of the frame, holding the composition of the shot.

You can almost imagine yourself there – standing on the curving dirt track, discovering this hidden haven to your left.

If you’d like to be in with a chance with winning the Bimi® Prize and that meal for 2 at a Michelin-starred restaurant, enter your fruit and veg pictures into any of our competition categories.

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Header photo credit: Linda Repasky, in support of Action Against Hunger, 2025