FINALIST: "The Apple Peeler" - portrait of Gemma Ferguson. "This is an image of my daughter who loves to cook." Photo: Brett Ferguson
FINALIST: "Proud Irishman, larrikin and renowned chef Colin Fasnidge nestles amongst the suckling pigs in their paddock at Melanda Park Free Range Farm in Ebenezer, NSW." Photo: Don Arnold
FINALIST: Portrait of Ionnis, chef and owner of Bernie's Diner, Moss Vale. "Ioannis Benardos (the grandson of Emmanuel Benardos who opened the original Bernie's in 1927) has breathed new life into this Moss Vale icon. The meticulously designed premises now resemble an excellent example of an Art Deco American diner with touches from the 1950s. One of the few examples of the quintessential American diner in Australia." Photo: Ashley Mackevicius
FINALIST: "Watching Rowan Vidler and his fellow bartenders at Lobo Plantation is mesmerising. They put great care into making their cocktails and they'd have to with the fire show they put on. Especially with that trendy moustache!" Photo: Jennifer Allison
FINALIST: "Hot scones anyone? Central Queensland cattleman Peter Heelan cooks scones at a bush camp for the mustering team." Photo: Paula Heelan
FINALIST: Portrait of Nat and Josh. "Mona Roma chefs pause from their work for a quick photo through the galley hatch, Hobart, Tasmania." Photo: Michael Ward
FINALIST: "Chef Rosa Mitchell inspects dried garlic in the cellar of her inherited 1860s farmhouse. Mitchell's restaurant Rosa's Kitchen sources many of its ingredients from the family's farm in Yandoit, Victoria." Photo: Robert Geary
FINALIST: Portrait of Carl Wills of Aviary Hotel. "The never-ending drudgery of cleaning chef's whites." Photo: Benny Capp
FINALIST: "Harry Levy has spent the last decade moving between kitchens and coffee machines around Sydney and now he runs the cafe at Cleveland's on Redfern." Photo: Alex Reznick
FINALIST: "Head chef Zac Pauling, in his restaurant, The Corner House, Bondi." Photo: Jon Higgs
FINALIST: "A Mad Hatter's tea party on a Persian carpet. Food, hospitality and culture coming together in a feast of fun with Jad Choucair from Mankoushe in Brunswick, Victoria. In this portrait of my friend and chef I wanted to celebrate his infectious enthusiasm not only for authentic Lebanese cuisine but also for his friends, dogs and Middle Eastern culture." Photo: Phoebe Powell
FINALIST: "The birthday cake" - portrait of the photographer's daughter Billie Vidulich. "The boys in our family had their birthdays so the girls baked them a cake. That's love. x" Photo: Maya Vidulich
FINALIST: "Maz Valcorza, raw vegan chef from Sadhana Kitchen, Sydney. (No animals were harmed in the making of this photograph.)" Photo: Jgor Cavallina
FINALIST: "Home is where one hangs their hat. There is an entire life's work in this portrait, which reveals chef Miklos Roth away from the kitchen: from the trunk that he brought from another country to the machine that helps him make his dough. A chef is a chef all the time. There is no other person, they are one and the same." Photo: Greg Sullavan
FINALIST: "The head chef taking a break during a busy Friday night in Dotonbori, Osaka's busiest district known for its neon lights and highly competitive restaurant market." Photo: Christine Arnaldi
FINALIST: "My photo of chef Sonia Narcisi of Giovanni's Dee Why aims to express the states of delight and the toil in a chef's work. Working the kitchen of Giovanni's by herself, Sonia always radiates a sense of joy about what she is doing and this reflects in her food. Her menu is a mix of traditional Italian dishes, so my adaptation of a colander as a part of my lighting was to highlight the significance of pasta in our enduring relationship with Italian cuisine." Photo: Barton Taylor
FINALIST: "Squid fingers - the only gloves any real chef wants to cook in." Photo: Joel Serra Bevin
FINALIST: "Zebra and chef" - self-portrait of Adrian Chew at Howler in Brunswick, Melbourne. "I live nearby the zebra and think it's a great piece. I was looking for a spot for a self-portrait and everything just fell into place with the stripes on the chef's apron." Photo: Adrian Chew
FINALIST: "Claud" - "Three-and-a-half-year-old Claudia loves to be kept busy. She's very particular about what she eats and how it's presented." Photo: Deb Kent
FINALIST: "I have taken portraits of modern Japanese chef Chase Kojima (of Sokyo restaurant) on a number of occasions. Recently he asked me to photograph him with closed eyes to convey his dreams of the experience he might provide at Sokyo." Photo: Alan Richardson
FINALIST: Portrait of chef Peter Sheppard from Caveau, Wollongong. "Running a kitchen is a juggling act!" Photo: Alex Sturman
FINALIST: "Code Black chef Adam Pruckner sought justice, completing the circle between reality and Japanese folklore." Photo: Sarah Hayes
CLIQUE MONTHLY CHALLENGE WINNER: "Six chicks" - portrait of Carla Pitman (left) and Erica Pitman with chickens Georgia and Blackie. "My daughters' quandry ... loving their backyard chickens as others do their dogs and cats, yet slowly coming to the understanding that their favourite family meal - the roast chook (with rosemary garlic, baked potatoes and caramelised onions) was once one of their beloved hens' cousin." Photo: Corinna Lueg
2014 OVERALL WINNER: "Holly" - "This image is part of a larger series which I have created due to the increase in popularity of celebrity chefs in Australia's mainstream media. The series aims to showcase the real, passionate and somewhat forgotten chefs working in Australia's hospitality industry." Photo: James Ross
FINALIST: "Zebra and chef" by photographer Adrian Chew. Photo: Adrian Chew
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