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Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

8-year-old wins top prize in world's leading food photography competition with smartphone shot

Close-up of a fresh Romanesco cauliflower with its distinctive fractal pattern, partially surrounded by green leaves in a wooden crate.

"The shape is something from another world," says eight-year-old photography talent Ariel Owliaei, describing the Romanesco cauliflower that caught his eye during a visit to Panzer's deli in London's St John's Wood after school.

The striking image, titled Romanesco at Panzer's, has now earned Ariel the Jamie Oliver Youth Prize (12 and Under) at the World Food Photography Awards, sponsored by Tenderstem® Bimi® Broccolini. Captured on a smartphone camera, the photograph impressed the judges.

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