This ‘Rising Star’ award might change your photographic career (or at least your relationship with broccoli)

A dark, moody close-up of a pile of blood oranges, with a few cut open to reveal the striking red and orange interior.

Photographers don’t often look to supermarkets for their big break. Bargains, yes. Lunch, sometimes. But career salvation? Unlikely.

Now, though, M&S Food has just partnered with the World Food Photography Awards – aka the Oscars of pointing a lens at something edible – to launch the M&S Food Rising Star category. And for once, the phrase “life-changing opportunity” isn’t hyperbole.