Each year The Sydney Morning Herald invites students and professional photographers to enter the Shoot the Chef competition, now in its 14th year. The competition encourages photographers to interpret the brief in their own way, always featuring a "chef" of course. 

Shoot the Chef finalists are published in the The Sydney Morning Herald and on-line and were also on display on level 6 at Westfield Sydney. 

2012 winners

Student entry winner: Food is my religion by Kellie Robertson (left). Chef Peter Doyle and sommelier Claire Mariottini at Est. Restaurant. This was inspired by Caravaggio's painting of 'St Matthew and the Angel'.

Professional entry winner: Done and dusted by Dario Milano (right). Mike McEnearney of " Kitchen by Mike " gets to work as early as 4 a.m. to fulfil his greatest passion: baking.

The winners of both the professional and student categories receive two return flights to Bangkok, courtesy of Skiddoo, and a Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone.

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