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Yahoo
04-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Uber Eats Offers Users Big Rewards for Taking Photos of Their Meal
From a quick weeknight bite to that leisurely weekend breakfast, Uber Eats is just a click away. That next food order could come with some savings. Ready to put that camera to good use? The phrase might sound cliché, but people eat with their eyes. Social media posts captivate with that perfect cheese pull, colorful cocktail or decadent dessert. It isn't just food writers who sit around a table with their phones snapping photo after photo of every Eats has a new promotion. Users can snap a photo of their food delivery and potentially get $3 in Uber Cash. This concept isn't intended to turn every meal into a photo shoot. It aims to deliver customers the food that they expect with every order. According to Uber Eats, 'customers are more likely to order a dish when they can see what it looks like.' Real, actual and authentic consumer photos give guests better insight into the food that should arrive at their door. Published photos will earn customers $3 in Uber Cash. To clarify, the photo must be published in order to earn the cash. The pictures can be uploaded to the 'Add Photos' section of the app, which is part of the rate order screen. The offer is available in U.S., Canada, Mexico and the U.K. The key for this promotion to be successful is that the photos need to be real. No one needs to set up the ring light or create the best FOMO scenario. Users need to show how the food was packaged, how it arrived, what was the portion size or just did they get the order correct. No one expects a food delivery to look like a Michelin restaurant's plated dinner. Customers do expect a full, correct order when it arrives at their door. Will this new Uber Eats promotion flood the app with customer photos? Hopefully, it will. If that enticing photo makes a user hungry for that spicy orange chicken, tacos or cake, then the promotion has been Eats Offers Users Big Rewards for Taking Photos of Their Meal first appeared on Men's Journal on Aug 2, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
The Independent
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Food with friends proves a winning recipe for Chinese photographer
The winner of the top prize at this year's World Food Photography Awards says the enduring vibrancy of China's culinary heritage is the key to her success and that of the other Chinese photographers who won awards this year and in previous competitions. Li Xiaoling won the Food for the Family category with the image The Elderly Having Delicious Food, which was also announced as the competition's overall top prize-winning image at an awards ceremony in London. Several other Chinese entrants picked up category wins or commendations at the awards, which were sponsored by Bimi, maintaining a record of Chinese success in the competition going back several years. 'China's excellence in this competition stems from its profound culinary heritage and effective multimedia promotion, such as CCTV's Food Channel, short video platforms like RedNote, and TikTok,' said Li. 'Behind every dish lies a touching cultural story — an extraordinary experience. To me, it's not just about the taste, but also the rich history, inherited traditions, and people's wisdom of life, which inspire me to explore deeper.' This year's competition was divided into 25 categories and drew nearly 10,000 entries from 70 countries, with several other Chinese entrants enjoying success in addition to the overall winning image. Chang Jiangbin, who was a category winner at the competition in 2022, won the Bring Home the Harvest category with Net Fish in Water Fields, an action shot featuring children leaping to catch fish in post-harvest paddy fields. 'I am truly thrilled to win this award,' said Chang. 'This honour further strengthens my dedication to photography, ignites greater passion, and serves as a new starting point for continuous learning. For a photographer, the journey to better perfect the craft never ends; we're always on the road!' In the same category, Zeng Xiaojian was highly commended for Aroma of Pressed Salted Duck, which depicts ducks being air-dried, and received the same honour in the Food in Action class with Traditional Sugar Making, taken in East China's Jiangxi province, which shows water being boiled out of sugar cane juice. Su Shaolong had three images in the finals, taking third place in Food for the Family category with Village Big Pot of Meat, taken in the Yi ethnic area of Daliangshan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, and another third place in the Street Food category with Warm Atmosphere at Winter Street, a picture of a street vendor in the run-up to Spring Festival. Su was also highly commended for Food Temptation, a picture of grilled fish, which was entered in the Food for Sale category. Yu Chunshui was also highly commended in the Food for the Family category, for The Taste of Home, which depicts an elderly couple cooking on an antique stovetop in an age-old hidden mountain village in Wuyuan. Li's overall winning image of a group of elderly women eating and laughing together in Shuangliu Ancient Town, Sichuan province, was described by awards founder Caroline Kenyon as 'a perfect winning image for our times … colour, composition, the variety of expressions while one determinedly ploughs on with their food. I defy anyone not to be uplifted by this photograph'. 'The joy they have in each other's company is palpable, a powerful rebuke to those who would divide us,' Kenyon said. Li said she had specifically practised food photography before entering the competition, and had taken numerous shots to capture exactly the right moment, but the finished product was one of her personal favourite images. She explained that the picture shows how 'food makes people happy, they enjoy a beautiful and joyful life', and also contained a cultural reference, which may elude non-Chinese audiences. 'They are setting up a Dragon Gate formation, an expression used in China to refer to neighbourhood friends coming together to chat, gossip and share stories,' she added. 'What I love most is how they happily eat while chatting and reminiscing about childhood memories. 'Despite their age, they remain energetic and convey optimism through food, embracing a youthful lifestyle and showcasing the warmth of neighbourly bonds. They relish family joy and spend each day with warmth and delight, accompanied by good food in peaceful times.'
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Adorable grandmas sharing spring rolls take top prize at World Food Photography Awards
An image of five elderly women having a giggle while sharing spring rolls in a quiet corner of Sichuan has been crowned the world's best food photograph. Titled simply as "The Elderly Having Delicious Food", the heartwarming photo by Chinese photographer Xiaoling Li has taken the top prize at this year's World Food Photography Awards, beating nearly 10,000 entries from 70 countries. Shot in Shuangliu Ancient Town, the image captures what Li describes as a 'Dragon Gate formation' - a Chinese phrase for neighbours gathering to chat, gossip, and share stories over food. 'They eat the famous Sichuan snack 'spring rolls,'' says Li. 'Food makes these people happy; they enjoy a beautiful and joyful life.' Related Meet Toby Binder: The German photographer capturing the lives of Belfast's divided youth From skater girls to climate illusions: Meet the winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards The awards, sponsored by Tenderstem® Bimi®, were announced in a glittering ceremony at London's Mall Galleries, hosted by chef and author Yotam Ottolenghi. The competition spans 25 categories - from 'Bring Home the Harvest' to 'Food in the Field' - and celebrates the many ways food weaves through our lives, cultures, and stories. 'These Awards showcase the power of photography in telling incredible food stories from around the world,' said Dave Samuels, Brand Director at Tenderstem® Bimi®. 'No matter how the world changes, food remains at the heart of our lives.' A selection of the winning images will be on display at Fortnum & Mason from 2 June and the Museum of the Home from 3 June to 7 September. Below, feast your eyes upon a few of our favourite winning images from this year's competition.
South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- South China Morning Post
Dim sum, coffee, char siu, egg tart, lamb skewers in Australian's ideal Hong Kong food day
Chinese-Australian commercial photographer Nicholas Wong, who has shot many top Hong Kong restaurants, has been based in the city since 2018. He spoke to Andrew Sun. I've always gravitated toward big, bold flavours. I tend to prefer street food over fine dining. For me, you get a real sense of a place by eating what everyday people eat. I grew up in outer suburban Melbourne, where my parents worked hard in Chinese takeaway restaurants that catered to Western tastes. Most nights, dinner was whatever leftovers they brought home – so my early food memories revolve around classic Chinese-Australian dishes. Nicholas Wong is a Hong Kong-based photographer who grew up in the Melbourne suburbs. Photo: Nicholas Wong
The Guardian
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Sichuan snacks and a Napa harvest: World Food Photography awards
( highly commended) The photographer says: 'The moment I saw brown shimeji mushrooms, I had to buy them. Juxtaposed with my miniature figures that stand just 3/4 inch tall, I thought they looked like woods. To introduce mood and drama I used a black backdrop. The lighting was the trickiest part, but I had fun experimenting' Photograph: Jacki Gordon/World Food Photography awards A quirky combination of food and beauty photography Photograph: Jonathan Knowles/World Food Photography awards Pinot noir grapes are emptied into waiting trailers on the first day of harvest at Schramsberg vineyard in Napa Valley Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/World Food Photography awards 'Taken on a trip to Pokhara old town, Nepal. Just behind the bus station I found this vision of pink, beautifully coordinating with the local snack and sweet shop. I love photographing the people of Nepal; they are always so wonderfully open, friendly and full of warmth' Photograph: Saraya Cortaville/World Food Photography awards This photo was taken in Borough Market and highlights the often unseen environmental impact of street food Photograph: Andrew Richardson/World Food Photography awards 'I love this photograph because the expression on the groom's face is so brilliant as he watches his new wife clean the knife while he munches on a piece of delicious wedding cake. I just wonder what he's thinking!' Photograph: Lynne Kennedy/World Food Photography awards On an early spring afternoon in Shuangliu ancient town, Sichuan province, China, five people in their 80s sit together. Wearing colourful jackets and wool hats, they happily eat the famous Sichuan snack of spring rolls Photograph: Xiaoling Li/World Food Photography awards 'This is Delfina, I took her portrait as part of a bigger project documenting pasta grannies in Italy. Here, we are in the region of Lazio. On the bed is an angel hair type of pasta called fieno di canepina. It is technically very hard to make: Delfina rolls the pasta out, flicks a huge piece the size of the table out like a bedsheet, folds it concertina-style, then slices it up finely' Photograph: Lizzie Mayson/World Food Photography awards
