Maja Stošić, Frying Ajvar, Paraćin
The winners of this year’s “Gastronomy in Focus” photo competition have been announced
A jury selected three winning images from nearly 600 photographs submitted to the contest organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, in partnership with Nova iskra, KC Grad, Politikin Zabavnik and Erazmus studentska mreža Srbija.
The authors of the top three photographs will receive vouchers for the purchase of electronic equipment worth the dinar equivalent of €1,000, €500, and €300. In addition, the first-prize photograph will be published in Politikin Zabavnik.
The three award-winning photographs are:
1st place – Maja Stošić, Frying Ajvar, Paraćin (cover photo)
2nd place – Marko Živanović, Autumn, Velika Krsna
3rd place – Irena Petković, Proud Among the Peppers, Donja Lokošnica
Marko Živanović, Autumn, Velika Krsna
This year, special praises from the competition’s partners and jury members went to:
Special commendation from Politikin Zabavnik – Emina Mladenović, Breakfast (Good Old Serbia), Paraćin
Special commendation from photographer Mitar Mitrović – Sara Bogdanov, Tomato Strainer, Sefkerin
Special commendation from Nova Iskra – Ivan Panasiuk, Neolithic Baker’s Handwriting, Banstol (Fruška Gora)
Special commendation from KC Grad – Maja Stošić, Burek Maker, Paraćin
Special commendation from the Erasmus Student Network – Miloš Stojiljković, Coffee (Boiling on the Grill), Leskovac
The three winning photographs, along with 17 shortlisted works, will be exhibited in the second half of January 2026 in Belgrade, followed by shows in Novi Sad and Niš.
Irena Petković, Proud Among the Peppers, Donja Lokošnica
The jury consisted of:
Mitar Mitrović, photojournalist and photographer
Aleksandar Kelić, Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade
Igor Rill, Politikin Zabavnik
Ivan Manojlović, Nova Iskra
Dejan Ubović, KC Grad
Dimitrije Prokopović, Erasmus Student Network Serbia
Daliborka Nikolić, Europe House
