The competition is open nationally as part of this year's Good Food Month.

Everyone is welcome to pick up their camera and tackle the challenge - whether it's your hobby, your field of study or your passion.

The brief is simple: shoot a chef (or your interpretation of one!). It can be a three-hat chef, your favourite short-order cook or just a talented kid in the kitchen.

The grand prize winner will receive:

• $5000 cash,
• a Nikon D750 DSLR camera with AF-S 24-70mm and AF-S 85mm f1.4 Nikkor lenses (valued at $7500),
• a 12 month subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan,
• a photography mentorship with a Fairfax photographer,
• a 2-week artist residency with Parramatta Artist Studios and Raffles College of Design & Commerce, including accommodation, darkroom access and a private studio,
• return domestic flights to Sydney.

The winner of the Nikon People's Choice Award will receive a $500 Nikon Store voucher.

The judging panel for Shoot the Chef 2015 includes:

• Colin Fassnidge, chef of Four in Hand and 4Fourteen restaurants, and judge from My Kitchen Rules,

Ardyn Bernoth, Editor - Good Food,

Mags King, Sydney Photo Editor - The Sydney Morning Herald & The Sun-Herald.

​Selected finalists will be exhibited at Laneways, part of Parramatta City Council's Good Food Month celebrations in October, and in Melbourne for Good Food Month in November.

Further details on the prizes and the full terms & conditions will be available from Tuesday 25th August at smh.com.au/clique or theage.com.au/clique.

ENTRY NOTES

• Entries for the Shoot the Chef open on Tuesday 25th August and the deadline is Monday 21st September at 12 noon AEST. Late entries will not be accepted. 
   
• Photographs entered in Shoot the Chef 2015 must have been created in 2015. Entries created before Thursday 1st January 2015 are not eligible. 
   
• The winner of Shoot The Chef will be announced in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Thursday 24th September, in print and online at smh.com.au/clique and theage.com.au/clique.
   
• Shoot the Chef entrants must be a member of Clique. Basic Clique membership is free, and Full Clique membership is $39 for Fairfax subscribers and $49 for non-subscribers (annual). Click here to find out more. 
   
• Upload your entry to smh.com.au/clique or theage.com.au/clique from Tuesday 25th August.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• We welcome members to hashtag their photos and posts with #shootthechef and #cliquephotos.
   
• To stay up to date with Clique news, you can now follow Clique on Twitter (@cliquepics), Instagram (@clique_photos) and the Clique Facebook page.
   
• Remember to join our members-only Facebook forum to share photographs, tips, stories and meet other Clique members.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

To contact the Clique Team please email clique@fairfaxmedia.com.au.