I am just thrilled for you, Tim. The colors are great, the details crisp, and the ingredients tantalizing. Not sure what all you are planning to make, but I know it will be good and I also know it will have a Mexican flavor. One of my top two images. Congratulations on the ribbon.
Great image, love the colors and the subject. I just wish you hadn't cropped the back of the image so tightly. I want to see more of the onions and less of the table in the foreground.
Instinctively I would prefer the cutting board and chives not be cut by the left edge of the frame. But since framing that way would not be difficult, it made me question why the creative choice was made and I spent more time looking at the photo as a result (which is a good thing). I like the color scheme, the wood tones really pop nicely. My only criticism is that the photo seems a little unbalanced to me. Maybe it is the crop, but I could've used an element at the bottom right of the frame, maybe a stray pepper or a knife tip.