Your pictures on the theme of 'in the kitchen'

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "in the kitchen". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Sirsendu Gayen A man cooks inside a kitchen bathed in lightSirsendu Gayen
Sirsendu Gayen: "Traditional kitchen in the Indian sate of Arunachal Pradesh."
Sara Bickley A dog sitting in a sink full of soapy waterSara Bickley
Sara Bickley: "Not just cooking that takes place in the kitchen, the kitchen sink is also a handy place to bath the dog. This is Toby the Yorkshire Terrier, who is 17."
Linda Alkove Rockes reflected in the outside of a metal saucepanLinda Alkove
Linda Alkove: "A kitchen is not a kitchen when it is a bed of rocks. Or is it? Taken in Farmington, New Mexico."
Dominik Ratynski Kitchen implements Dominik Ratynski
Dominik Ratynski: "Potwash, where I started three years ago."
Carolyn DiFrancesco Colourful cup cakes on standsCarolyn DiFrancesco
Carolyn DiFrancesco: "Too colourful, too pretty to eat."
Gianlorenzo Masini Still life of ladles on a wooden surfaceGianlorenzo Masini
Gianlorenzo Masini: "Natura morta, for big eaters."
Roland Trope Signs reading "Toilets" and Medieval Kitchen" point to a door in a wallRoland Trope
Roland Trope: "Double Take. Guests and other visitors to Brasenose College, Oxford, may do a double take on seeing this pair of signs. It gives one pause about the preparation of the college meals."
Evelyn Oakley  Figure holding a cheese grater in a doorwayEvelyn Oakley
Evelyn Oakley: "In the late afternoon sun in my kitchen, with a cheese grater in my hand, I cast a mysterious shadow."
Sue Hipperson An egg surrounded by a whiskSue Hipperson
Sue Hipperson: "I put the egg down in the whisk to stop it rolling off the worktop and it just created this picture with the slight movement."
Ian Knight Thre pictures showing the stages of making a pancakeIan Knight
Ian Knight: "Three steps to preparing the perfect pancake, taken in my own kitchen and yes I am the photographer and the cook for these shots, timing is everything."
Marianne Wever An old gas cookerMarianne Wever
Marianne Wever: "I live in the Netherlands. My kitchen still has an old-fashioned chimney. On the photo, my beloved gas cooker from the 1950s. It is still in use and I love to cook on it."
Farnoush Hayati  A colourful array of spheresFarnoush Hayati
Farnoush Hayati: "As an amateur photographer my kitchen is more than a place for culinary experience. Coloured lights + sink strainer + glass plate + water droplets = Saturday Night Fever."
Jacqui Dimmock Model figures with a spilt jar of hundreds and thousands cake toppingJacqui Dimmock
Jacqui Dimmock: "Caution is the keyword for these guys while they undertake cleaning up this kitchen mishap!"

The next theme is "Summertime" and the deadline for entries is 20 August 2024.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries directly here or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

Terms and conditions apply.

Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

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