And The Winner Is…..
Oh my goodness — Street Food Revolution has been shortlisted for Food Book Of The Year. The annual Guild of Food Writers Awards, which are the most prestigious in the field of food writing and broadcasting, are always hotly contested. Will Hugh beat Yotam? Will Peyton upend Luard? The results will be announced on May 30 in London. I will polish my shoes every day until then.
Cookery Book of the Year Award
Bocca by Jacob Kennedy (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Couture Chocolate by William Curley (Jacqui Small)
Short & Sweet by Dan Lepard (Fourth Estate)
Veggiestan by Sally Butcher (Pavilion)
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting
Alex Renton for work published in The Times and The Observer and broadcast on The Culture Show (BBC Two)
www.fishfight.net and Hugh’s Fish Fight presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Keo Films for Channel 4)
The Food Programme: The Price of Food presented by Dan Saladino (BBC Radio 4)
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Diana Henry for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine
Lucas Hollweg for work published in The Sunday Times’ Style magazine
Yotam Ottolenghi for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine
Food Blog of the Year Award
Sponsored by Sacla’
Eat Like a Girl (www.eatlikeagirl.com) by Niamh Shields
The English Can Cook (www.marmitelover.blogspot.co.uk) by Kerstin Rodgers
Poires au Chocolat (www.poiresauchocolat.net) by Emma Gardner
Food Book of the Year Award
Food Britannia by Andrew Webb (Random House)
Scottish Seafood by Catherine Brown (Birlinn)
Street Food Revolution by Richard Johnson (Kyle Cathie)
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
Hugh’s Fish Fight presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Keo Films for Channel 4)
Jerusalem on a Plate presented by Yotam Ottolenghi (Keo Films for BBC Four)
The Food Programme: Food Icons: George Perry-Smith, presented by Simon Parkes (BBC Radio 4)
Food Journalist of the Year Award
Sponsored by Schwartz
Tim Hayward for work published in Observer Food Monthly and the Financial Times
Christopher Hirst for work published in The Independent and The Independent on Sunday
Tom Parker Bowles for work published in Live magazine in the Mail on Sunday
Food Magazine or Section of the Year Award
Sponsored by Tenderstem®
Fire & Knives, edited by Tim Hayward
Food and Travel, edited by Alex Mead
The Jellied Eel, edited by Ben Reynolds
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Bryn’s Kitchen by Bryn Williams (Kyle Books)
Good Things To Eat by Lucas Hollweg (Collins)
How To Make Bread by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou (Ryland Peters & Small)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
In at the Deep End: Cooking Fish Venice to Tokyo by Jake Tilson (Quadrille)
Jerusalem on a Plate presented by Yotam Ottolenghi (Keo Films for BBC Four)
Two Greedy Italians presented by Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo (Fresh One for BBC Two)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
A Cook’s Year in a Welsh Farmhouse by Elisabeth Luard (Bloomsbury)
Peyton and Byrne British Baking by Oliver Peyton (Square Peg)
Work published in the Birmingham Post by Richard McComb
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
The Food Programme: The Calorie presented by Sheila Dillon (BBC Radio 4)
The Food Programme: Transfats presented by Sheila Dillon (BBC Radio 4)
The Skinny French Kitchen by Harry Eastwood (Bantam Press)
New Media of the Year Award
www.bbcgoodfood.com
www.timeout.com/london/restaurants and Time Out: Things To Do: London (iPhone App)
www.thetimes.co.uk/food
thefoodiebugle.com
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
John Walsh for work published in The Independent magazine
Matthew Norman for work published in the Daily Telegraph’s Weekend
Tracey MacLeod for work published in The Independent magazine