Guild of Food Writers Awards 2010

The BAFTAs of the food world in the written word, The Guild of Food Writers Awards are now in their fifteenth year. Definitely a firm fixture in the calendar with food writers and presenters, 2010 has seen another increase in the number and quality of entries.

There are twelve categories with each being judged by a panel of five, adhering to stringent criteria that reflect the Guild's high standards. Charles Campion and the Food Doctor, Ian Marber, are judges this year. The winners were announced at an Awards ceremony held at the Design Museum on Thursday 17th June.

THE WINNERS AND SHORTLISTEES

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Winner: Warm Bread and Honey Cake by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra (published by Pavilion)
Forgotten Skills of Cooking by Darina Allen (published by Kyle Cathie)
The Italian Cookery Course by Katie Caldesi (published by Kyle Cathie)

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting

Winner: The Rough Guide to Food by George Miller and Katharine Reeve (published by Rough Guides)
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours: Food Scares series presented by Simon Parkes
Work published in The Times and The Observer Food Monthly by Alex Renton

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year

Winner: Work published in The Guardian's Weekend magazine by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Work published in Country Living magazine by Shona Crawford Poole
Work published in The Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine by Diana Henry
 
Food Book of the Year Award

Winner: World Cheese Book by Juliet Harbutt (published by Dorling Kindersley)
Michel Roux: A Life in the Kitchen by Michel Roux Jr (published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
What to Eat Now - More Please by Valentine Warner (published by Mitchell Beazley)
 
Food Broadcast of the Year Award

Winner: BBC One's Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers presented by Nigel Slater
BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme: Clink presented by Sheila Dillon
BBC Two's Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey presented by Rick Stein
 
Food Journalist of the Year Award

Winner: Work published in The Times and The Observer Food Monthly by Alex Renton
Work published in Waitrose Food Illustrated by Katy Salter  
Work published in The Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine by Bee Wilson
 
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Winner: Easy Tasty Italian by Laura Santtini (published by Quadrille)
Cuisinier Gascon: Meals from a Gascon Chef by Pascal Aussignac (published by Absolute Press)
Seasonal Spanish Food by José Pizarro with Vicky Bennison (published by Kyle Cathie)
 
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel

Winner: Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking by Michael Booth (published by Jonathan Cape)
BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme: Iceland presented by Richard Johnson
The Hungry Cyclist: Pedalling the Americas in Search of the Perfect Meal by Tom Kevill-Davies (published by HarperCollins)
 
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Winner: Full English: A Journey Through the British and Their Food by Tom Parker Bowles (published by Ebury Press)
Channel 4's River Cottage: Winter's on the Way presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (produced by Keo Films)
A Taste of Gloucestershire by Andrea Leeman (published by Redcliffe Press)

Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating

Winner: Healthy Eating During Chemotherapy by Jose van Mil with Christine Archer-Mackenzie (published by Kyle Cathie)
Healthy Eating: The Prostate Care Cookbook by Margaret Rayman, Kay Gibbons and Kay Dilley (published by Kyle Cathie)
Seriously Good! Gluten-Free Cooking by Phil Vickery (published by Kyle Cathie)
 
New Media of the Year Award

Winner: www.landshare.net - read the GWG review
www.timeout.com/london/restaurants - read the GWG review
Work published on The Guardian/Observer Word of Mouth website by Oliver Thring - read the GWG review
 
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award

Winner: Work published in The Independent Magazine by Tracey MacLeod
Work published on www.foodepedia.co.uk by Nick Harman
Work published in The Independent Magazine by John Walsh

Lifetime Achievement Award
Colin Spencer

Alaska Seafood is the main sponsor for the Awards for the third year running.

17 June 10