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That award topped a glittering evening’s celebration of some of the best and brightest of UK food writing and broadcasting. First-time winner Felicity Cloake garnered two honours, Food Journalist of the Year Award and New Media of the Year Award. Other first-time winners included Mark Diacono, whose A Taste of the Unexpected took the hotly contested and fiercely competitive Food Book of the Year Award, and Niki Segnit, winner of the Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book for The Flavour Thesaurus. Radio 4’s Food Programme also took two awards, for ‘The Food Industry’ (Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting) and ‘Pop-up London’ (Food Broadcast of the Year Award).
There were other surprises on the night. The coveted Cookery Book of the Year Award had an extended shortlist of four due to the high quality of entries. It was won by Caroline and Robin Weir for Ice Creams, Sorbets and Gelati: The Definitive Guide. And one of the most deserving projects among the shortlists, Valerie Twomey’s Truly Tasty, a cookbook aimed at people living with kidney disease, received the Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating. It is Twomey’s first book and was assembled with the help of some of Ireland’s most distinguished chefs.
Marina O’Loughlin continued the trend of female dominance of the Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award and double shortlistee Sybil Kapoor took victory in the Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food. Mark Hix, who was also shortlisted twice, won the Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year, and Josceline Dimbleby’s travel memoir Orchards in the Oasis was given the Guild’s newest award, the Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel.
Celebrated Guild member Mary Berry – who came to Fishmongers’ Hall straight from filming for the next series of Great British Bake Off – presented the beautiful engraved trophies in the magnificent Banqueting Hall. Guild President Jane Suthering commented: ‘Another wonderful awards party in a really lovely venue, and another fantastic set of worthy winners. Congratulations to both shortlistees and winners.’
Summary of winners:
Cookery Book of the Year Award
Winner: Caroline and Robin Weir, Ice Creams, Sorbets and Gelati: The Definitive Guide (published by Grub Street)
The other shortlistees were:
Willie Harcourt-Cooze, Willie’s Chocolate Bible (published by Hodder & Stoughton)
Diana Henry, Food from Plenty (published by Mitchell Beazley)
Yotam Ottolenghi, Plenty (published by Ebury Press)
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting
Winner: BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme: The Fruit Industry presented by Sheila Dillon
The other shortlistees were:
Stefan Gates, Stefan Gates on E Numbers (published by Conran Octopus)
BBC One’s The Great British Waste Menu (produced by Optomen Television)
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Winner: Mark Hix, for work published in The Independent
The other shortlistees were:
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall with Debora Robertson, for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall with Debora Robertson, for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine
Diana Henry, for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine
Food Book of the Year Award
Winner: Mark Diacono, A Taste of the Unexpected (published by Quadrille)
The other shortlistees were:
Patricia Michelson, Cheese (published by Jacqui Small)
Lindy Wildsmith, Cured (published by Jacqui Small)
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
Winner: BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme: Pop-up London presented by Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward
The other shortlistees were:
BBC Two’s E Numbers: An Edible Adventure presented by Stefan Gates (produced by Plum Pictures)
BBC One’s The Great British Waste Menu (produced by Optomen Television)
Food Journalist of the Year Award
Winner: Felicity Cloake, for work published in Fire & Knives and The Guardian
The other shortlistees were:
Tim Hayward, for work published in Fire & Knives and on The Guardian and The Observer’s Word of Mouth blog
Christopher Hirst, for work published in The Independent
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Winner: Niki Segnit, The Flavour Thesaurus (published by Bloomsbury Publishing)
The other shortlistees were:
Ghillie James, Jam, Jelly & Relish (published by Kyle Cathie)
Stevie Parle, My Kitchen: Real Food From Near and Far (published by Quadrille)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
Winner: Josceline Dimbleby, Orchards in the Oasis (published by Quadrille)
The other shortlistees were:
Sybil Kapoor, for work published in The Spectator: Scoff, Caterer and Hotelkeeper and House & Garden
Jamie Oliver, Jamie Does … (published by Michael Joseph)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Winner: Sybil Kapoor, for work published in Country Life
The other shortlistees were:
Mark Hix, Hix Oyster and Chop House (published by Quadrille)
John Wright, River Cottage Handbook: Hedgerow (published by Bloomsbury Publishing)
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
Winner: Valerie Twomey, Truly Tasty (published by Atrium)
The other shortlistees were:
BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme: Sugar and the Soda Tax presented by Sheila Dillon
BBC Two’s E Numbers: An Edible Adventure presented by Stefan Gates (produced by Plum Pictures)
New Media of the Year Award
Winner: Felicity Cloake, for work published on The Guardian and The Observer’s Word of Mouth blog
The other shortlistees were:
Katy Salter, for work published on www.pinchofsaltlondon.com
Oliver Thring, for work published on The Guardian and The Observer’s Word of Mouth blog
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
Winner: Marina O’Loughlin, for work published in Metro and Fire & Knives
The other shortlistees were:
Richard McComb, for work published in The Birmingham Post
Matthew Norman, for work published in The Daily Telegraph
Lifetime Achievement Award
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