The annual Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards celebrate the very best writers, publishers, broadcasters, photographers and personalities working in food and drink.
The shortlist for the 2019 Awards has now been announced. There are 13 categories and an independent panel of professional judges, led by Ewan Venters, CEO of Fortnum & Mason, selects the winners from work published or broadcast during 2018.
FOOD BOOK
Black Sea by Caroline Eden (Quadrille)
Lateral Cooking by Niki Segnit (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Pasta Pane Vino by Matt Goulding (Hardie Grant Books)
DEBUT FOOD BOOK
First, Catch by Thom Eagle (Quadrille)
Pie & Mash down the Roman Road by Melanie McGrath (Two Road)
Sweet Slices of History by Marjory Szurko (Prospect Books)
COOKERY BOOK
How to Eat a Peach: Menus, Stories and Places by Diana Henry (Mitchell Beazley)
Shetland by James & Tom Morton (Quadrille)
Sight Smell Touch Taste Sound: A New Way to Cook by Sybil Kapoor (Pavilion)
DEBUT COOKERY BOOK
Asma's Indian Kitchen: Home-cooked food brought to you by Darjeeling Express by Asma Khan (Pavilion)
Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings by Anja Dunk (4th Estate)
The Modern Italian Cookbook by Joe Trivelli (Seven Dials/Orion Publishing)
DRINK BOOK
Red & White by Oz Clarke (Little, Brown)
Sake and the wines of Japan by Anthony Rose (Infinite Ideas Ltd)
The Life of Tea: A Journey to the World’s Finest Teas by Michael Freeman & Timothy d’Offay (Mitchell Beazley)
DEBUT DRINK BOOK
A Beer in the Loire by Tommy Barnes (Muswell Press)
Aperitif by Kate Hawkings (Quadrille)
The Wandering Vine: Wine, the Romans and Me by Nina Caplan (Bloomsbury Continuum)
FOOD WRITER
Clare Finney: Foodism / Market Life (Borough Market)
Hattie Ellis: The Field
Josie Delap: The Economist
COOKERY WRITER
Diana Henry: The Telegraph’s Stella magazine
Edward Smith: Market Life (Borough Market)
Olivia Potts: Spectator Life
DRINK WRITER
Adrian Tierney-Jones: originalgravitymag.com / imbibe.com
Alice Lascelles: FT Weekend / FT How To Spend It
Victoria Moore: BBC Good Food
RESTAURANT WRITER
Jay Rayner: The Observer Magazine
Marina O'Loughlin: The Sunday Times magazine
Tom Parker Bowles: EVENT, The Mail on Sunday
PROGRAMME
Nadiya's Asian Odyssey: Wall To Wall Media
Nigel Slater's Middle East: Hungry Gap Productions
Saturday Kitchen: Cactus TV
RADIO OR PODCAST
Lucy Dearlove: Lecker, Joe
Honey & Co.: The Food Talks with Samin Nosrat
The Food Chain: Raw Grief
PHOTOGRAPHER
David Nash
Romas Foord
Steve Ryan
A further category, the Personality of the Year, is voted for by the public.
The 2019 panel comprises:
CHRISTINE HAYES – Editor in Chief, BBC Good Food
FELICITY CLOAKE – Author and columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman
STEPHEN HARRIS – Author and Chef Patron of The Sportsman and columnist for The Daily Telegraph
DOUGLAS BLYDE – Drinks columnist for ES Magazine
HELEN MCGINN – Author of the Knackered Mother’s Wine Club and drinks columnist for the Daily Mail
JOE FATTORINI – Writer and presenter on The Wine ShowDAVID LOFTUS – Internationally acclaimed photographer *
*Guest Judge for the Photography category
Commenting on the launch, Ewan Venters said: “It’s been an amazing seven years since we launched the Awards and their early success is testament to our passion for great food and drink. We’ve already recognised some outstanding winners and we can’t wait to see what the 2019 Awards bring us. Our thanks go to our expert judges for giving their time and experience to champion some of the greatest skills in the country. And our best wishes go to everyone who enters.”
The Awards presentation on May 16th at Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly, will be hosted by Ewan Venters and Claudia Winkleman. All winners receive a unique trophy, an iconic Fortnum & Mason Hamper and a bottle of Fortnum & Mason Vintage Champagne.