The Guild of Food Writers today announces the finalists for its annual Awards, the most prestigious in food writing and broadcasting. The winners will be announced on Tuesday 16 June at 6pm.
The shortlists highlight emerging talent like debut authors Olivia Potts and Alissa Timoshkina, as well as featuring some of our best-known food writers and broadcasters, including Thomasina Miers, Diana Henry and Tim Hayward. The Guild of Food Writers Awards celebrates the breadth of knowledge and expertise at work in a thriving creative field. This years awards will be announced on Instagram at @thegfw. The event will be introduced by president Orlando Murrin and chair Genevieve Taylor. The Guild's partners for this year’s Awards are Cawston Press (Food Writing Award), Comté Cheese (Inspiration Award), The FoodTalk Show (Food Podcast or Broadcast Award), Gold Top (Recipe Writing Award), Lakeland (Food Magazine or Section Award), Maple from Canada (International or Regional Cookbook Award), Peter's Yard (Online Food Writing Award), Seven Crofts (Drinks Writing Award), Thermapen® (General Cookbook Award) and Westmorland: Tebay Services, Gloucester Services & Cairn Lodge Services (Food Book Award).
The Guild of Food Writers 2020 AWARDS FINALISTS
Food Podcast or Broadcast Award (Sponsored by The FoodTalk Show)
The Kitchen Cabinet (Somethin Else for BBC Radio 4; Presenter: Jay Rayner. Executive Producer: Darby Dorras. Senior Producer: Hannah Newton. Producer: Laurence Bassett. Assistant Producers: Rosie Merotra and Jemima Rathbone.)
The Food Chain: Down on the farm: Suicide, stress and farmers (BBC World Service; Presenter: Emily Thomas; Producers: Simon Tulett and Clare Williamson)
Cereal (Farmerama Radio; Presenters and producers: Katie Revell, Jo Barratt and Abby Rose)
Food Writing Award (Sponsored by Cawston Press)
Lucas Oakeley for work published in Foodism magazine, 1843 Magazine
Olivia Potts for work published inSlightly Foxed, The Guardian, Grazia, The Spectator and Glamour magazine
Mark Riddaway for work published in Market Life
Recipe Writing Award (Sponsored by Gold Top)
Felicity Cloake for work published in The Guardian’s Feast
Georgina Hayden for work published in delicious. Magazine
Thomasina Miers for work published in The Guardian's Feast
Restaurant Writing Award
Jimi Famurewa for work published in the Evening Standard's ES Magazine
Kathryn Flett for work published in The Sunday Telegraph
Tim Hayward for work published in FT Weekend Magazine
Drinks Writing Award (Sponsored by Seven Crofts – Highland Liquor Co)
Pete Brown for work published in Full Juice magazine, Ontrade Progress magazine, Fine Food Digest: High Spirits supplementing and Original Gravity
Nina Caplan for work published in New Statesman, Decanter, The Times and The Guardian
Alice Lascelles for work published inFT Weekend Magazine
Investigative Food Work Award
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little (published by Oneworld Publications)
Jonathan Nunn for work published in Eater London
Cereal (Farmerama Radio; Presenters and producers: Katie Revell, Jo Barratt and Abby Rose)
Food Magazine or Section Award (Sponsored by Lakeland)
delicious. Magazine(Editor: Karen Barnes)
BBC Good Food(Editor: Keith Kendrick)
The Dish, inside The Sunday Times Magazine(Editor: Lisa Markwell)
Online Food Writing Award (Sponsored by Peter's Yard)
Nicola Miller for work published on Tales From Topographic Kitchens
Ed Smith for work published onRocket and Squash and rocketandsquash on Instagram
Aaron Vallance for work published on 1 Dish 4 The Road
Inspiration Award (Sponsored by Comté Cheese)
Sally Brown and Kate Morris (Flavour School and My World Kitchen)
Barny Haughton (Square Food Foundation)
Jack Monroe (cookingonabootstrap.com)
Alicia Weston (Bags of Taste)
Chris Wilkie (Plan Zheroes)
First Book Award
The Vinegar Cupboard by Angela Clutton (published by Bloomsbury Absolute)
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles by Ned Palmer (published by Profile Books)
Dishoom: From Bombay with Love by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir (published by Bloomsbury Publishing)
Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen by Alissa Timoshkina (published by Mitchell Beazley)
How We Fell in Love with Italian Food by Diego Zancani (published by the Bodleian Library)
Food Book Award (Sponsored by Westmorland)
Burma: Food, Family & Conflict by Bridget and Stephen Anderson (published by Ma Khin Markets)
Silo: The Zero Waste Blueprint by Douglas McMaster (published by Leaping Hare Press)
Delicioso: A History of Food in Spain by María José Sevilla (published by Reaktion Books)
The Forager's Calendar: A Seasonal Guide to Nature’s Wild Harvest by John Wright (published by Profile Books)
International or Regional Cookbook Award (In partnership with Maple from Canada)
Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen by MiMi Aye (published by Bloomsbury Absolute)
The Turkish Cookbook by Musa Dagdeviren (published by Phaidon)
The Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia Dunlop (published by Bloomsbury Publishing)
Fire Islands: Recipes from Indonesia by Eleanor Ford (published by Murdoch Books)
Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen by Alissa Timoshkina (published by Mitchell Beazley)
Specialist or Single Subject Cookbook Award
Crumb: Show the dough who's boss by Richard Bertinet (published by Kyle Books)
The Vinegar Cupboard by Angela Clutton (published by Bloomsbury Absolute)
Super Sourdough: The foolproof guide to making world-class bread at home by James Morton (published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd)
General Cookbook Award (Sponsored by Thermapen®)
Bazaar: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes by Sabrina Ghayour (published by Mitchell Beazley)
From the Oven to the Table: Simple dishes that look after themselves by Diana Henry (published by Mitchell Beazley)
Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For by Ella Risbridger (published by Bloomsbury Publishing)
Aran: Recipes and Stories from a Bakery in the Heart of Scotland by Flora Shedden (published by Hardie Grant)
The Little Library Year: Recipes and Reading to Suit each Season by Kate Young (published by Anima)
You can read what the judges thought about all of the finalists on the Guild's website.
