In the foodie world, where there seems to be a never-ending lists of awards or self proclamation of greatness, there are one or two genuine awards of note worth talking about and this is one of them. The Awards, judged by Guild members, celebrate excellence in the field of food writing and broadcasting. The Awards ceremony was compered by Bill Buckley and the awards were presented by the Guild’s President Xanthe Clay. The top accolade, the Lifetime Achievement Award, went to author, restaurateur and TV chef Rick Stein OBE. A man who seems to able to bridge the gape between great chef and author, who can share his passion for food in an interesting and articulate way. These awards may not be well-known outside of press circles, but are considered by many UK food writers to be amongst the most prestigious because the winners have been judged by their peers.

The Guild of Food Writers 2015 Awards Winners:

Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award-Went to Marina O’Loughlin for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine

Food Journalist of the Year -Tim Hayward for work published in FT Weekend magazine

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year- Diana Henry for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine

Food Blog of the Year Award-couscousbangbang.blogspot.co.uk  by Thom Archer

Food Broadcast of the Year Award
The Food Programme: Food is MAD presented and produced by Dan Saladino (BBC Radio 4)

Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating-The Medicinal Chef: Healthy Every Day by Dale Pinnock (Quadrille Publishing)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food The Shed: The Cookbook by Richard, Oliver and Gregory Gladwin (Kyle Books)

Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel-Kevin Gould for work published in Jamie magazine

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing
Felicity Lawrence, Andrew Wasley and Radu Ciorniciuc for work published in The Guardian

Food Magazine or Section of the Year Award-FT Weekend magazine

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Honey & Co.: Food from the Middle East by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich (Saltyard Books)

Food Book of the Year Award
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit by Helena Attlee (Particular Books)

The evening was rounded off by Diana Henry deservedly winning a second award for
Cookery Book of the Year Award-A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry (Mitchell Beazley)