Awards Winners 2009

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Mark Hix, British Seasonal Food (Quadrille)

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing

Channel Four’s Jamie’s Ministry of Food (Fresh One Productions) and

Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte, The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security (Earthscan)

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year

Diana Henry for articles published in the Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine

Food Book of the Year Award

Heston Blumenthal, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook (Bloomsbury)

Food Broadcast of the Year Award

BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours: Lunch

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Bee Wilson for articles published in the Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine

Jeremy Round Award for the Best First Book

Guy Watson and Jane Baxter, Riverford Farm Cook Book (Fourth Estate)

Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel

Fuchsia Dunlop, Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper (Ebury)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Guy Watson and Jane Baxter, Riverford Farm Cook Book (Fourth Estate)

Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating

BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme: Nutritionism

New Media Award

Tim Hayward for his blog on The Guardian and The Observer’s Word of Mouth website

Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award

Emma Sturgess for reviews published in Metro

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Mary Berry

Egon Ronay

Awards Winners 2008

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Sarah Raven, Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism

Hattie Ellis, Planet Chicken (Hodder & Stoughton)

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Shona Crawford Poole, for work in Country Living magazine

Food Book of the Year Award

Martin Jones, Feast: Why Humans Share Food (Oxford University Press)

Food Broadcast of the Year Award

The Food Programme: China Tea (BBC Radio 4)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Bee Wilson, for work in the Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine

Jeremy Round Award for the Best First Book

Marwood Yeatman, The Last Food of England (Ebury Press)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nick Fisher, The River Cottage Fish Book (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating

Jill Dupleix, Lighten Up (Quadrille)

New Media Award

www.bbc.co.uk/food/

Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award

Tracey MacLeod, for reviews published in The Independent magazine

Lifetime Achievement Award

Katie Stewart

Awards Winners 2007

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Skye Gyngell, A Year in my Kitchen (Quadrille)

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism

Felicity Lawrence, for work published in The Guardian

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Diana Henry, for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine

Food Book of the Year Award

Ruth Cowen, Relish: The Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Felicity Lawrence, for work published in The Guardian

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Ruth Cowen, Relish: The Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Mark Hix, British Regional Food (Quadrille)

Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating

The Food Programme: Arthritis (BBC Radio 4)

Awards Winners 2006

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Fizz Carr, The River Cottage Family Cookbook (Hodder & Stoughton)

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Alex Mackay for work published in Sainsbury’s Magazine

Food Book of the Year Award

Nicola Humble, Culinary Pleasures (Faber and Faber)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Fuchsia Dunlop for work published in the Financial Times and Observer Food Monthly

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Richard Bertinet, Dough (Kyle Cathie)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Hattie Ellis, Best of British Fish (Mitchell Beazley)

Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating

Jeanette Orrey, The Dinner Lady (Transworld Publishers)

Awards Winners 2005

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Shaun Hill, How to Cook Better (Mitchell Beazley)

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism

Charles Clover, The End of the Line (Ebury Press)

Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Mark Hix, for work in The Independent Magazine

Food Book of the Year Award

Matthew Fort, Eating Up Italy (Fourth Estate)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Caroline Stacey, for work in The Independent

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Felicity Lawrence, Not on the Label (Penguin)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

John Burnett, England Eats Out (Pearson Education)

Awards Winners 2004

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Madhur Jaffrey, The Curry Bible (Ebury Press)

Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Angela Nilsen for work in ‘The Ultimate’ series in BBC Good Food magazine

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism

Felicity Lawrence for a series of investigative articles in The Guardian

Food Book of the Year Award

Paul Richardson, Indulgence: Around the World in Search of Chocolate (Time Warner Books, UK)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Bee Wilson for work in the Sunday Telegraph magazine

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Vicky Bhogal, Cooking Like Mummiji (Simon and Schuster)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

The Food Programme: Women’s Institute (BBC Radio 4)

Awards Winners 2003

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Monisha Bharadwaj, Stylish Indian in Minutes (Kyle Cathie)

Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Annie Bell for work in Country Living magazine

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism

Local Food Programme Toolkit, various authors (International Society for Ecology and Culture)

Food Book of the Year Award

David Thompson, Thai Food (Pavilion)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Kevin Gould for work in Waitrose Food Illustrated

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Clarissa Hyman, Cucina Siciliana (Conran Octopus)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Colin Spencer, British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History (Grub Street)

Awards Winners 2002

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Gordon Ramsay and Roz Denny, Just Desserts (Quadrille)

Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Jill Dupleix for work in The Times

Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism

Eating Oil: Food Supply in a Changing Climate, Andy Jones, Sustain and Elm Farm Research

Food Book of the Year Award

Anthony Bourdain, A Cook’s Tour (Bloomsbury)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Fiona Beckett for work in The TimesDecanterSainsbury’s The Magazine

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Fuchsia Dunlop, Sichuan Cookery (Michael Joseph)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Cookbook (Harper Collins)

Awards Winners 2001

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Donna Hay, Flavours (Murdoch Books)

Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Sophie Grigson for work in Country Living magazine

Food Book of the Year Award

Andrew Dalby, Dangerous Tastes (British Museum Press)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Catherine Brown for work in The Glasgow Herald

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Rowley Leigh, No Place Like Home (Fourth Estate)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Sue Lawrence, Scots Cooking (Headline)

Radio Broadcast of the Year Award

The Food Programme: Dry-curing (BBC Radio 4)

Recipe Writer of the Year Award

Lesley Mackley

Television Broadcast of the Year Award

Nigella Bites (Channel 4)

Awards Winners 2000

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Paul Gayler, A Passion for Vegetables (Kyle Cathie) and

Dan Lepard and Richard Whittington, Baking with Passion (Quadrille)

Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Katie Stewart for features in BBC Homes & Antiques

Food Book of the Year Award

Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford University Press)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Clarissa Hyman for features in Food & TravelThe TimesFood Illustrated and Journey magazine

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Sara Jayne Stanes, Chocolate: The Definitive Guide (Grub Street)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Laura Mason and Catherine Brown, The Traditional Foods of Britain (Prospect Books) and

Gary Rhodes, New British Classics (BBC Worldwide)

Recipe Writer of the Year Award

Kate McBain for recipes in The Taste of Sainsbury’s

Television Broadcast of the Year Award

Jamie Oliver for The Naked Chef (Optomen Television)

Awards Winners 1999

Cookery Book of the Year Award

Madhur Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian (Ebury Press)

Cookery Journalist of the Year Award

Brian Glover

Food Book of the Year Award

Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything (Headline)

Food Broadcaster of the Year Award

Nigel Slater for Nigel Slater’s Real Food (Kudos Productions)

Food Journalist of the Year Award

Manisha Gambhir Harkins for work in The Master’s Table

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Regina Sexton, A Little History of Irish Food (Kyle Cathie)

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Sybil Kapoor, Simply British (Michael Joseph)

Recipe Writer of the Year Award

Jennifer John, recipes on behalf of British Potato Council, Olive Oil

Awards Winners 1998

Special Award for Significant Contribution to Food Journalism

Derek Cooper OBE

Book of the Year Award

Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food (Viking)

Food Broadcast of the Year Award

Derek Cooper and The Food Programme team

Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book

Anne Willan, Cooked to Perfection (Quadrille)

Magazine Cookery Writer of the Year Award

Sophie Grigson for articles in Country Living magazine

Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food

Christopher Driver, John Evelyn, Cook (Prospect Books)

Recipe Writer of the Year Award

Sue Lawrence for articles in Sainsbury’s, The Magazine and The Sunday Times