Awards Winners 1998–2017
28 July 2017
Awards Winners 2017
(Sponsored by Tenderstem®)
For more details of the 2017 Awards and photographs of the winners click here.
Cookery Writing Award
(Sponsored by Gold Top)
Rachel Roddy for work published in The Guardian Cook
Food Writing Award
(Sponsored by SuperFast Thermapen®)
Rachel Roddy for work published in The Guardian Cook
Restaurant Writing Award
(Sponsored by Food & Drink Devon)
Marina O'Loughlin for work published in The Guardian Weekend magazine
Food Blog Award
(Sponsored by Satellite PR)
The Little Library Cafe (thelittlelibrarycafe.com) by Kate Young
Food Broadcast Award
(Sponsored by the Norwegian Seafood Council)
Food Programme: Food Stories from Syria 2 presented by Dan Saladino and produced by Anne-Marie Bullock (BBC Radio 4)
British Food Award
(Sponsored by Aspall)
The British Table: A New Look at the Traditional Cooking of England, Scotland, and Wales by Colman Andrews (Abrams Books)
Food and Travel Award
(Sponsored by Tebay Services and Gloucester Services)
Samarkand: Recipes & Stories from Central Asia & The Caucasus by Caroline Eden & Eleanor Ford (Kyle Books)
Campaigning and Investigative Food Work Award
(Sponsored by the Organic Trade Board)
The Ethical Carnivore: My Year Killing to Eat by Louise Gray (Bloomsbury Natural History)
Food Magazine or Section Award
delicious. magazine (Eye to Eye Media Ltd)
First Book Award
The Allotment Cookbook: Grow, cook and eat with the seasons by Pete Lawrence (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Food Book Award
(Sponsored by Lakeland)
The Ethical Carnivore: My Year Killing to Eat by Louise Gray (Bloomsbury Natural History)
Cookery Book Award
Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China by Fuchsia Dunlop (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Inspiration Award
(Sponsored by Scotch Beef PGI)
Kalpna Woolf and 91 Ways (To Build A Global City)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sri Owen
Awards Winners 2016
(Sponsored by Scotch Beef PGI)
For more details of the 2016 Awards and photographs of the winners click here.
Cookery Writing Award
(Sponsored by Gold Top)
Stephen Harris for work published in The Telegraph, Weekend section
Food Writing Award
(Sponsored by SuperFast Thermapen®)
Bee Wilson for work published in The Times Literary Supplement, The Happy Reader, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine (Stella), Intelligent Life, The Observer
Food Blog Award
(Sponsored by Encona)
Nutmegs, Seven (www.nutmegsseven.co.uk) by Elly McCausland
Food Broadcast Award
Hugh’s War on Waste presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, executive producer Will Anderson (KEO Films for BBC ONE)
British Food Award
(Sponsored by Aspall)
Lindsey Bareham for work published in The Times
Food and Travel Award
(Sponsored by Tebay Services and Gloucester Services)
Spuntino: Comfort Food (New York Style) by Russell Norman (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Campaigning and Investigative Food Work Award
The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat by Tim Spector (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Food Magazine or Section Award
(Sponsored by Tenderstem®)
The Guardian: Weekend magazine food section, edited by Bob Granleese
First Book Award
(Sponsored by Virginia Wine)
Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome by Rachel Roddy (Saltyard Books)
Food Book Award
(Sponsored by Lakeland)
The Book of Pears: The Definitive History and Guide to over 500 varieties by Joan Morgan (Ebury Press)
Cookery Book Award
(Sponsored by hillfarm oils)
Honey & Co: The Baking Book by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich (Saltyard Books)
Inspiration Award
Carmel McConnell MBE
Lifetime Achievement Award
Elisabeth Luard
Awards Winners 2015
(Sponsored by Scotch Beef PGI)
For more details of the 2015 Awards and photographs of the winners click here.
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Thompson’s Family Teas)
Marina O’Loughlin for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine
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
(Sponsored by Aspall)
The Shed: The Cookbook by Richard, Oliver and Gregory Gladwin (Kyle Books)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
(Sponsored by Tebay Services and Gloucester Services)
Kevin Gould for work published in Jamie magazine
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Honey & Co.: Food from the Middle East by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich (Saltyard Books)
Food Magazine or Section of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Tenderstem®)
FT Weekend magazine
Food Journalist of the Year Award
(Sponsored by SuperFast Thermapen®)
Tim Hayward for work published in FT Weekend magazine
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
The Food Programme: Food is MAD presented and produced by Dan Saladino (BBC Radio 4)
Food Book of the Year Award
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit by Helena Attlee (Particular Books)
Food Blog of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Encona)
couscousbangbang.blogspot.co.uk by Thom Archer
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
(Sponsored by Gold Top)
Diana Henry for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing
Felicity Lawrence, Andrew Wasley and Radu Ciorniciuc for work published in The Guardian
Cookery Book of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Hillfarm Oils)
A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry (Mitchell Beazley)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Rick Stein OBE
Awards Winners 2014
For more details of the 2014 Awards and photographs of the winners click here.
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
Zoe Williams for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine
New Media Award
sortedfood.com by Sorted Food
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
(Sponsored by Bacofoil)
The Food Programme: Sugar: Pure, White and Deadly? presented by Sheila Dillon and produced by Dan Saladino (BBC Radio 4)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
(Sponsored by Aspall)
Historic Heston by Heston Blumenthal with Pascal Cariss (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
The Food Programme: US Southern Cooking and Chef Sean Brock presented by Richard Johnson and produced by Dan Saladino (BBC Radio 4)
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Great British Bakes by Mary-Anne Boermans (Square Peg)
Food Magazine or Section of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Tenderstem®)
delicious. magazine
Food Journalist of the Year Award
Tim Hayward for work published in the FT Weekend magazine
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
Our World: Coffee's Cruel Secret produced and presented by Chris Rogers and produced by Guy Lynn (BBC News)
Food Book of the Year Award
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen (Doubleday)
Food Blog of the Year Award
Poires au Chocolat (www.poiresauchocolat.net) by Emma Gardner
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall with Nikki Duffy for work published in The Guardian Weekend magazine
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing
www.fishfight.net and Hugh’s Fish Fight presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and produced and directed by Will Anderson (KEO Films for Channel 4)
Cookery Book of the Year Award
Brilliant Bread by James Morton (Ebury Press)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jill Norman
Awards Winners 2013
For more details of the 2013 Awards and photographs of the winners click here.
Cookery Book of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Thermomix)
Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi (Ebury Press)
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting
Jay Rayner for work published in The Observer
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Yotam Ottolenghi for work published in The Guardian’s Weekend magazine
Food Blog of the Year Award
(Sponsored by British Lion Eggs)
Msmarmitelover (www.marmitelover.blogspot.co.uk) by Kerstin Rodgers
Food Book of the Year Award
What to Eat? 10 Chewy Questions About Food by Hattie Ellis (Portobello Books)
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure presented by Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang (Keo Films for BBC Two)
Food Journalist of the Year Award
Noah May for work published in The Arbuturian
Food Magazine or Section of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Tenderstem®)
Crumbs magazine, edited by Matt Bielby and Laura Rowe
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
The Art of the Restaurateur by Nicholas Lander (Phaidon)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
(Sponsored by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and the State of Alaska)
Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of Food presented by Stefan Gates (Crocodile Media for BBC Four)
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
(Sponsored by Fish is the Dish by Seafish)
What to Eat? 10 Chewy Questions About Food by Hattie Ellis (Portobello Books)
New Media of the Year Award
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Ferrarelle)
John Walsh for work published in The Independent magazine
Lifetime Achievement Award
Darina Allen
Awards Winners 2012
For more details of the 2012 Awards and photographs of the winners click here.
Cookery Book of the Year Award
Couture Chocolate by William Curley (Jacqui Small)
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting
www.fishfight.net and Hugh’s Fish Fight presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Keo Films for Channel 4)
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Lucas Hollweg for work published in The Sunday Times’ Style magazine
Food Blog of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Sacla’)
Poires au Chocolat (www.poiresauchocolat.net) by Emma Gardner
Food Book of the Year Award
Food Britannia by Andrew Webb (Random House)
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
Hugh’s Fish Fight presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Keo Films for Channel 4)
Food Journalist of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Schwartz)
Tim Hayward for work published in Observer Food Monthly and the Financial Times
Food Magazine or Section of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Tenderstem®)
Fire & Knives, edited by Tim Hayward
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
How To Make Bread by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou (Ryland Peters & Small)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
Jerusalem on a Plate presented by Yotam Ottolenghi (Keo Films for BBC Four)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Work published in the Birmingham Post by Richard McComb
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
The Food Programme: Transfats presented by Sheila Dillon (BBC Radio 4)
New Media of the Year Award
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
John Walsh for work published in The Independent magazine
Lifetime Achievement Award
Claudia Roden
Awards Winners 2011
Cookery Book of the Year Award
Caroline and Robin Weir, Ice Creams, Sorbets and Gelati: The Definitive Guide (published by Grub Street)
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting
BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme: The Fruit Industry presented by Sheila Dillon
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Mark Hix, for work published in The Independent
Food Book of the Year Award
Mark Diacono, A Taste of the Unexpected (published by Quadrille)
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme: Pop-up London presented by Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward
Food Journalist of the Year Award
Felicity Cloake, for work published in Fire & Knives and The Guardian
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Niki Segnit, The Flavour Thesaurus (published by Bloomsbury Publishing)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
Josceline Dimbleby, Orchards in the Oasis (published by Quadrille)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Sybil Kapoor, for work published in Country Life
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
Valerie Twomey, Truly Tasty (published by Atrium)
New Media of the Year Award
Felicity Cloake, for work published on The Guardian and The Observer’s Word of Mouth blog
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
Marina O’Loughlin, for work published in Metro and Fire & Knives
Lifetime Achievement Award
Anna del Conte
Awards Winners 2010
Cookery Book of the Year Award
Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra, Warm Bread and Honey Cake (Pavilion)
Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting
George Miller and Katharine Reeve, The Rough Guide to Food (Rough Guides)
Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for work published in The Guardian's Weekend magazine
Food Book of the Year Award
Juliet Harbutt, World Cheese Book (Dorling Kindersley)
Food Broadcast of the Year Award
BBC One’s Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers presented by Nigel Slater
Food Journalist of the Year Award
Alex Renton for work published in The Times and The Observer Food Monthly
Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Laura Santtini, Easy Tasty Italian (Quadrille)
Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
Michael Booth, Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking (Jonathan Cape)
Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Tom Parker Bowles, Full English: A Journey Through the British and Their Food (Ebury Press)
Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
Jose van Mil with Christine Archer-Mackenzie, Healthy Eating During Chemotherapy (Kyle Cathie)
New Media of the Year Award
Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
Tracey MacLeod for work published in The Independent Magazine
Lifetime Achievement Award
Colin Spencer
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
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 Times, Decanter, Sainsbury'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 & Travel, The Times, Food 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