All The Winner’s Names You Need To Know From The Prestigious Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards
Whilst the start of the year is reserved for the major movie awards, summertime is when we often get together to celebrate and honour the big names of food and drink. Last night (11 May) it was Fortnum & Mason’s turn to champion the achievements of the UK’s current and emerging writers, publishers, photographers, broadcasters and personalities who encourage us to enjoy and discover more about food and drink through their work.
Hosted by Andi Oliver and Angela Hartnett OBE at The Royal Exchange, everyone from Yotam Ottolenghi and Dame Mary Berry, to The Hairy Bikers duo Si and Dave, and Rick Stein were in attendance.
Writer Felicity Cloake took home the gong for Food Book of the Year for her read Red Sauce, Brown Sauce, following her adventures by bicycle in a quest to uncover the great, British breakfast. Whilst the adorable father-daughter-duo Al and Kitty Tait were awarded Debut Book of the Year for Breadsongwhich tells the liberating story of Kitty’s path from depressive withdrawal to finding the healing power of breadmaking.
Riaz Phillips won Cookery Book of the Year for his brilliant West Winds that celebrates Jamaican culture, cuisine and history, whilst Cynthia Shanmugalingam was awarded Debut Cookery Book of the Year for her joy-filled love letter to Sri Lanka with Rambutan.
When it comes to drinks books – Tom Morton, the author of Holy Waters which explores the link between faith and alcohol was awarded Drink Book of the Year, whilst brewer Jaega Wise, took home Debut Drink Book for Wild Brews, a guide on home-beer brewing using wild fermentation techniques.
Moving into television, Stanley Tucci was awarded best Programme for his Searching for Italy series, just pipping Big Zuu’s Big Eats and Nadiya’s Everyday Baking to the post.
Two Fortnum’s Special Awards were given out to Jeremy Lee for his book Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many, and Tim Spector for Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well. Whilst Giuseppe Federici (aka @sepps_eats) was named Digital Creator of the Year, and Si King and Dave Myers of Hairy Bikers fame were awarded Personalities of the Year.
A special mention must go to our brilliant Delish contributor Fliss Freeborn, who took home the award for Cookery Writer of the Year for her work on her blog Student Cuisine for the Gloomy Teen.
Full Winners List:
FOOD BOOK
WINNER: Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey by Felicity Cloake, published by Mudlark, (HarperCollins)
SHORTLIST: The Joy of Snacks by Laura Goodman published by Headline Home
DEBUT FOOD BOOK
WINNER: Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty & Al Tait, published by Bloomsbury SHORTLIST: A Portrait of British Cheese by Angus D. Birditt, published by Quadrille
SHOR TLIS T: T akeaway: Stories from a childhood behind the counter by Angela Hui by T rapeze (Orion Publishing Group)
COOKERY BOOK
WINNER: West Winds: Recipes, history and tales from Jamaica by Riaz Phillips, published by DK SHORTLIST: Home Food: Recipes to Comfort and Connect by Olia Hercules, published by Bloomsbury SHORTLIST: Modern Pressure Cooking by Catherine Phipps, published by Quadrille
DEBUT COOKERY BOOK
WINNER: Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam, published by Bloomsbury SHOR TLIS T: Hoppers: The Cookbook by Karan Gokani, published by Quadrille
SHORTLIST: MEZCLA by Ixta Belfrage, published by Ebury Press
DRINK BOOK
WINNER: Holy Waters: Searching for the sacred in a glass by Tom Morton, published by Watkins SHORTLIST: A Sense of Place: A journey around Scotland’s whisky by Dave Broom, published by Mitchell Beazley
SHORTLIST: Clubland: How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain by Pete Brown, published by HarperNorth
DEBUT DRINK BOOK
WINNER: Wild Brews by Jaega Wise, published by Kyle Books (Octopus)
SHOR TLIS T: Cocktail Time!: The Ultimate Guide T o G rown-Up Fun by Paul Feig, published by William Morrow (HarperCollins)
SHORTLIST: Watercress, Willow and Wine: A Celebration of Recipes and Wines from English Vineyards by Cindy-Marie Harvey, published by Love Wine Food Books (Whitefox)
COOKERY WRITER
WINNER: Fliss Freeborn for work on Student Cuisine for the Gloomy Teen SHORTLIST: Ed Smith for work in The Sunday Times and Waitrose FOOD Magazine SHORTLIST: Ravinder Bhogal for work in FT Weekend Magazine
FOOD WRITER
WINNER: Bee Wilson for work in The Guardian and FT Weekend Magazine SHORTLIST: Caroline Eden for work in FT Weekend Magazine
SHORTLIST: Debora Robertson for work in delicious. Magazine
DRINK WRITER
WINNER: Will Hawkes for work in Pellicle Magazine
SHORTLIST: Adam Wells for work in Cider Review and Pellicle Magazine SHORTLIST: Molly Codyre for work in Foodism
RESTAURANT WRITER
WINNER: Joanna Taylor for work in ES Magazine
SHORTLIST: Oliver Guy for work on Metropolitan Food Archives SHORTLIST: Isaac Rangaswami for work in Vittles and Eater London
PROGRAMME
WINNER: Searching for Italy presented by Stanley Tucci, Production Company: RAW
SHORTLIST: Big Zuu's Big Eats presented by Big Zuu, Production Company: boom
SHOR TLIS T: Nadiya’ s Everyday Baking, presented by Nadiya Hussain, Production Company: Wall to Wall Media
AUDIO
WINNER: Blasstal, A podcast by Lecker. Presented and produced by Lucy Dearlove and Katie Callin SHORTLIST: Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster; Production Company: Plosive SHORTLIST: The Full English, Presented by Lewis Bassett; Produced by Lewis Bassett and Forest DLG
PHOTOGRAPHER
WINNER: Kim Lightbody SHORTLIST: Georgia Glynn-Smith SHORTLIST: Jonathan Gregson SHORTLIST: Tory McTernan
FORTNUM’S SPECIAL AWARD
WINNER: COOKING: Simply and Well, for One or Many by Jeremy Lee. Published by 4th Estate
FORTNUM’S SPECIAL AWARD
WINNER: Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector. Published by Penguin Random House
DIGITAL CREATOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Giuseppe Federici (AKA @Sepps)
PERSONALITIES OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Si King and Dave Myers (AKA The Hairy Bikers)
