VIvian Howard, 2016’s James Beard winner for Outstanding Personality/Host. Photo Credit: Instagram/A Chef’s Life
Last night the James Beard Foundation unveiled the winners for its much-anticipated annual book, broadcast and journalism awards (see the full list of finalists announced last month). The range of categories honors the best cookbooks, food programming and food writing of the year. We were thrilled to see some of our partners and friends take home medals, including Vivian Howard, Michael Anthony and Lucky Peach.
Below is an abbreviated list of the media and book award winners. Have you watched any of the shows or checked out any of the books listed below?
General Cooking
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
J. Kenji López-Alt
W.W. Norton & Company
Cooking From a Professional Point of View
NOPI: The Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully
Ten Speed Press
International
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking
Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Book of the Year
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking
Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks
Michael Anthony
Little, Brown and Company
Cookbook Hall of Fame
Deborah Madison
Documentary
The Starfish Throwers
Director: Jesse Roesler
Producers: Jesse Roesler and Melody Gilbert
Airs on: DirecTV Audience Network and iTunes
Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Vivian Howard
A Chef’s Life
Airs on: PBS
Podcast
Gravy
Host: Tina Antolini
Producer: Tina Antolini for the Southern Foodways Alliance
Airs on: southernfoodways.org/gravy
Radio Show/Audio Webcast
The Food Chain–A BBC World Service Co-Production with the Food Programme
Host: Dan Saladino
Producers: Kent DePinto, Sarah Stolarz, and Dan Saladino
Airs on: BBC World Service
Specials
Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays
Host: Lidia Bastianich
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Anne Adams, and Shelly Burgess Nicotra
Airs on: PBS
Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location
Extra Virgin
Hosts: Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos
Producers: Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos
Airs on: Cooking Channel
Television Program, on Location
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
Host: Phil Rosenthal
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Phil Rosenthal, Richard Rosenthal, John Bedolis, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Craig H. Shepherd, and David Beebe
Airs on: PBS
Television Segment
PBS NewsHour’s “Food4Thought”
Host: Allison Aubrey
Producer: Mary Beth Durkin
Airs on: PBS
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
Indian Curries: The Basics & Beyond
Host: Raghavan Iyer
Producer: Jared Maher
Airs on: craftsy.com
Video Webcast, On Location
The Sushi Chef: Oona Tempest and Toshio Oguma
Producer: Elana Schulman
Airs on: munchies.vice.com
Visual and Technical Excellence
Chef’s Table
Director: David Gelb
Photographers: Will Basanta and Adam Bricker
Editors: Brad Grossman, J. Santos, Eric Freidenberg, Ravi Subramanian, Adrienne Gits, and Jesse Overman
Airs on: Netflix
Food Blog
Lucky Peach
Food Reporting
“Seafood from Slaves – An AP Investigation Helps Free Slaves in the 21st Century”
Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason and Robin McDowell
Associated Press
Publication of the Year
Lucky Peach
See the full winners list of the James Beard Foundation’s 2016 Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards.
Thumbnail credit: Instagram/debimazar
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