Guild of Food Writers Awards 2010

The Guild of Food Writers Awards were established in 1996, to be presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in any area in which food writers work and have influence. The awards remain the only awards judged entirely by professional food writers, journalists and editors.
Entries are now being accepted for this year’s prestigious Guild of Food Writers Awards.

To download an entry form please click here.

There are twelve awards:

* four awards for work presented in any media, whether broadcast or written:

o the Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel

o the Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing or Broadcasting

o the Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food and

o the Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating;

* one award specifically for television or radio programmes: the Food Broadcast of the Year Award;

* one award specifically for websites or blogs: the New Media of the Year Award;

* three awards specifically for books:

o the Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book,

o the Food Book of the Year Award and

o the Cookery Book of the Year Award; and

* three awards specifically for journalism:

o the Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award,

o the Food Journalist of the Year Award and

o the Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year.

The closing date for forms to reach the administrator is Tuesday 23 March 2010 and all materials must be with the members of the juries by Tuesday 30 March 2010.

The winners of each prize will be announced at the Guild of Food Writers’ Awards ceremony in June.

To download an entry form please click here.