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Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2009
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2008
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2007
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2006
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2005
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2004
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2003
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2002
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2001
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2000
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 1999
Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 1998


Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2009

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The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Mark Hix, British Seasonal Food (Quadrille)
 
The 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)

The Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist of the Year
Diana Henry for articles published in the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine

The Food Book of the Year Award
Heston Blumenthal, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook (Bloomsbury)
 
The Food Broadcast of the Year Award
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours: Lunch

The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Bee Wilson for articles published in the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine

The Jeremy Round Award for the Best First Book
Guy Watson and Jane Baxter, Riverford Farm Cook Book (Fourth Estate)

The Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
Fuchsia Dunlop, Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper (Ebury)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Guy Watson and Jane Baxter, Riverford Farm Cook Book (Fourth Estate)

The Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme: Nutritionism

The New Media Award
Tim Hayward for his blog on The Guardian and The Observer's Word of Mouth website: www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth

The Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
Emma Sturgess for reviews published in Metro

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Mary Berry
Egon Ronay

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Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2008

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Sarah Raven, Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook (Bloomsbury Publishing)
 
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism
Hattie Ellis, Planet Chicken (Hodder & Stoughton)
 
The Evelyn Rose Award for The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Shona Crawford Poole, for work in Country Living magazine
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Martin Jones, Feast: Why Humans Share Food (Oxford University Press)
 
The Food Broadcast of the Year Award
The Food Programme: China Tea (BBC Radio 4)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Bee Wilson, for work in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine
 
The Jeremy Round Award for the Best First Book
Marwood Yeatman, The Last Food of England (Ebury Press)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nick Fisher, The River Cottage Fish Book (Bloomsbury Publishing)
 
The Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
Jill Dupleix, Lighten Up (Quadrille)
 
The New Media Award
www.bbc.co.uk/food/
 
The Restaurant Reviewer of the Year Award
Tracey MacLeod, for reviews published in The Independent magazine

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Katie Stewart

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Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2007

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Skye Gyngell, A Year in my Kitchen (Quadrille)
 
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism
Felicity Lawrence, for work published in The Guardian
 
The Evelyn Rose Award for The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Diana Henry, for work published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Ruth Cowen, Relish: The Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Felicity Lawrence, for work published in The Guardian
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Ruth Cowen, Relish: The Extraordinary Life of Alexis Soyer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Mark Hix, British Regional Food (Quadrille)
 
The Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Health Eating
The Food Programme: Arthritis (BBC Radio 4)

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Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners 2006

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Fizz Carr, The River Cottage Family Cookbook (Hodder & Stoughton)
 
The Evelyn Rose Award for The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Alex Mackay for work published in Sainsbury’s Magazine
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Nicola Humble, Culinary Pleasures (Faber and Faber)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Fuchsia Dunlop for work published in the Financial Times and Observer Food Monthly
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Richard Bertinet, Dough (Kyle Cathie)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Hattie Ellis, Best of British Fish (Mitchell Beazley)
 
The Miriam Polunin Award for Work on Healthy Eating
Jeanette Orrey, The Dinner Lady (Transworld Publishers)
 
The Derek Cooper Award was not not given this year.

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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2005

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Shaun Hill, How to Cook Better (Mitchell Beazley)
 
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism
Charles Clover, The End of the Line (Ebury Press)
 
The Evelyn Rose Award for The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Mark Hix, for work in The Independent Magazine
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Matthew Fort, Eating Up Italy (Fourth Estate)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Caroline Stacey, for work in The Independent
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Felicity Lawrence, Not on the Label (Penguin)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
John Burnett, England Eats Out (Pearson Education)

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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2004

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Madhur Jaffrey, The Curry Bible (Ebury Press)
 
The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Angela Nilsen for work in 'The Ultimate' series in BBC Good Food magazine
 
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism
Felicity Lawrence for a series of investigative articles in The Guardian
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Paul Richardson, Indulgence: Around the World in Search of Chocolate (Time Warner Books, UK)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Bee Wilson for work in the Sunday Telegraph magazine
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Vicky Bhogal, Cooking Like Mummiji (Simon and Schuster)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
The Food Programme: Women's Institute (BBC Radio 4)

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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2003

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Monisha Bharadwaj, Stylish Indian in Minutes (Kyle Cathie)
 
The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Annie Bell for work in Country Living magazine
 
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism
Local Food Programme Toolkit, various authors (International Society for Ecology and Culture)
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
David Thompson, Thai Food (Pavilion)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Kevin Gould for work in Waitrose Food Illustrated
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Clarissa Hyman, Cucina Siciliana (Conran Octopus)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Colin Spencer, British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History (Grub Street)

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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2002
The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Gordon Ramsay and Roz Denny, Just Desserts (Quadrille)
 
The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Jill Dupleix for work in The Times
 
The Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning or Investigative Food Journalism
Eating Oil: Food Supply in a Changing Climate, Andy Jones, Sustain and Elm Farm Research
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Anthony Bourdain, A Cook’s Tour (Bloomsbury)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Fiona Beckett for work in The Times, Decanter, Sainsbury's The Magazine
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Fuchsia Dunlop, Sichuan Cookery (Michael Joseph)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Cookbook (Harper Collins)
 
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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2001

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Donna Hay, Flavours (Murdoch Books)
 
The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Sophie Grigson for work in Country Living magazine
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Andrew Dalby, Dangerous Tastes (British Museum Press)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Catherine Brown for work in The Glasgow Herald
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Rowley Leigh, No Place Like Home (Fourth Estate)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Sue Lawrence, Scots Cooking (Headline)
 
The Radio Broadcast of the Year Award
The Food Programme: Dry-curing (BBC Radio 4)
 
The Recipe Writer of the Year Award
Lesley Mackley
 
The Television Broadcast of the Year Award
Nigella Bites (Channel 4)
 
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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2000

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Paul Gayler, A Passion for Vegetables (Kyle Cathie) and
Dan Lepard and Richard Whittington, Baking with Passion (Quadrille)
 
The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Katie Stewart for features in BBC Homes & Antiques
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford University Press)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Clarissa Hyman for features in Food & Travel, The Times, Food Illustrated and Journey magazine
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Sara Jayne Stanes, Chocolate: The Definitive Guide (Grub Street)
 
The 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)
 
The Recipe Writer of the Year Award
Kate McBain for recipes in The Taste of Sainsbury’s
 
The Televison Broadcast of the Year Award
Jamie Oliver for The Naked Chef (Optomen Television)
 
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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 1999

The Cookery Book of the Year Award
Madhur Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian (Ebury Press)
 
The Cookery Journalist of the Year Award
Brian Glover
 
The Food Book of the Year Award
Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything (Headline)
 
The Food Broadcaster of the Year Award
Nigel Slater for Nigel Slater’s Real Food (Kudos Productions)
 
The Food Journalist of the Year Award
Manisha Gambhir Harkins for work in The Master’s Table
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Regina Sexton, A Little History of Irish Food (Kyle Cathie)
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Sybil Kapoor, Simply British (Michael Joseph)
 
The Recipe Writer of the Year Award
Jennifer John, recipes on behalf of British Potato Council, Olive Oil
 
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Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 1998

Special Award for Significant Contribution to Food Journalism
Derek Cooper OBE
 
The Book of the Year Award
Claudia Roden, The Book of Jewish Food (Viking)
 
The Food Broadcast of the Year Award
Derek Cooper and The Food Programme team
 
The Jeremy Round Award for Best First Book
Anne Willan, Cooked to Perfection (Quadrille)
 
The Magazine Cookery Writer of the Year Award
Sophie Grigson for articles in Country Living magazine
 
The Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food
Christopher Driver, John Evelyn, Cook (Prospect Books)
 
The Recipe Writer of the Year Award
Sue Lawrence for articles in Sainsbury’s, The Magazine and The Sunday Times

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