The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2025 – Winners
It is with great pleasure that we bring you details of the winners of The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2025 presentation, which took place in London at the Royal Institution on 18 June 2025. You will find full details of the winners and sponsors below.
It was a truly memorable occasion, honouring excellence in our industry. It was also a joyous celebration of outstanding work and a wonderful opportunity to meet old friends and new.
We offer our warmest congratulations to all winning and shortlisted writers and editors. Our sincere thanks go to our members who judged the awards, to our sponsors for their generous support, and to our outstanding volunteer committee who worked tirelessly to arrange this fantastic evening.
Read the programme of the evening here.
The Guild’s partners for this year’s Awards are:
ANICAV (Food Podcast or Broadcast Award); FICT French Charcuterie & Deli Companies (Food Writer Award); Freshlay Farms Golden Yolker (Restaurant Writer Award); Gold Top (Cookery Writer Award); HexClad (Debut Cookery Book Award); J Pao (International or Regional Cookery Book Award); Kamado Joe (Food Magazine or Supplement Award); Sacla’ (Food Book Award); Sherry Wines – Vinos de Jerez (Drinks Writer Award); Uncharted Wines (Cookery Book Award)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Arabella Boxer
credit Annissa Helou
Cookery Book Award Sponsored by Uncharted Wines
Ottolenghi COMFORT by Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller, and Tara Wigley
Cookery Writer Award Sponsored by Gold Top
Olivia Potts for work published in The Spectator
Debut Book Award Sponsored by Hexclad
Sift: The Elements of Great Baking by Nicola Lamb
Food Book Award Sponsored by Sacla’
Namesake: Reflections on a Warrior Woman by N.S. Nuseibeh
Food Magazine or Supplement Award Sponsored by Kamado Joe
Food Podcast or Broadcast Award Sponsored by ANICAV
The Food Programme “The Sourdough Library”, presenter Dan Saladino
Food Writer Award Sponsored by FICT French Charcuterie & Deli Companies
Toyo Odetunde for work published in Food by National Geographic Traveller / Condé Nast Traveller / The i Paper
International or Regional Cookery Book Award Sponsored by J Pao
Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food by Fadi Kattan
Investigative Food Writer Award
In Search of the Perfect Peach: Why Flavour Holds the Answer to Fixing Our Food System by Franco Fubini
Newcomer Award
Flour, Water and Salt: Notes On The People That Made Us by Loukia Constantinou
Restaurant Writing Award Sponsored by Freshlay Farms Golden Yolker®
Jonathan Nunn for work published in Vittles
Self-Published OnLine Food Writer
Lauren O’Neill for work published on Substack “Dining Out”
Single Topic Cookery Book Award
Love Vegetables: Delicious Recipes for Vibrant Meals by Anna Shepherd
Specialist Cookery Book Award
The Elements of Baking: Making Any Recipe Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Egg-free or Vegan by Katarina Cermelj
Drinks Writer Award Sponsored by Sherry Wines – Vinos de Jerez
Italy in a Wineglass: The Taste of History by Marc Millon
Outstanding Contribution Award
Jonathan Nunn
