Fortnum & Mason shortlist announced

Fortnum & Mason has long been a resource for English cookery, providing quality ingredients to generations of cooks since its founding in 1707. The company’s annual food and drink awards celebrate the best publications and broadcasts in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Yesterday, Fortnum & Mason announced the nominees for its 2023 Food and Drink Awards.

The shortlist “acknowledges illuminating writing on food, cookery, drinks and restaurants along with broadcast and audio programmes that inform and whet appetites; and the creative work of photographers,” according to the press release. The awards are presented in an assortment of categories including cookery books, prose books about food, drink books, audio and television programs, as well as categories for food, drink, and restaurant writers. 

The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 11, at Fortnum & Mason, The Royal Exchange. The event will be hosted by Chef and Broadcaster Andi Oliver accompanied by Angela Hartnett OBE, Judging Panel Chair. Highlights of the nominees are listed below. You can view the complete shortlist for all categories on our Fortnum & Mason 2023 Food and Drink Awards page, which will be updated to show the winners after May 11. You’ll also find links to pages with previous years’ winners.

There are only two authors vying for the Food Book award: Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey by Felicity Cloake, and The Joy of Snacks by Laura Goodman. In the Cookery Book category, competition is fierce as Home Food: Recipes to Comfort and Connect by Olia Hercules is pitted against Modern Pressure Cooking by Catherine Phipps and West Winds: Recipes, history and tales from Jamaica by Riaz Phillips. The Debut Cookery Book Award likewise has worthy competitors in Mezcla: Recipes to Excite by Ixta Belfrage, Hoppers: The Cookbook by Karan Gokani, and Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam.