James Beard Cookbook Award winners

The winners of the James Beard Media Awards were announced this evening at a gala celebration in Chicago. Chef, television star, and cookbook author Pati Jinich served as emcee for the event, and announced the first couple of winners. Gregory Gourdet, who won several awards last year, also presented awards for several categories including the General cookbook category where a book not really on my radar took home the prize. Other featured presenters include Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! Host Peter Sagal and 2022 James Beard Media Award winners Sophia Roe and Hawa Hassan.

Now for the information you’ve been waiting for: following are the highlights of the winners of the JBF Cookbook Awards:

• Baking and Desserts: Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts from Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu (EYBDigital Preview)
• General: The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani (EYBDigital Preview)
• International: Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico by Rick Martinez (EYBDigital Preview)
• Writing: Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali with Tarajia Morrell
• Restaurant and Professional: Bludso’s BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul by Kevin Bludso and Noah Galuten
• Single Subject: The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt
• Vegetable Focused: The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition by Hannah Che (EYBDigital Preview)
• Visual: Chinese-ish: Home Cooking, Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious by Rosheen Kaul
• Beverages with Recipes: The Bartender’s Manifesto by Toby Maloney, Emma Janzen and The Bartenders of the Violet Hour
• Emerging Voice: Illyanna Maisonet for Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook
• Cookbook Hall of Fame: Joe Randall

See all of the nominees and winners on our 2023 James Beard Cookbook Awards page. You can also see the winners on the James Beard Foundation website.