Guild of Food Writers announces 25th Anniversary Awards finalists

The UK Guild of Food Writers has published the list of finalists for its 25th anniversary annual Awards. The winners will be announced at an in-person event at London’s Royal Institution on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Below is a selection of the finalist categories and nominees. There is a fair amount of overlap between this list and the Fortnum and Mason Awards we recently shared.

First Book Award

• Baking with Fortitude: Sourdough Cakes and Bakes by Dee Rettali
• Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino
• Sambal Shiok: The Malaysian Cookbook by Mandy Yin

Food Writing

• Tom Parker Bowles: (Country Life)
• Fuchsia Dunlop: (Work published in FT Weekend magazine and National Geographic Traveller Food magazine)
• Tim Hayward: (online F.T. magazine & online myF.T.)

General Cookbook

• From the Veg Patch: 10 Favourite Vegetables, 100 Simple Recipes Everyone Will Love by Kathy Slack
• Crave: Recipes Arranged by Flavour, to Suit Your Mood and Appetite by Ed Smith
• Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks and Messy Kitchens by Ruby Tandoh

International or Regional Cookbook

• A Taste of the Highlands by Ghillie Başan
• The Nordic Baker: Plant-Based Bakes and Seasonal Stories from a Kitchen in the Heart of Sweden by Sofia Nordgren
• Honey & Co: Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around the Levant by Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich

Recipe Writing

• Felicity Cloake for work published in Feast, The Guardian
• Chetna Makan for work published in Waitrose andPatneers Food magazine
• Meera Sodha for work published in Feast, The Guardian

Online Food Writer

• @cookalore by Priya Mani
• Nutmegs, seven. Elly McCausland
• Vittles by Jonathan Nunn

Specialist or Single Subject

• Baked to Perfection: Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes, with a Pinch of Science by Katarina Cermelj
• Herb: A Cook’s Companion, from Plot to Plate by Mark Diacono
• Freekeh, Wild Wheat and Ancient Grains: Recipes for Healthy Eating by Ruth Nieman

Drinks Book

• The Alcorithm: A Fascinating Flavour Guide to Find Your Perfect Drink By Rob Buckhaven
• A Year in Beer by Jonny Garrett
• FIZZ!: Champagne and Sparkling Wines of the World by Anthony Rose

Self Publishing

• Great British Chefs: Around the Table by Pollyanna Coupland
• Second Helpings: More Tonight at 7.30 by Kristen Frederickson and Avery Curran
• For the Love of the Sea: A Cook Book to Celebrate the British Seafood Community and Their Food by Jenny Jefferies