Guild of Food Writers Award Winners 2021

The Guild of Food Writers named the winners of its prestigious annual awards. We earlier reported on the list of finalists where you can see everyone who made the shortlist. So, let’s get to it – following are highlights of the winners. You can see a full list of all categories and winners on the Guild of Food Writers website.

Food Writing Award

• Melissa Thompson for work published in The Guardian, Vittles and BBC Good Food

First Book Award

• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Drinks Book Award

• The Noble Rot Book: Wine from Another Galaxy by Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew

International or Regional Cookbook Award

• Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi

Specialist or Single Subject Cookbook Award

• Fermentation: River Cottage Handbook No.18 by Rachel de Thample

General Cookbook Award

• Giffords Circus Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from a Magical Circus Restaurant by Nell Gifford and Ols Halas

Additional categories include Investigative Food Work, Restaurant Writing, Drinks Writing, Food Book, Online Food Writing, Food Magazine or Section, and Self-Published Work.