THE NOMINEES
2010 Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards

BEST FOOD/DRINK GUIDE BOOK

• The Age Good Food Guide by Janne Apelgren, Published by Penguin Group, AUSTRALIA
• Collio Fine Wines & Foods From Italy’s Northeast by Carla Capalbo, Published by Pallas Athene Publishers, UNITED KINGDOM
• The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide by Simon Thomsen & Joanna Savill, published by Penguin Group, AUSTRALIA
• Food Wine Cocktails 09 by Dana Cowin & Kate Krader, Published by American Express Publishing, USA
• Tasmania’s Table by Paul County & Nick Osborne, Published by Tasmanian Food & Drink Books, AUSTRALIA
• Marlborough on the Menu by Jan Bilton & Belinda Jackson, Published by Irvine Holt Enterprises, NEW ZEALAND
• Barossa Wine Traveller by Tyson Stelzer & Grant Dodd, Published by Wine Press, AUSTRALIA

BEST DRINK BOOK

• Champagne & Chandeliers by Bernadette O’Shea, Published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• A Good Nose & Great Legs by Robert Geddes, Published by Murdoch Books, AUSTRALIA
• The Landscape of New Zealand Wine by Kevin Judd, Published by Craig Potton Publishing, NEW ZEALAND
• Mix Shake & Stir by Danny Meyer & the Bartenders & Chefs of The Union Square Hospitality Group, Published by Little, Brown & Company, USA
• The Essential Guide to South African Wines Terroir Travel by Elmari Swart & Izak Smit, Published by Cheviot Publishing, SOUTH AFRICA
• Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course by Andrew Jefford, Published by Ryland Peters & Small, UNITED KINGDOM

BEST FOOD AND/OR DRINK WEBSITE

• SBS Food by SBS Television, AUSTRALIA
• Amazing Ribs.com by Craig Goldwyn, USA
• Good Food Channel by UKTV, UNITED KINGDOM
• Australian Tropical Foods by Australian Tropical Foods, AUSTRALIA
• Fresh For Kids by Sydney Markets, AUSTRALIA
• BBC Good Food by BBC Worldwide, UNITED KINGDOM
• Julie Biuso.com by Biuso & Associates, New Zealand
• FriedChillies - The All-time Food Network by FriedChillies Media, MALAYSIA
• Time Out London Restaurants by Time Out London, UNITED KINGDOM

BEST DRINK PHOTOGRAPHY

• Italian Beer by Andre Baranowski, USA
• Triple Martini & Olive Splash by Rick Souders, USA
• Raising the Bar by Ken Downie, NEW ZEALAND
• Pink Moscato Blackberry Jelly by William Meppem, AUSTRALIA
• Rum Spritz by DierTan, AUSTRALIA
• 24/12/09 by Aaron McLean, NEW ZEALAND

BEST FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

• Quay by Anson Smart, AUSTRALIA
• Soba Noodles by Evans Caglage, USA
• Tomato & Watermelon Salad by Maren Caruso, USA
• Cherries with a Twist by Aaron McLean, NEW ZEALAND
• Avocado Lime by Patrice De Villiers, UNITED KINGDOM

BEST FOOD/DRINK STYLIST

• Gnudi by Lisa Featherby, AUSTRALIA
• Pizza Vertical by Stephen Shearn, USA
• Edible Blooms by Susan Tilley, AUSTRALIA
• Chocolate Cherry Fondant Cake by Steve Pearce, AUSTRALIA
• Dill & Salt Cured Salmon by Justine Poole, AUSTRALIA
• Food from the State of Wisconsin by Todd Coleman, USA

BEST CHILDREN'S COOKBOOK

• Ketnet Kookt by Hilde Smeesters, Published by Lannoo Publishers, BELGIUM
• Fresh Start - Healthy Recipes and Food Tips for Parents of Preschoolers by Christelle Le Ru, Published by Christelle Le Ru Books, NEW ZEALAND
• It’s My Turn to Cook by Margaret Brooker, Published by New Holland Publishers, NEW ZEALAND
• Real Food for Healthy Kids by Tanya Wenman Steel & Tracey Seaman, Published by Harper Collins, USA
• Little Kitchen by Sabrina Parrini, Published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• Mummy and Me Cookbook by Annabel Karmel, Published by Dorling Kindersley, UNITED KINGDOM

BEST HEALTH AND NUTRITION BOOK

• Truth Lies & Chocolate by Julie Meek, Published by Iridium Press, AUSTRALIA
• Feeding Fussy Kids by Antonia Kidman & Julie Maree Wood, Published by Harper Collins, AUSTRALIA
• The Essential Diabetes Cookbook by Antony Worrall Thompson, Published by Kyle Cathie, UNITED KINGDOM
• Healthy Indian in Minutes by Monisha Bharadwaj, Published by Kyle Cathie, UNITED KINGDOM
• Gut Foundation Cookbook by Terry Bolin & Geraldine Georgiou, Published by Harper Collins, AUSTRALIA
• The Low GI Family Cookbook by Professor Jennie Brand Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, Anneka Manning & Phillipa Sandall, Published by Hachette, AUSTRALIA
• Pensez Legumes! By Frank Fol, Published by Minestrone Culinary Publishers, BELGIUM

BEST FOOD JOURNALIST

• Veronica Ridge, AUSTRALIA
• Guy Dimond, UNITED KINGDOM
• Simon Thomsen, AUSTRALIA
• John Grossmann, USA
• David Burton, NEW ZEALAND
• Necia Wilden, AUSTRALIA
• Katy Salter, UNITED KINGDOM
• Richard Cornish, AUSTRALIA

BEST DRINK JOURNALIST

• Tim Atkin, UNITED KINGDOM
• Jackie MacDonald, AUSTRALIA
• Michael Apstein, USA
• Paul James White, NEW ZEALAND
• Ralph Kyte Powell, AUSTRALIA
• Willie Simpson, AUSTRALIA
• Louise Radman, AUSTRALIA
• Patrick Haddock, AUSTRALIA

BEST RESTAURANT CRITIC

• Larissa Dubecki, AUSTRALIA
• Guy Griffin, AUSTRALIA
• Brad Johnson, USA
• Matt Preston, AUSTRALIA
• Guy Dimond, UNITED KINGDOM
• Pat Nourse, AUSTRALIA
• John Lethlean, AUSTRALIA

BEST FOOD AND OR DRINK SECTION IN A NEWSPAPER

• Taste - Minneapolis Star Tribune, USA
• Epicure – The Age, AUSTRALIA
• Good Living – The Sydney Morning Herald, AUSTRALIA

BEST FOOD AND/OR DRINK SECTION IN A MAGAZINE

• The Australian Women’s Weekly, AUSTRALIA
• The Sydney Magazine, AUSTRALIA
• Midwest Living Magazine, USA
• Diabetic Living Magazine, AUSTRALIA
• Beer & Brewer Magazine, AUSTRALIA
• Better Homes & Gardens, USA
• Selector, AUSTRALIA

BEST FOOD MAGAZINE

• Australian Gourmet Traveller, AUSTRALIA
• Jamie Magazine, UNITED KINGDOM
• Waitrose Food Illustrated, UNITED KINGDOM
• Edible Toronto, CANADA
• Delicious, AUSTRALIA
• Spain Gourmetour, SPAIN
• Food and Drink, USA
• Cuisine Magazine, NEW ZEALAND
• Cravings Magazine, AUSTRALIA

BEST DRINK MAGAZINE

• Beer & Brewer, AUSTRALIA
• Cuisine Wine Country, NEW ZEALAND
• Selector, AUSTRALIA
• Gourmet Traveller WINE, AUSTRALIA
• Food and Drink, USA

BEST TELEVISION FOOD AND/OR DRINK SHOW

• Nigella Express Produced by Pacific Productions, UNITED KINGDOM
• MasterChef Australia Produced by Fremantle Media, AUSTRALIA
• Catherine’s Italian Kitchen Produced by RTE, IRELAND
• India Produced by Plum Pictures, UNITED KINGDOM
• Trish’s Paris Kitchen Produced by RTE, IRELAND
• What To Eat Now Produced by Optomen, UNITED KINGDOM
• Food Safari Produced by Kismet Productions, AUSTRALIA
• In de Keuken Produced by VRT, BELGIUM
• The Cook and the Chef Produced by ABC, AUSTRALIA

BEST FOOD/DRINK RADIO PROGRAMME

• Spices Presented by Caroline Hennessy and Kevin Thornton, Produced by Soundsdoable, IRELAND
• Talking Food with Lyndey Milan Presented and Produced by Murray Wilton & Lyndey Milan, AUSTRALIA
• Kathmandu Kitchen Spiritual Sustenance Presented by Elaine Corn, Produced by Capital Public Radio, USA
• Cooking with Lynne Mullins Presented by Lynne Mullins, Produced by Fairfax Media, AUSTRALIA
• Cooking with Kindness Presented by Kate Nelson & Geoff Hutchison, Produced by ABC Radio, AUSTRALIA
• Sue Zelickson Holiday Special Presented by Sue Zelickson, Produced by WCCO Radio, USA
• The Main Ingredient: New Year's Day Presented by Kelli Brett, Produced by ABC Radio, AUSTRALIA

BEST SOFT COVER RECIPE BOOK 

• My French Vue by Shannon Bennett, Published by Simon & Schuster, AUSTRALIA
• Faking It by Valli Little, Published by Harper Collins, AUSTRALIA
• From Spiders to Water Lillies – Creative Cambodian Cooking with Friends by Gustav Auer, Published by Friends-International, CAMBODIA
• Cooking from Cape to Cairo by Dorah Sitole, Published by Tafelberg,  SOUTH AFRICA
• Christmas by Margaret Fulton, Published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• Meat by Adrian Richardson, Published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• Julie Biuso’s Never Ending Summer by Julie Biuso Published by New Holland Publishers NEW ZEALAND
• Nourish by Simon Gault, published by Random House, NEW ZEALAND
• Au Pied de Cochon: A Cookbook from the Celebrated Restaurant by Martin Picard, published by D&M Publishers, CANADA
• Rosemary Shrager’s School for Cooks by Rosemary Shrager, published by Dorling Kindersley, UNITED KINGDOM
• Just Cooking Viki geunes by Willem Asaert, published by Lannoo Publishers, BELGIUM
• Paul Gayler’s Sauce Book by Paul Gayler, published by Kyle Cathie, UNITED KINGDOM
• Koto: A culinary journey through Vietnam by Tracey Lister and Andreas Pohl, published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• Global Baker by Dean Brettschneider, published by Random House, NEW ZEALAND

BEST HARD COVER RECIPE BOOK (UNDER EURO 35)

• The Silk Road Gourmet Volume One by Laura Kelley, published by 1 Universe, UNITED KINGDOM
• Scapas Dining by Taakko Sorsa, Colette Koo & Paulina Savolainen published by Finds Holdings, HONG KONG
• Cuisinier Gascon by Pascal Aussignac, published by Absolute Press, UNITED KINGDOM
• Cubo Dessert by Matevz Kmet, published by Trstenjak,  SLOVENIA
• Seasonal Spanish Food by Jose Pizarro, published by Absolute Press, UNITED KINGDOM
• Faire Chanter la Cuisine du Roussillon written and published by Jean PLOUZENNEC, FRANCE
• Flavour: A World of Beautiful Food by Vicky Bhogal, published by Hodder and Stoughton, UNITED KINGDOM
• When I Get Home by Matt Moran, published by Penguin Group, AUSTRALIA
• The Thrifty Kitchen by Suzanne Gibbs & Kate Gibbs, published by Penguin Group, AUSTRALIA
• Flavours of Morocco by Ghillie Basan published by Ryland Peters and Small UNITED KINGDOM
• Karen Martini: Cooking at Home by Karen Martini, published by Penguin Group, AUSTRALIA
• Maggie’s Kitchen by Maggie Beer, Published by Penguin Group, AUSTRALIA
• Chocolate for Breakfast by Barbara Passino, published by Hoberman Collection, USA
• Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Liz Harfull published by Wakefield Press AUSTRALIA
• Eat Ate by Guy Mirabella, published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• The Search for the Perfect Pizza by Theo Kalogeracos, published by UWA Press, AUSTRALIA
• Pepper by Christine McFadden, published by Absolute Press, UNITED KINGDOM

BEST HARD COVER RECIPE BOOK (OVER EURO 35)

• Pains by Gontran Cherrier, published by  Hachette Pratique, FRANCE
• Vefa’s Kitchen by Vefa Alexiadou, published by Phaidon Press, UNITED KINGDOM
• Professional Cookbook by Wayne Gisslen, published by John Wiley & Sons, USA
• Magic Marzipan by Franz Ziegler, published by Matthaes Verlag, GERMANY
• Dish Entertains by Trish Magwood, published by Harper Collins, CANADA
• Pastry in Europe 2009 by Norbert Koreman & Joost van Roosmalen, published by Culibooks,  BELGIUM
• Secrets of the Red Lantern by Pauline Nguyen, published by Murdoch Books, AUSTRALIA
• Movida Rustica by Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish, published by Murdoch Books, AUSTRALIA
• Cubo Home by Matevz Kmet, published by CUBO Gostinstvo,  SLOVENIA
• Buon Ricordo by Armando Percuoco and David Dale, published by Allen & Unwin, AUSTRALIA
• Balance and Harmony by Neil Perry, published by Murdoch Books, AUSTRALIA
• Italian Cookery Course by Katie Caldesi, published by Kyle Cathie, UNITED KINGDOM
• Maggie’s Harvest by  Maggie Beer, published by Penguin Books, AUSTRALIA
• My China by Kylie Kwong, published by Penguin Books, AUSTRALIA
• Forgotten Skills of Cooking by Darina Allen, published by Kyle Cathie, UNITED KINGDOM
• Songs of Sapa by Luke Nguyen, published by Murdoch Books, AUSTRALIA
• French Taste by Laura Calder, published by Harper Collins, CANADA
• Ripailles by Stephane Reynaud, published Murdoch Books, AUSTRALIA
• Thai Street Food by David Thompson, Published by Penguin Books, AUSTRALIA

BEST FOOD BOOK

• Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion by Stephanie Alexander, published by Penguin Group AUSTRALIA
• Black Pudding and Foie Gras by Andrew Pern, published by Face, UNITED KINGDOM
• The Science of Good Food by David Joachim & Andrew Schloss, published by Robert Rose, CANADA
• Turquoise by Greg Malouf and Lucy Malouf, published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• Cheese Slices by Will Studd, published by Hardie Grant, AUSTRALIA
• One Magic Square by Lolo Houbein, published by Wakefield Press, AUSTRALIA
• Everything but the Squeal by John Barlow published by Wakefield Press AUSTRALIA
• World Cheese Book by Juliet Harbutt, published by Dorling Kindersely, UNITED KINGDOM
• Food Design XL by Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter, published by Springer Wien, AUSTRIA
• A Farm in my Heart - From the Yard to the Table and the Pantry by Emilia Le Roux & Francois Smuts, published by Tafelberg, SOUTH  AFRICA
• Providore Island - Tasmanian Fine Produce by Tony Walker, published by Canongate Partners, AUSTRALIA
• Plat préféré by Jeroen Meus, published  by Lannoo Publishers, BELGIUM
• Bottom Feeder by Taras Grescoe, published by Harper Collins, CANADA