The ranking of the Best in the World 2021 were supposed to be announced at the awards event in Paris Louvre-Tuileries on June 5, 2021. Due to the Covid-19, we had to change the plan. We decided to announce the results on May 25, 2021 to help now the authors and publishers. The awards ceremony will be November 29, at Les Cordeliers, Paris 6.
Les Cordeliers may be the most beautiful place we ever had for the Gourmand Awards. It is certainly the most historical, a middle ages monk convent turned intoo the French Revolution Club led by Danton. In November 2021, we hope to meet there all the Best in the World in this list.
We treat all Top 4 in the same way, they are all Best inthe World. They already have the right to the Best in the World certificates and self adhesive stickers. They can use their Gourmand Award to promote their work with the media and readers.
Edouard Cointreau
Founder and President
Gourmand Awards
www.cookbookfair.com
1. China - Impact of virus on China restaurants, Richard Xu (Global Gourmet) in English/Chinese
2. UAE - Come together, bring back smiles, Flavel Monteiro, 80 chefs from 30 countries (WG magazines)
3. Panama - Cocina en tiempos de cuarentena, Ricardo Ceballos, Lorainy Moncada, 100 pages
1. Congo - Face à la COVID 19, quelle alimentation au Congo? Theophile Mbemba Fundu Di Luyindu, Préface fridolin Cardinal Ambengo Besungu de Kinshasa, Avant-propos Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi, Ministre de l’Interieur (Harmattan)
2. India - An extra helping of Hope and Spice, Amanda Clegg, Victoria Byrne (Asha New Delhi)
3. New Zealand - The Mighty Waikato Cookbook (Waikato Civil Defense)
4. Australia - Winter Wild, Celebrating Winter festivals in Tasmania & around the world, Janice Sutton, Deana Bond (Covid homework, for Winter 2021)
1 France - Le Pain des Compagnons, Laurent Bourcier, Picard La Fidélité, 4 volumes, 2000 pages
1. Sweden - Husmanskost, Pontus Frithiof, Tor Stålhandske
2. Canada - Hawksworth, David Hawksworth, Jacob Richler (Appetite PRH)
3. Germany - Cook the Mountain, Norbert Niederkofler (Prestel) in English
4. USA - Lummi Island, Blaine Wetzel (Prestel)
1. Ireland - My Wild Atlantic Kitchen, Maura O’Connell Foley (Shelburne Lodge)
2. Netherlands - Najat, Najat Kaanache (Luitingh Sijthoff)
3. Uruguay - Casero es mejor, Xime Torres (Aguaclara)
4. South Africa - Temptations, Prim Reddy, Niranj Pather (UPPERcase books)
1. France - Marketing culinaire et alimentaire, Kilien Stengel, Philomène Bayet-Robert (Harmattan)
2. Austria - Kochen im großen Stil, Peter Kirischitz (Trauner)
3. Spain - Elaboración y acabados de platos a la vista del cliente, Rafael Repetto, Rossana Ojeda (Punto Rojo)
4. Peru - Gastronomía rentable, 3a edición, Rodrigo Riquelme Barros (Cordon Bleu Perú)
1. Spain - WGI Global Report 2020, A Gastronomic Planet, José Manuel Iglesias, editor (WGI) 185 pages
2. USA - Food Web 2020, Forces shaping the future of Food (Institute for the Future of Food - Palo Alto)
3. Costa Rica - Costa Rica Food specialties (Procomer- Banco Lafise) 150 pages
Special Awards are final. They do not need to be on the shortlist. They will be invited one by one personally.
• Australia - Why Vegan, Peter Singer (Penguin Classica)
• China -Taste Huiyang Cuisine, Li Yufen (Helongjiang S&T) ISBN 9787538898606
• Romania - Elijah Cookbook, Ruth Zenkert, Georg Sporschill (Vinothek)
• Sweden - Oma Maa Mustikka Vårt Blåbärsland (Sverigefinska Riksförbundet)
• USA - Jubilee, Toni Tipton-Martin (Clarkson Potter)
• Italy - Fratelli a Tavola, Mauro Bonnano, Maria Costa (Tipheret)
1. Ireland - Clodagh’s weeknight kitchen, Clodagh McKenna (Kyle Books)
2. New Zealand - Supergood, Chelsea Winter (Murdoch Books)
3. South Africa - Mindful Eating, Izelle Hoffman (PRH)
4. Canada - Eating out loud, Eden Grinshpan (PRH Canada)
1. Russia - Culinary Happiness, Stalic Khankishiev (AST)
2. France - Les 50 meilleures emissions de A’Gueter, André Muller, Gérard Leser (Éditions du Signe)
3. Spain - Loleta by Loleta, Lola Bernabé (Oberon - Anaya)
1. Cuba - Cocinando con Yeikel Santos, Introduction Madelaine Vázquez Gálvez, Homenaje Dra. Vilda Figueroa & José Lama (ibuku)
2. Japan - Harumi’s Japanese Kitchen, Harumi Kurihara (Conran Octopus - UK)
2. Philippines - Simpol the Cookbook, Chef Tatung Sarthou (ABC-CBN)
4. Canada - Flavourbomb, Bob Blumer (Appetite PRH)
1. Netherlands - Modus Operandi, Steve Hond (Komma)
2. Italy - Cook Inc #27, Anna Morelli (Vandenberg)
3. UK - Cooking for your genes, Debbi & Helen Nathan (Thread)
4. China - Textural Characteristics of World Foods, Katsuyoshi Nishinari (Wiley- UK)
1. Australia - The Viking Feast, Sven Almenning, Greg Sanderson, The Mjölner teams: Joachim Borenius, Andrew Wright (Speakeasy Group)
2. Germany - Frisch aus den EMSA-Dose meal prepping, Volker Debus, Véronique Witzigimann (Lempertz)
3. Japan - Low carbohydrates can be delicious, Oyatsu & Sweets, Rie Numazu, Kenji Itano (K&M Kikakushitsu)
4. Vatican - The Vatican Christmas Cookbook, David Geisser, Thomas Kelly (Sophia Institute)
1. Canada - Bon Vivant, Marc Hervieux (Flammarion Quebec)
2. Sweden - Härifrån, Anders Johnsson
3. Germany - The Pyjama Cookbook (Korg Germany) 80 pages, Free PDF
4. Pakistan - Virsa Cookbook, Shehar Bano Rizvi.
1. New Zealand - Shared Kitchen, Julie & Ilaria Biuso (David Bateman)
2. Belgium - Keto in 15 minutes, Julie van Kerchove (Lannoo)
3. Germany - Sissy’s Kitchen, Seyda Teygur (Riva)
4. UK - First catch your gingerbread, Sam Bilton (Prospect Books)
1. Sweden - Det goda Livet, Daniel Berg
2. Italy - Childfood, Luca Scarcella (Kickstarter)
3. UK- Captain Satsuma has landed, JL Hopson, Russell Becker
4. Canada - For the love of buckwheat, Maria Depenweler
1. UK - No kitchen cookery for Irish primary school, Katherine Tate (The Food Teacher TM)
2. Peru - Gastronomía Rentable, 3a edicion, Rodrigo Riquelme (Le Cordon Bleu Peru)
3. Philippines - Managing a Food Safe Kitchen, Maya Kitchen Culinary Arts Center (Anvil)
4. China - Story of Chinese Cantonese Cuisine, Vocational & Technical Teaching Office (Guandong S&T) ISBN 9787535975157
1. Sweden - Mundekulla Cooks, Stephanie Verstift
2. France - Instants sucrés au Ritz Paris, François Perret (La Martinière)
3. Ireland - Cooking with Katy, Katy & Jane Lucey (Gougane Barra Hotel)
4. New Zealand - South, Matakauri Lodge Cookbook, Jonathan Rogers, Justin Craig (Matakauri Lodge)
They do not compete with each other. They are final.
France - Le Paris des Bistrots, (Alain Ducasse)
France - LaListe.com, Philippe Faure, Jörg Zipprick, Hélène Pietrini
France - Potel & Chabot (Cherche Midi)
France - L’ emoi du chocolat, Papilles 54 (Bibliothèques Gourmandes)
France - Michel Guérard: Mémoire de la cuisine française, entretiens avec Benoît Peeters (Albin Michel)
Turkey - Yap Ye Paylas, Make, Eart, Share, Aydan Ustkanat (Altin)
1. UAE - ITP - WG, BOOK : Thought Process, Flavel Monteiro
2. France - Trop Mad, BOOK : Vive les Patates, Nathalie Beauvais
3. Sweden - Holm & Holm Books, BOOK : Leva Livet, Hela Livet, Mai-Lis Hellenius, Cederholm
4. Switzerland - Vorwerk - BOOK: Daily & Creative
1. France - La Martinière BOOK : Gourmandise Raisonnée, Frédéric Bau
2. Germany - Heel - BOOK : Der Sandwich, Dirk Bey, Olaf Sidel
3. Sweden - Natur & Kultur - BOOK : Kinamat varje dag, Jonas Cramby
4. USA - Rizzoli BOOK - An Entertaining Story, India Hicks, Brooke Shiels
There is one Best of the Best per continent. The World Best of the Best will be announced at the awards event.
1. Best in America - Colombia - Envueltos de plátano, yuca y maíz, Chori Agamez, Heidy Pinto (Hammbre de Cultura - Daniel Guerrero)
2. Best in Africa - Zimbabwe - Our Food, Our Heritage, our Future, Makhosi Malangu, Delta Mbonisi Sivalo, Pathisa Nyathi, Sarah Savoury, Roger Coianiz, Chef Njathi Kabui, Ishmael Singo (Lan Readers)
2. Best in Asia - Malaysia - Malaysian Culinary Heritage, Kalsom Taib, Hamidah Abdul Hamid
2. Best in Europe - Ireland - My Wild Atlantic Kitchen, Maura O’Connell Foley (Shelburne Lodge)
2. Best in Oceania - New Zealand - Hiakai, Monique Fiso (Penguin NZ)
1. Peru - Ser del Mar, Périco (Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería) 276 pages
2. Montenegro - Mountain Bounty (Bjelasica Komovi Region) 178 pages
3. Luxembourg - Cuisine du Monde, Le Livre (Maison des Associations) 60 pages
4. France - Taylor Made Cuisine, La Cuisine Cousu Main, Christia Dior (Dior) 28 pages, Free PDF
1. Australia - The life you can save, Peter Singer (Life you can save)
2. Nicaragua - Las albóndigas del coronel, Rubén Darío (UNICEF - MINED)
3. UK - Cook, Eat, Repeat, Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus)
4. India - The Flavour of Spice, Marryam H. Reshii (Hachette India)
1. Philipines - Also Filipino, Angelo Comsti (RPD - The Kitchen Bookstore)
2. France - Les Boulettes de nos rêves, Déborah Dupont-Daguet, Géraldine Martens (First) Librairie Gourmande Paris
3. UK/Sharjah - A Taste of Eid, Emma Marsden, Foreword Saliha Mahmood Ahmed (Brunch Books - London Book Fair - Sharjah Book Fair)
1. France - 180° C, #20, 7 ans
2. Switzerland - Fooby magazine #10, Editor Vanessa Finzer (Coop) 74 pages, Free PDF
3. Portugal - Relish Portugal, Evanne Schmarder, in English
1. Germany - Innoffizielle Kochbuch fur Harry Potters Fans, Tom Grimm (Heel)
2. France - Servez Citron, Éric Poitevin, Michel & César Troisgros (Éditions Macula)
3. Sweden - Catch and Cook, Leif Milling (Ågrenhuset)
4. Netherlands - Modus Operandi, Steve Hond (Komma)
4. Russia - Culinary Happiness, Stalic Khankishiev (AST)
1. Scotland (UK) - Tomorrow’s Kitchen, Shuangshuang Hao, Deborah May (Kitchen Press)
2. Sweden - Himla Gott, Himla Bra, Karolina Janson, Illustrations Henrietta Nyvang (Tukan)
3. Singapore - Easy Comfort Food, Bill Ho (Marshall Cavendish)
4. China - The story of eels, Qun Chuang Zu, Illustrations Xu Yangmei (Guandong S&T) ISBN 97875359750581
1. Japan - Asian Food Travel, Takako Masuki (Asian Food Design)
2. Italy - Ricette Rubate di Forno Brisa, Davide Sarti, Pasquale Polito, Anna Corai (Vandenberg)
3. China - Design & Innovation in Chinese Cuisine, Shao Wunkuan (CHLIP) ISBN 9787518429523
4. UK - Aegean Recipes, from the mountains to the sea, Marianna Leviditaki, Charlotte Hoal (Kyle Books)
1. Spain - Sopas, Fundación Alicia (Planeta Gastro)
2. France - Bien Boire, Bien Manger, Frédéric Houdaille (H2.com) Gard, Herault
3. Germany - Deutsche Tapas, Manuel Wassmer, Verena Scheidel (Cook & Shoot)
1. USA - Impossible Foods, Foreword Pat Brown (Impossible Foods)
2. Belgium - Loic, fou de cuisine, Bosch Action, Loic Van Impe (Racine)
3. France - Poissons & Fruits de mer (Vorwerk)
4. UK - Cook with M & S Cookbook, Chris Barber (Marks & Spencer)
1. Germany - Pyjama Cookbook (Korg Germany) 80 pages
2. Chile - 50 recetas de buenos chilenos (Gato Vino) 58 pages
3. USA - Culinary Perspectives, (Lexus) 40 pages
4. Canada - Say Cheese (Tre Stelle) 140 pages
1. France - The French Chef Cookbook in English, Michel Maincent-Morel (BPI)
2. Russia - Fashion cakes, Anna Krasovskaya, in English
3. Israel - Ein Kerem, Pnina & Atalya Ein Mor (Lunch Box) in English
4. Germany - Alpen Kochbuch, Meredith Erickson (Prestel)
1. Italy - Printer Trento BOOK My Wild Atlantic Kitchen (Ireland)
2. Hong Kong (China) - Regent Publishing Services BOOK Ein Kerem (Lunch Box - Israel)
3. Estonia - Print Best BOOK 101 Snapsvisor (Grenadine - Sweden
1. Spain - Diccionario de Gastronomia, Academia IberoAmericana de Gastronomia (Lid Business Media)
2. Venezuela English - Super Simple Food, Alessandra & Carolina Chumaceiro (SSF)
3. South Africa - Drunk & Hungry, Hein van Tonder
4. France - Le Goût de Nantes, Laurence Goubet (Les Bouillonantes)
1. Cuba - FACRC www.arteculinario.cu
2. Brunei - Brunei Food Guide 2020 www.thanislim.com
3. France - Jean-Yves Bardin, www.thewinearchivist.com
1. USA - The Magnolia Cookbook 2, Joanna Gaines (William Morrow) Book 1 sold 1,3 million copies
2. Australia - Australian food, Bill Grainger (Murdoch Books) Author has sold 1 million books
3. Canada - Ball complete book of home preserves, Judy Kingry, Lauren Devine (Robert Rose) 1 million sold
4. Spain - Cap i Pota, Jaume Fàbrega (Cossetània) Author of 70 cookbook
1. Argentina - Come + plantas, Narda Lepes (Shifta)
2. UK - OLIO app, Waste
3. USA - Imbibo (Wine Appreciation Guild - Board & Bench)
1. Cape Verde - Cookbook of Cabo Verde traditional seafood, José A. González, Filomena Ribeiro (Mariscomac - Universidad Las Palmas)
2. Canada - Fisher River Cree Nation Cookbook (University Winnipeg)
3. Denmark - Gruel, Bread, Ale & Fish Ditlev L.Malher (University Press of Southern Denmark)
4. UK - Feeding the People, Rebecca Earle (Cambridge Universty Press)
1. Peru - Gastronomía Peruana, Patrimonio de la Humanidad, Sara Beariz Guardia (USMP)
2. France - Vin & Gastronomie, Jocelyne Pérard, Olivier Jacquet, Jean-Robert Pitte (Presses Universitaires de Dijon)
3. Italy - The new wines of Mount Etna, Benjamin North Spencer (Gemelli Press)
4. Japan - Branding Japanese Food, Katarzyna Cwiertka, Yasuhara Miho (University Hawaii Press)
1. Azerbaijan - Iravan Khan Region Cuisine ( Azerbaijan National Culinary Center)
2. South Africa - A Cape Table, Don Tooth, Sharon Hoskins (Quivertree)
3. Italy - Panini di Sicilia, Elisia Menduni (Giunti)
4. Portugal - Do Alentejo ao Alentejo, Maria José Travêlho Rijo (Colares)
1. France - Gastronomie Lyonnaise, Yves Rouèche, Préface Guy Savoy (Éditions de Borée)
2. Poland - Stambul, Bartek Kiezun (Buchman- Focsal)
3. Sweden - Filipstad smakar godast (Vivenda)
1. China - Travels & Cuisine, Su Meilu, Chua Lam (Qingdao) ISBN 9787555232391
2. Denmark - Bornholm og en bid at verden, Sune Rasborg (Willemdams Forlag)
3. UK - From Mountain to Sea, Kate Probert
4. Djibouti - The Expat Cookbook, Rachel Pieh Jones (Djiboutilicious)
1. Switzerland - La cuisine du 6e étage, Nathalie George (Herodios)
2. France - Histoire de Goûts, Cyril Lignac, Elvire von Bardeleben (Robert Laffont)
3. Netherlands - My heart’s home, Paola Westbeek
4. USA - Dinner in French, Melissa Clark (Clarkson Potter)
1. Switzerland - Orto, Claudio del Principe (AT Verlag)
2. Italy - Mangiare Italiano, Dr. Luca Piretta (Rizzoli)
3. Australia - Nadia’s Italian, Mix it your way, Nadia dei Rocini
4. UK - Under the Olive Tree, Anna Maggio (Unicorn)
1. Switzerland - Jerusalem, Vanessa Schlesier (AT Verlag)
2. UK - The Mediterranean Diet, Victor Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson (Academic Press)
3. Italy - Italian Olive Oil Tins, 1860-1960, Daniela Lauria, Manuela Guanatelli (Silvana Editoriale)
4. Germany - Ein Blicke Mallorca, Astrid Prinzessin zu Stolberg
1. Sweden - Myllymäkis menyer, Tommy Millymäki (Natur & Kultur)
2. Finland - Tack for Maten, Mamma, Daniela Andersson
3. Australia - The Viking Feast, Sven Almenning, Greg Sanderson, The Mjölner Teams: Joachim Borenius, Andrew Wright (Speakeasy Group)
1. Poland - Hospitality & the Kitchen, Goscinnosc, Patrycja Siwiec, Adam Pawlowski (Take Eat Easy)
2. Chechenya (Russia) - Chechenya Cookbook, Stalic Khankishiev
3. Bulgaria - Food for celebration, Ilian Iliev, Okyay Ayusein (Puratos)
4. UK - Carpathia, Irina Georgescu (Frances Lincoln - Interlink)
1. Macao (China) - The making of Macau fusion cuisine, Annabel Jackson (Macao Institute of European Studies - Hong Kong University Press)
2. Singapore - The Way of Kueh, Christopher Tan (Epigram)
3. UAE - Cuisinero, Taste the Philippines, Flavel Monteiro (WG)
1. China - Wild edible mushrooms in Yunnan, Yang Aijun, Ding Jiangming (Yunnan People Publishing) ISBN 9787222185050
2. Russia - Food for thought, Cui Dai Yuan (Hyperion - China Commercial Press) ISBN 9785893323696
3. UK - China, a cookbook, Terry Tan (Lorenz Books)
4. Singapore - Mantoulicious, Xue Ren (Marshall Cavendish)
1. South Africa - Naqiyah, The beginning, Naqiyah Mayat (That Food Guy Publishing)
2. Guatemala - India - Latinoamérica: similitudes y diferencias en sus comidas, Euda Morales
3. USA - Gandhi’s search for the perfect diet, Nico Slate (University of Washington)
4. UAE - Vandana’s Paneer Creations, Vandana Jain (VACC Academy - Dubai)
1. Japan - Simple Meal in one bowl, Sakafumi Matsumoto, Photos Kenji Itanoo (NHK) ISBN 9784140333167
2. Sweden - The Japanese issue, Fool # 8
3. UK - Japanese food made easy, Aya Nishimura (Murdoch Books)
4. Hawaii (USA) - Branding Japanese food, Katarzyna Cwiertka, Yasahira Miro (University of Hawaii)
1. Lebanon - Turath Lubnan, Lebanon’s Heritage, Lina Saad
2. Saudi Arabia - A taste of Al Ula, Ecole Ferrandi Paris (Rizzoli)
3. Egypt - The Sultan’s Feast (Saqi Books, UK)
4. Chechenya (Russia) - Chechenya Food, Stalic Khankishiev
1. Tunisia - Lettres de noblesse de la gastronomie tunisienne, Gilles Jacob Lellouche, Lizzie Brami, Ghassen Nafti (Éditions Dar El Dhekra)
2. South Africa - Siba, Let’s Cook, Siba Mtongana (PRH)
3. Botswana - Life on a salad, Ompelege Moreosele
4. Cape Verde - Cookbook of Cabo Verde traditional seafood, José A. González, Filomena Ribeiro (Mariscomac)
1. Cuba - La crema de las cremas, Eddy Fernández Monte, Miiam Helena Rubiel Díaz (Artechef)
2. Venezuela - Geografía Gastronómica Venezolana, Edición Especial Siglo xxi, Original Integrada, con recetas Ramón David León , David & Julio León
3. Peru - Granos Andinos, Ritva Repo-Carrasco, Flavio Solórzano (Fábrica de Contenidos)
1. Venezuela - Las 50 mejores recetas del Día Mundial de la Arepa, Luisana La Cruz (Venmundo)
2. Uruguay - Rico y casero, recetas saludables (MEC-MSP) 112 pages, Free PDF
3. Costa Rica - Food Specialties (Procomer - Banco Lafise) 150 pages
1. USA - Xi’an Famous Foods, Jason Wang, Jessica Chou (Abrams)
2. India - Chaat, Maneet Chauhan (Clarkson Potter-USA)
3. Australia - Sweet, Savory, Spicy, Sarah Tiong (Page Street)
1. Israel - Ya Amna, from Djerba to Israel, Shoshana Cohen-Levran ( Lunch Box)
2. Belgium - Hoffy’s, The Jewish Kitchen, Marijke Libert, Moshi Hoffman (Hannibal)
3. UK - The girl who came from Tel Aviv, Limi Robinson (Savyon Press)
4. USA - Eat Something, Evan Bloom, Rachel Levin (Chronicle)
1. Indonesia - Coconut and Sambal, Lara Lee (Bloomsbury)
2. Australia - Around Asia (Thermomix)
3. USA - Home baking with Asian accents, Jason Licker
4. UK - The Lebanese Cookbook, Ghillie Basan (Lorenz Books)
1. Somalia - In Bibi’s kitchen, Hawa Hassan, Julia Turshen (Ten Speed - USA)
2. France - La cuisine du Maghreb n’est elle qu’ une simple histoire de couscous? Kilien Stengel, Sihem Debbabi Missaoui (Harmattan)
3. Brazil - Kitutu, Raul Lody (SENAC)
4. Mauritius - The British Mauritian, Venesa Coodien (Independent Publishers Network)
1. Australia - Comida Mexicana, Rosa Cienfuegos (Smith Street Books)
2. Peru - Diet, Nutrition & Foodways, on the North coast of Peru, Bethany Turner, Klaus Haagen (Springer)
3. Honduras - Flavors & Recipes from my Honduras, Sarah Kohnle, Heidy Lanza Baca (Compass Flower Press)
1. Cuba - La estancia en mi cocina, Santiago Gutiérrez Lezcano, Josefa Vanega Santos (Artechef)
2. Saint Lucia - Green Fig & Lion Fish, Alan Susser (Mango)
3. Curacao - The Hidden Cuisine of Curacao, Tayron Vrutaal (Unique Taste)
4. USA - CacaoSource, Alain d’ Aboville, Cherrie Lo (Dabo Press)
1. Nunavut (Canada) - Niqiliurniq, Micah Arreak, Annie Desilets, Lucie Kappianaq, Glenda Kripanik, Kanadaise Uyarasuk (Inhabit Media)
2. USA - Beyond the North Wind, Darra Goldstein (Ten Speed)
3. Sweden - Sweden Strategy for the Arctic Region (Government Office) 68 pages, Free PDf
1. French Polynesia - Hereiti et sa cuisine végétale, Hereiti Seaman (Au Vent des Îles)
2. Vanuatu - Feuilles comestibles du Pacifique (SPC)
3. New Caledonia (France) - Bon Appétit !, Gourmet Guide to NC, Gabriel Gaté (Insight Cruises) 24 pages, Free PDF
1. Kirgyzstan - WFP contribution to improving the prospect for peace (FAO)
2. UK - Natural products of Silk Road Plants, Raymond Cooper, Jeffrey Dean Beakin (CRC Press)
3. Singapore - 21st century Maritime Silk Road, Jianglin Zhao (World Scientific)
1. Azores (Portugal) - Receitas dos Açores, Flávio Furtado
2. Cabo Verde - Receitas Tradicionais da Cozinha do Mar, José A. González, Filomena Ribeiro (Mariscomac)
3. Macao (China) - The making of Macau fusion cuisine, Annabel Jackson ( Macao Institute of European Studies - Hong Kong University)
1. Luxembourg - Cuisine du Monde, Le Livre (Maison des Associations)
2. Scotland (UK) - Tomorrow’s kitchen, ShuangShuang Hao, Deborah May (Kitchen Press)
3. Greece - Displaced dishes, Refugees Samos (Samos Volunteers)
1. Spain - Alimentación y salud femenina, Marta León (Lunwerg)
2. UK - Rising Hope, Luminary Bakery (HQ)
3. Peru - Mujeres con apetito, Nora Sugobono, Diana Kisner (Penguin)
4. Guatemala - Recetas con Amor, de mujer a mujer (Fundecam)
1. UK - Food and climate change without the hot air, Sarah. L. Bridle (UFT Cambridge)
2. Sweden - Young environmental change heroes, cookbook, Göra Gott, Malin Landqvist, Victoria Voss, Foreword Johan Rockström (Max Ström)
3. Micronesia - Fanggai’ase, Plant based cookbook, (Micronesia Climate Change Alliance)
4. Switzerland - Salmon, a red herring (Isolarii)
1. Vatican - Reduction of Food Loss & Waste (Acadenia Pontificia)
2. Hong Kong (China) - The Green Queen Zero Waste Vegan Meal Plan, Sonalie Figueras (Green Queen Media)
3. Australia - A repurposed life, Oz Harvest, Ronni Kahn, Jessica Chanick Kahn (Murdoch Books)
4. France - Le pain & Le vin Anti-Gaspillage, Aurelie Theraud, Claire Curt (La Martinière)
1. Italy - Ricette Rubate di Forno Brisa, Davide Sarti, Pasquale Polito, Nike Baragli, Anna Corai (Vandenberg)
2. France - Guide de l’ Alimentation Durable, Aline Gubri (Thierry Souccar)
3. UK - 30 ways to join the Food Revolution, Ollie Hunter (Pavilion)
4. American Samoa (US) - Balancing the tides, JoAnna Poblete (University Hawaii)
1. Canada - You are what your grand parents ate, Judith Finlayson (Robert Rose)
2. UK - Delicious Ella, Quick & Easy, Ella Mills Woodward (Yellow Kite)
3. Hungary - Magyar Superfoods, Szabo Adrienne (BOOOK)
4. Portugal - Healthy Bites, Theresa d’ Abreu (Arena)
1. Ecuador - Mamui cocina relatos infantiles, Alexandra Moreno, Darwin Parra (Proyecto Bradamonte)
2. Canada - Albertine déteste les choux de Bruxelles (La Courte Échelle)
3. Nicaragua - Las albóndigas del coronel, Rubén Darío (UNICEF-MINED)
4. Dominica - Why are onions so sad ? Jamie Alleyne (My Treehouse Collection)
1. Sweden - Laga mig, Lotta Lundgren (Albert Bonniers Förlag)
2. UK - Taste and the TV chef, Gilly Smith (Intellect)
3. France - Cochon de lait, Philippe Conticini (Feryane)
1. France - L’ Eveil de l’Hippocampe, Agnes Carlier (Utovie)
2. Canada - Les Fruits de l’ Exil, Jacques Orhon (Éditions de l’ Homme)
3. Tunisia - Lettres de noblesse de la gastronomie tunisienne, Gilles Jacogb Lellouche, Lizzie Brami, Ghassen Nafti (Éditions Dar El Dhekra)
1. Germany - Legendaire Dinner, Anne Petersen (Prestel)
2. India - Kashmiri Cuisine, Sarala Razdan (Roli Books)
3. China - Those who influence Chinese food, Dong Keping (Qingdao) ISBN 9787555290191
4. France - Menus d’ histoire, les châteaux de la Loire, Josy Mary-Dufaut (Ouest France)
1. Montenegro - Mountain Bounty (Bjelasica-Komovi Region) 178 pages
2. Slovenia - Taste Slovenia, my way of tasting diversity (Tourism Board) 81 pages
3. Japan - Okinawa vegetarian guidebook, Vegan Association (Visit Okinawa) 16 Pages
1. Poland - The Polish Table / La Mesa Polaca Magdalena Tomazewzka-Bolalek (Bunkatura)
2. UK - A Foodie Afloat, D.Murrell (Troubador)
3. UAE - The Best of Dubai, A Dining Experience, Flavel Monteiro (WG)
1. Malaysia - Malaysia Culinary Heritage, Kalsom Taib, Hamidah Abdul Hamid
2. Morocco - Cuisine Amazighe du Moyen Atlas, Fatima Amahzoune (EUE)
3. Lebanon - Turath Lubnan, Lebanon’s Heritage, Lina Saad
4. UK - Oats in the North, Wheat from the South, Regula Isewijn (Murdoch Books)
1. Canada - Pour la securisation alimentaire du Québec, Juan-Luis Klein, Mélanie Doyon (PU Quebec)
2. UK - Many Mouths, Nadja Durbach (Cambridge University Press)
3. Nigeria - Against all odds, Transforming African Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (Authors House)
1. Mexico - El Arte del Balance, para comer rico y sano, Fernanda Quiroga (Ambar Diseno)
2. UK - Life Kitchen, Ryan Riley, Professor Barry Smith (Bloomsbury)
3. Australia - Food & Nutrition, 4th edition, Mark Wahlqvist, Danielle Gallegos (Allen & Unwin)
1. Argentina - Volvamos a las recetas, Dr Carlos Galarza, Federico Somoza, Liliana Guani (Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires) 122 pages
2. Chile - De la obesidad al coronavirus, Dr. Fernando Vio (Universidad de Talca) 148 pages
3. FAO - Ultra processed foods, diet quality & health (FAO) 48 pages
4. WHO - Report on global transfat elimination 2020 (WHO-Replace Trans Fat)
1. Belgium - Ketokuur, Pascale Naessens (Lannoo)
2. Japan - Low carbohydrate food can be delicious, Oyatsu & Sweets, Rie Numazu, Kenji Itanoo (K&M Kimakusitsu)
3. Sweden - Happy me, Marie Andersson Butler (Bladh by Bladh)
4. Australia - CSIRO Low carb diabetes diet & lifestyle solution, Grant Brinkworth, Pennie Taylor (Macmillan)
1. Canada - When a child has diabetes, 4th edition (Robert Rose)
2. Uruguay - Casero es mejor, Xime Torres (Aguaclara)
3. Mexico - Recetas para la Memoria, Zahara Gómez Lucini (Rastreadoras de Sinaloa)
4. Sweden - Veckans matsedel, Zeina Mourtada (Bonnier Fakta)
1. Sweden - Leva Livet, Hela Livet, Mai-Lis Hellenius, Tommy Cederholm (Holm & Holm Books)
2. Canada - Take back the tray, Joshna Maharaj (ECW Press)
3. Italy - Das Krauterwissen meiner Grossmutter, Rosi Mangger Walder (Raetia)
4. UK - The Gran Tour, Ben Aitken (Icon Books)
1. France - Terre de Poivres, Bénédicte de Bortoli, Erwann de Kerros (La Martinière)
2. Lebanon - Le Zaatar, dix façons de le préparer, Noha Baz (Épure - France)
3. Switzerland - Safran, Sandra & Urs Durer (AT Verlag)
4. USA - The Chile Pepper in China, Brian R. Dott (Colombia University Press)
1. Canada English - Fisher River Cree Nations Cookbook(University Winnipeg)
2. Spain - Les Ortigues, Elisenda Carballido, Montserrat Enrich (Farell)
3. Canada - Plantes médicinales indigènes, Anny Schneider (Éditions de l’Homme)
4. Congo - Principales Plantes Alimentaires du Congo, Fidèle Mialoundama (Harmattan)
1. New Zealand - Hiakai, Monique Fiso (Penguin NZ)
2. Australia - Australia’s creative native cuisine, Andrew Fielke, Luisa Adam (Brolly Books)
3. USA - Recovering our ancestors gardens, indigenous recipes, Mihesuah Devon (University Nebrask Press)
4. Mexico - Recetas con insectos, Beverly Ramos (Larousse Mx)
1. Slovenia - It’s so simple, Matevs Kmet
2. Philippines - Simpol, the cookbook, Tatung Sarthou (ABN - CBN)
3. Sweden - Mat med Guldkant, Catarina König (The Book Affair)
4. New Zealand - Volcanic Kitchens, Henri & Gerhard Egger
1. Spain - Receptes de confitures, Pere Castells, Georgina Regás (Museo de la Confitura)
2. Mexico - Cacahuate, semilla dorada de nuestra tierra (Fundación Grupo Mexico)
3. France - Les Sauces, Guy Legay (Éditions de Borée)
4. Netherlands - Het burgondische Bitterballen, Ilona de Witt
1. Japan - Le Japonisme, idees et montages des desserts, Mari Tanaka (Seibundo) ISBN 9784416520093
2. Germany - Tartes, Norbert Kruger, Risa Nagahama, Jörg Lehman (Elsa Publishing)
3. Belgium - Desserts, Roger van Damme (Lannoo)
4. UK - The National Trust of Puddings, Regula Ysewijn (National Trust)
1. Czech - Fire & Smoke, Ohen a Dym, Hugo Hromas (Euromedia)
2. Turkey - Turkish Grillen, Metin Callis (Heel -Germany)
3. Canada - Barbecue Santé, Geneviève O’Gleman (Éditions de l’Homme)
4. South Africa - Braaiboodjie & Burgers, Jan Braai (Bokstorm)
1. Japan - Dried Fish Cookbook, Hanako Usui
2. Canada - Mermaid Handbook, Taylor Widrig, Briana Corr Scott (Nimbus)
3. Peru - Ser del Mar, Juan Périco (SNP) 276 pages, Free PDF,
4. Scotland (UK) - The Seafood Shack, Kirsty Scobie, Fenelia Renwick (The Kitchen Press)
1. France - Faut-ill arrêter de manger de la viande ? Louis Schweitzer (First)
2. India - The rise and rise of vegetarianism, Rashmi Uday Singh (Hautes Études du Gout - Université de Reims)
3. Monaco - Planete Soja, Julie Lotz (Éditions du Rocher)
4. USA - The Planter of Modern Life, Louis Bromfield & the Seeds Revolution, Stephen Heyman (WW Norton)
1. Switzerland - Tanja Vegetarish, Tanja Grandits (AT Verlag)
2. Germany - Heimat Weite Welt, Benjamin Maertz (Matthaes)
3. France - La Bretagne Végétale, Maud Vatinel (Ouest France)
4. Philippines - Mesa ni Misis, Juana M. Yupangco (ABS-CBN)
1. UAE - Cocoa, Flavel Monteiro, Foreword Frédéric Bau (ITP - WG) 112 pages, Free PDF
2. France - Les goûts du chocolat dans le monde, Valentine Tibère, Vincent Marcilhac (Harmattan)
3. USA - In pursuit of purity, Kalei Ross (MW Media)
4. Cote d’ Ivoire - Le Cacao profite t-il a la Côte d’Ivoire ? Jean-Baptiste Pany (Harmattan Côte d’Ivoire)
1. Bulgaria - Food for celebration, Ilian Iliev, Oktay Ayusen (Puratos)
2. Slovenia - Slana insladka drozomanija, Anita Sumer (Drozomanija)
3. Germany - Brot & Snacks, Peter Kapp (Heel)
4. USA - Before the Baguette, Jim Chevalier (Chez Jim Books)
1. Turkey - Traditional Cheeses, Ph.D.Celile Aylin Oluk, Oya Berkay Karaca (Bentham Books)
2. France - Au beurre, Victor Coutard, Colette Gala (First)
3. Cuba - Cocinando Quesos, Ciro Eddy Fernández Monte (Editorial Selvi - Artechef)
4. Austria - Wäldar Käse, Käsestrasse Bregenzerwäld (Krenn)
1. Austria - Kulinarische Pilzkunde, Homa Jordis (Krenn)
2. China - Wild Edible Mushrooms in Yunnan, Yang Aijun, Ding Jianming (Yunnan People Publishing) ISBN 9787222185050
3. USA - John Cage, a mycological foray, Lois Long, Alexander H Smith (Atelier Editions)
4. Spain - Comer Setas, Llorenç Petràs Ribas (Planeta Gastro)
1. UK - The Lost Orchard, Raymond Blanc (Headline)
2. Sweden - Gröna, Sköna Tillbehör, Birgitta Höglund (Bladh by Bladh)
3. Norway - Moltetur, Kirsten Winge (Vigmostad & Bjorke)
4. Mayotte (France) - Fruits, plantes comestibles de Mayotte, Fabien Pelletier
1. France - Boeuf et veau limousins, Les Afamés (Sudouest Editions)
2. South Africa - Wanted Dead or Alive, The case for SA cattle, Gregory Mthembu-Salter, Preface President Cyril Ramaphosa (Cover2Cover)
3. Ireland - Clonakilty Blackpudding, Black & White Cookbook (Clonakilty Food Company)
1. Canada - The classics veganized, Doug McNish (Penguin Canada)
2. Sweden - Plant based, Växtbaserat, Therese Elgquist (The Book Affair)
3. Czech - Jak na veganstvi, Pavel Houdek (Smart Press)
4. Germany - Vegan-Klischee ade!, Niko Rittenau (DK Germany)
1. Belgium - Chocolate World Collection 2020 (Barry Caillebaut)
2. France - Éphémère, Yann Couvreur (Solar)
3. Italy - Senza Zucchero, Luca Montersino (Italian Gourmet)
4. USA - Petite Pâtisserie, Cheryl Wakerhauser (Page Street)
1. China - Honey, Let’s have breakfast, Liu Yi (CHLIP) ISBN 9787518429646
2. France - Brunch simplement naturel, Benoît Castel (La Martinière)
3. Germany - Das Funf-Elemente Fruhstucksbuch, Isabella Obrist, Nora Frisch (Drakenhaus Verlag)
1. USA - Rose’s Ice Cream, Rose Levy Beranbaum (HMH)
2. Sweden - Gelato, Hanna & Angelo Scarfo (Natur & Kultur)
3. France - Les glaces qui rafraichissent et qu’ on adore, Christophe Felder, Sarah Vasseghi (La Martinière)
1. Sweden - Smörgåstårtor och Smörrebröd, Birgit Nilsson Bergström (Semic)
2. Czech - The Big Sandwich, Velka, Paja Maringova, Veru Bisharkova (Vic Nez Kucharka)
3. Chile - Sandwichería Tradicional Chilena, Álvaro Barrientos (Grijalbo - PRH)
4. Canada - Olive + Gourmando, Dyan Solomon (KO Media)
1. Spain - Fermentación, Nerea Zorokiain (Instituto Macrobiótico)
2. Sweden - Stora boken om fermentering, Jenny Neikell (Norstedts)
3. France - Le Pourri, Marie Claire Frédéric (Atelier d’ Argol)
4. UK - Fermentation River Cottage Handbook, Rachel de Themple (Blomsbury)
1. Italy - L’ Ape Golosa, Daniela Cozzi (Macchioni)
2. Canada - Show me the honey, Dave Doroghy (Touchwood)
3. France - Les routes du miel, Eric Tourneret, Sylla de Saint-Pierre (Hozhoni)
4. Cuba - Delicias con miel, Héctor Jimenez Alonso (Artechef)
1. USA - Toques in Black, Alan Battman (The Chefs Connection)
1. USA - WTA Cookbook (World Tennis Association)
1. Mexico - Recetas para la Memoria, Zahara Gómez Lucini, Las Rastreadoras de Sinaloa
1. India - An extra helping of Hope & Spice, Amanda Clegg, Victoria Byrne (ASHA New Delhi)
1. UK - A Taste of Home, Kyle Cathie (The Passage)
2. Germany - Eating with Africa, Maria Schiffer (DK)
3. France - À la maison, Victoire Loup, Studio Human Humans
4. Denmark - Sisters Cuisine cookbook, Erika & Betka (Trampoline House)
1. Ireland - Irish products (Irish Embassy in UAE, ITP Publishers) 112 pages, Free PDF
2. Poland - The Polish Table/La Mesa Polaca, Magdalena Tomaszewska-Bolalek (Bunkatura)
3. Pakistan - Culinary Diplomacy, Sharing recipes, building bridges, Heads of Diplomatic Missions Spouses Group (Serena Hotel)
1. WFP- Kyrghizstan, WFP contribution to improving the prospects of peace (SIPRI) 60 pages, Free PDF
2. Mexico - Recetas para la Memoria, Zahara Gómez Lucini, Las Rastreadoras de Sinaloa
3. Ireland - Feasta, Roz Purcell, Aoife Dooley (GoFundMe)
1. China - States Banquets, Flavor of Hangzhou, Jiang Shenying (Tianjin S&T) ISBN 9787557671273
2. France - À la table des Présidents, Guillaume Gomez (Cherche Midi)
3. Poland - How to feed a dictator, Jak nakarmic dyktatora, Witold Szablowski (Foksal)
This year we had entries from 215 countries and regions. There are 193 countries in the United Nations. For the Finalists, we have considerably reduced from the entries the number of countries, and entries. There are now Finalists for Food from a total of 134 countries (116 UN members) and regions. There are 40 countries and regions for Drinks.
There are 100 categories for Food, 30 for Drinks. This is necessary to reflect the wide diversity of world food culture. It gives a chance to many countries to win in a category. In the Olympic games, they have 303 competitions/categories for 202 countries. On our list our finalists, we have 130 categories for 134 countries and regions. In total, there are 1372 entries now finalist, 1144 for food, and 228 for drinks. This represents less than 3% of the total of similar books and other formats published and available every year. It is a major achievement to be on this list of Finalists. There are 67% of the categories with 12 or less finalists, 26% with 13 to 19 finalists, and 7% with 20 to 30 finalists.
Food Culture is now taken very seriously by most governments and individuals. Food is at the heart of the issues of our future, collectively and individually.Trends in Food and Drinks culture are now global, everywhere in the world, which this list of finalists makes very clear. We see six major trends, combining or competing at a different pace in different countries, with change accelerating:
We have 19 categories (15%) exclusively for digital, with 195 digital entries now finalists (15%). You can find in the list of Finalists approximately 50 free Food and Wine PDF to download, selected for their quality, nearly all produced by public institutions. Unfortunately, they tend to disappear quickly, so do not be surprised if you cannot find them. We cannot help. See categories A06 for FAO, UN-IOM, UNDEP-Canada, UNESCO, UNWTO or B17, W1-12. For cookbook professional online newsletters, see B03.
The Best in the World will be announced in Yantai, China at the Gourmand Awards annual event May 25-28, 2018. The top 3 in each category will have the right to Best in the World. We do not announce results before the event. It is not necessary to attend to win. Apart from the honors at the event, the major opportunity is meeting the other participants, for business and pleasure. As previous participants have written, it may be the best four days of your life if you participate. Guests from over 60 countries had already indicated they wanted to come as of January 12, 2018. There are among them 81 guests who have already been at our events in Yantai. They come back even if they have no entry in the competition, it is so important for networking, business, and food culture.