Paris Cookbook Fair adds one more day in 2012. The reason is simple : the amount of trade between publishers is so important that we needed one more professional day.

Between November 15, 2010 and November 15, 2011, a total of 162 countries participated in the Awards.

Gourmand Awards Ceremony 2012

Every year, Gourmand gives the awards in a very special location for gastronomy. The Ceremony is always an opportunity to meet every important person in the world of cookbooks and winebooks: hundreds of publishers, authors, chefs and journalists take part in these events. The Gourmand Awards ceremony will take place at the historical theater LES FOLIES BERGÈRE. Avery year, we are receiving more and more requests to attend the ceremony. As the big theater at Le Centquatre has only 505 seats, we have decided to move the party to Les Folies Bergère, which has more space. We decided to have the Wine Book Awards the same day so that they can enjoy the historical theater and its glamour. Les Folies Bergère, established in 1869 in Paris, is a music hall which was at the height of its fame and popularity from the 1890s through the 1920s. Loie Fuller and Josephine Baker from the US, and Maurice Chevalier or Mistinguett from France have made history on that stage.

3.-The Rules for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011

• All books published between November 15th, 2010 and November 14th, 2011 qualify. The books in the category of Fund Raising Cookbooks may be older.
• Manuscripts and publishers proofs are also accepted.
• Books compete in their original languages, in all categories, except the category “Translation” created in 2007.
• There are no entry fees. The competition is free and open to all.
• Books may be entered by anyone: authors, publishers or even readers.
• The Jury decides in which category books compete, and may change nominees from one category to another at the final jury meeting. The Jury may decide that awards for some categories remain vacant, and there may be more than one winner per category.

The history of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards is parallel to the history of cookbook publishing in the past 15 years. The years correspond to the year of the publishing of the books involved in a competition, while the awards event takes place between December and the following May