The Shortlist is Here!

We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist, celebrating the very best food and drink writers, broadcasters, photographers and creators since 2013.

12 categories are judged by an independent panel of experts. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Judging Panel Chair, Angela Hartnett OBE, was unfortunately unable to take up her role for this year’s Awards. Our thanks go to Mark Diacono - food writer and previous Awards judge - for kindly deputising as Chair. 

The Photographer of the Year category - presented in partnership with the World Food Photography Awards (WFPA), sponsored by Tenderstem® - is judged by Caroline Kenyon, founder of the WFPA; Eliza Williams, editor of Creative Review and Ange Loftus, Head of Brand & Creative Production of Fortnum & Mason.

Book Categories

FOOD BOOK

All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now

by Ruby Tandoh

(Serpent’s Tail, Profile)

Food Fight: From Plunder and Profit to People and Planet

by Stuart Gillespie

(Canongate)

The Heart-Shaped Tin

by Bee Wilson

(Fourth Estate)

DEBUT FOOD BOOK

Bread & War

by Felicity Spector

(Duckworth Books)

Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange

by Katie Goh

(Canongate)

An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included)

by Jenny Lau

(Renegade Books, John Murray Group)

Indian Kitchens

by Roopa Gulati

(Bloomsbury)

Lugma

by Noor Murad

(Quadrille)

The Irish Kitchen

by Cherie Denham and Andrew Montgomery

(Montgomery Press)

The Japanese Pantry

by Emiko Davies

(Smith Street Books)

DEBUT COOKERY BOOK

FERMENT: A Cookbook

by Kenji Morimoto

(One Boat, Pan Macmillan)

Silk Roads

by Anna Ansari

(DK)

The Sudanese Kitchen

by Omer Al Tijani

(Almas Art Foundation)

DRINK BOOK

Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland

by Dr Christina Wade

(Nine Bean Rows)

The Curious Bartender’s Agave Safari

by Tristan Stephenson

(Ryland Peters & Small)

The Madrusan Cocktail Companion

by Michael and Zara Madrusan

(Murdoch Books)

DEBUT DRINK BOOK

Tequila: A Tasting Course

by Millie Milliken

(DK)

The Cynic’s Guide to Wine

by Sunny Hodge

(Académie du Vin Library)

Thirsty

by Tom Gilbey

(Square Peg)

Writer Categories

FOOD WRITER

James Morton

for work in Scribehound Food

Safiya Robinson

for work in Chicken + Bread Zine and Sisterwoman

Yemisí Aríbisálà

for work in Vittles and Scribehound Food

COOKERY WRITER

Jay Rayner

for work in FT Weekend Magazine

Nick Bramham

for work in Vittles

Olivia Potts

for work in The Spectator

DRINK WRITER

Imran Rahman-Jones

for work in Eaten Magazine and Pellicle Magazine

Joel Harrison

 for work in Club Oenologique

Kristiane Westray

for work in Whisky Magazine and Club Oenologique

RESTAURANT WRITER

David Ellis

for work in The London Standard

Joanna Taylor

for work in Foodism and The Telegraph

Tim Hayward

for work in FT Weekend Magazine

Photographer and Broadcaster Categories

PHOTOGRAPHER

Kim Lightbody

Robert Billington

Ruth Calder-Potts

PROGRAMME

Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands

Presenter: Coinneach MacLeod

Producers: Faye MacLean and Julie McCrone

Caledonia TV

Jeremy Pang’s Hong Kong Kitchen

Presenter: Jeremy Pang

Director: Kevin Batchelor

Electric Robin

Mr Lyan’s Taste Trips: Japan

Presenter: Ryan Chetiyawardana

Producer: Jonny Dixon

Ink Global

Mr Lyan Studio

AUDIO

The Food Chain: A Place At The Table: Fostering and Adoption

Presenter: Ruth Alexander

Producer: Beatrice Pickup

Editor: Sara Wadeson

BBC World Service

The Food Foundation Podcast: 10th Anniversary

Presenter: Anna Taylor

Producer: Gilly Smith

The Kitchen Cabinet

Presenter: Jay Rayner

Producers: Daniel Cocker, Matt Smith, Dulcie Whadcock and Ollie Wilson

Sony Music Podcasts