

The Shortlist is Here!
We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist, celebrating the very best in food and drink writing, publishing, broadcasting and photography since 2013.
The winners, along with the Personality of the Year, Content Creator of the Year and Rising Star Content Creator of the Year, voted for by the public, will be announced on Thursday 1st May 2025 and posted here on Friday at 10am.
The shortlist and winners are selected by an independent panel of expert judges chaired by Angela Hartnett OBE.

Book Categories
FOOD BOOK

Between Two Waters: Heritage, landscape and the modern cook
by Pam Brunton
Canongate

The English Table: Our Food through the Ages
by Jill Norman
Reaktion Books

The Gourmand’s Lemon: A Collection of Stories and Recipes
edited by David Lane & Marina Tweed
TASCHEN
DEBUT FOOD BOOK

A Feast of Folklore: The Bizarre Stories of British Food
by Ben Gazur
Unbound

A Woman’s Place is in the Kitchen
by Sally Abé
Fleet, Little Brown

Leftovers: A History of Food Waste and Preservation
by Eleanor Barnett
Head of Zeus
COOKERY BOOK

Agak Agak
by Shu Han Lee
Quadrille

Pocha
by Su Scott
Quadrille

The Elements of Baking
by Katarina Cermelj
Yellow Kite, Hodder & Stoughton

Zao Fan: Breakfast of China
by Michael Zee
Bloomsbury Publishing
DEBUT COOKERY BOOK

KIN: Caribbean Recipes for the Modern Kitchen
by Marie Mitchell
Particular Books, Penguin Random House

Mangal II: Stories and Recipes
by Ferhat Dirik and Sertaç Dirik
Phaidon

The Balkan Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of the Balkans
by Irina Janakievska
Quadrille
DRINK BOOK

The Connaught Bar: Cocktail Recipes and Iconic Creations
by Agostino Perrone with Giorgio Bargiani and Maura Milia
Phaidon

The Martini
by Alice Lascelles
Quadrille

The Meaning of Beer: An Alternative History of the World
by Jonny Garrett
Allen & Unwin
DEBUT DRINK BOOK

Perry: A Drinker’s Guide
by Adam Wells
CAMRA Books

Sake: The Art and Craft of Japan’s National Drink
by Yoshiko Ueno-Müller
Prestel

The Wine Flavour Guide: How to Pick the Best Wine for Every Occasion
by Sam Caporn
Square Peg [Vintage] Penguin Random House

Writer Categories
FOOD WRITER

Dan Saladino
for work featured in BBC News InDepth & The Guardian

Isaac Rangaswami
for work featured in Vittles Magazine & Wooden City

Toyo Odetunde
for work featured in Food by National Geographic Traveller & The i Paper
COOKERY WRITER

Nick Bramham
for work featured in Vittles Magazine

Ravinder Bhogal
for work featured in delicious. Magazine

Songsoo Kim
for work featured in Vittles Magazine
DRINK WRITER

Alice Lascelles
for work featured in the Financial Times & Noble Rot

Hamish Smith
for work featured in Class Magazine

Richard Godwin
for work featured in
The Spirits
RESTAURANT WRITER

David Ellis
for work featured in The Standard

Isaac Rangaswami
for work featured in Wooden City

Niki Blasina
for work featured in the Financial Times

Photographer and Broadcast Categories
PHOTOGRAPHER

Angus D. Birditt

Sanjana Modha

Yuki Sugiura
PROGRAMME

Dead Pubs: A Swift One at…
Presenter: Jimmy McIntosh, Producers: Jimmy McIntosh, Kevin Kharas, Luke Carlisle & Daniel Canetti

Junior Bake Off, Series 9
Presenters: Harry Hill, Judges: Liam Charles & Ravneet Gill, Director: Nicholas Berry, Series Producer: Charlotte Armstrong, Executive Producers: Letty Kavanagh, Oliver Manley & Kieran Smith
Love Productions

Tom Kerridge: Secrets of the Pub Kitchen
Presenter: Tom Kerridge, Producers: Richard Bowron & Martha Swales, WBD Executive Producers: Matt Reid & Rebecca Bayatti, WBD Commissioner: Charlotte Reid
Warner Bros. Discovery
Bone Soup
AUDIO

Comfortably Hungry: The Culinary Creativity of the Enslaved
Presenter & Producer:
Sam Bilton

The Food Chain: Hungry at Sea,
Presenter: Ruth Alexander, Producers: Izzy Greenfield & Hannah Bewley,
Editor: Sarah Wadeson
BBC World Service

The Food Programme: The Herb and Spice Scam?
Presenter: Jaega Wise, Producer: Nina Pullman
BBC Audio Bristol
Important Dates for your Diary
All Winners Announced - 10am, Friday 2nd May 2025
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