Book Categories

FOOD BOOK
WINNER 2026

All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now by Ruby Tandoh

Serpent's Tail, Profile

Previous Winners:
2025 - Between Two Waters by Pam Brunton
2024 - Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuchsia Dunlop
2023 - Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey by Felicity Cloake
2022 - Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino
2021 - English Pastoral: An Inheritance by James Rebanks
2020 - The Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson
2019 - Matt Goulding: Pasta Pane Vino
2018 - Nigel Slater: The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter
2017 - William Sitwell: Eggs or Anarchy
2016 - Bee Wilson: First Bite
2015 - Dan Barber: The Third Plate
2014 - JoJo Tulloh: The Modern Peasant
2013 - Caroline Conran: Sud de France

DEBUT FOOD BOOK 
WINNER 2026

Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh

Canongate

Previous Winners:

2025 - A Woman’s Place is in the Kitchen by Sally Abé
2024 - Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken 
2023 - Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty & Al Tait
2022 - The Female Chef: Stories and recipes from 31 women redefining the British food scene by Clare Finney & Liz Seabrook
2021 - Hungry by Grace Dent
2020 - A Half Baked Idea by Olivia Potts
2019 - Thom Eagle: First, Catch
2018 - Samin Nosrat: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
2017 - Gill Meller: gather
2016 - Olia Hercules: Mamushka

COOKERY BOOK
WINNER 2026

Zao Fan: Breakfast of China by Michael Zee

Bloomsbury Publishing

Previous Winners:
2025 - Zao Fan: Breakfast of China by Michael Zee
2024 - Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking: Memories and stories from my family’s kitchen by Emiko Davies
2023 - West Winds: Recipes, history and tales from Jamaica by Riaz Philips
2022 - Crave: Recipes arranged by flavour, to suit your mood and appetite by Ed Smith
2021 - Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley
2020 - The Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia Dunlop
2019 - Sybil Kapoor: Sight Smell Touch Taste Sound: A New Way to Cook
2018 - Stephen Harris: The Sportsman
2017 - Diana Henry: Simple
2016 - Jordan Bourke & Rejina Pyo: Our Korean Kitchen
2015 - Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich: Honey & Co

DEBUT COOKERY BOOK
WINNER 2026

The Sudanese Kitchen by Omer Al Tijani

Almas Art Foundation

Previous Winners:
2025 - KIN: Caribbean Recipes for the Modern Kitchen by Marie Mitchell
2024 - A New Way to Bake: Re-imagined Recipes for Plant-based Cakes, Bakes and Desserts by Philip Khoury
2023 - Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam
2022 - Baked to Perfection: Delicious gluten-free recipes with a pinch of science by Katarina Cermelj
2021 - The Pie Room by Calum Franklin
2020 - The Vinegar Cupboard by Angela Clutton
2019 - Joe Trivelli: The Modern Italian Cook

DRINK BOOK 
WINNER 2026

The Curious Bartender’s Agave Safari by Tristan Stephenson

Ryland Peters & Small

Previous Winners:
2025 - The Meaning of Beer: An Alternative History of the World by Jonny Garrett
2024 - Vines in a Cold Climate by Henry Jeffreys
2023 - Holy Waters: Searching for the sacred in a glass by Tom Morton
2022 - A Year in Beer: The Beer Lover’s Guide to the Seasons by Jonny Garrett
2021 - Wine Girl by Victoria James
2020 - Infused: Adventures in Teaea by Henrietta Lovell
2019 - Michael Freeman & Timothy d’Offay: The Life of Tea: A Journey to the World’s Finest Teas
2018 - Victoria Moore: The Wine Dine Dictionary
2017 - Pete Brown: The Pub
2016 - Madeline Puckette & Justin Hammack: Wine Folly
2015 - Joel Harrison & Neil Ridley: Distilled
2014 - Pete Brown & Bill Bradshaw: World’s Best Cider
2013 - Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and José Vouillamoz: Wine Grapes

DEBUT DRINK BOOK
WINNER 2026

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

Prestel

Previous Winners:
2025 - Sake: The Art and Craft of Japan’s National Drink by Yoshiko Ueno-Müller
2024 - How to Drink Australian by Jane Lopes & Jonathan Ross
2023 - Wild Brews by Jaega Wise
2022 - The South America Wine Guide: The definitive guide to wine in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru by Amanda Barnes & Amigos
2021 - CO SPECS: Recipes & Histories of Classic Cocktails by Cas Oh
2020 - Just The Tonic by Kim Walker & Mark Nesbitt
2019 - Nina Caplan: The Wandering Vine: Wine, the Romans and Me
2018 - Robert Walters: Bursting Bubbles
2017 - Henry Jeffreys: Empire of Booze
2016 - Lottie Muir: Wild Cocktails From The Midnight Apothecary
2013 - Matt Walls: Drink Me

Writer Categories

FOOD WRITER
WINNER 2026

Yemisí Aríbisálà for work in Vittles and Scribehound Food

Previous Winners:
2025 - Toyo Odetunde
2024 - Ajesh Patalay
2023 - Bee Wilson 
2022 - Tim Hayward
2021 - Ruby Tandoh
2020 - Wendell Steavenson
2019 - Clare Finney
2018 - Bee Wilson
2017 - Bee Wilson
2016 - Bee Wilson
2015 - Sybil Kapoor
2014 - Tim Hayward
2013 - Christopher Hirst

COOKERY WRITER
WINNER 2026

Nick Bramham for work in Vittles

Previous Winners:
2025 - Ravinder Bhogal
2024 - Melek Erdal
2023 - Fliss Freeborn
2022 - Nicola Miller
2021 - Georgina Hayden
2020 - Rachel Roddy
2019 - Diana Henry
2018 - Meera Sodha
2017 - JoJo Tulloh
2016 - Felicity Cloake
2015 - Diana Henry
2014 - Rose Prince
2013 - Diana Henry

DRINK WRITER
WINNER 2026

Joel Harrison for work in Club Oenologique

Previous Winners:
2025 - Hamish Smith
2024 - Tamlyn Currin
2023 - Will Hawkes
2022 - Henry Jeffreys
2021 - Will Hawkes
2020 - Dave Broom
2019 - Alice Lascelles
2018 - Nina Caplan
2017 - Miquel Hudin
2016 - Dan Keeling
2015 - Dominic Roskrow
2014 - Nina Caplan
2013 - Victoria Moore

RESTAURANT WRITER
WINNER 2026

Joanna Taylor for work in Foodism and The Telegraph

Previous Winners:
2025 - Niki Blasina
2024 - Tim Hayward
2023 - Joanna Taylor
2022 - Grace Dent
2021 - Jimi Famurewa
2020 - Tom Parker Bowles
2019 - Marina O'Loughlin
2018 - Jay Rayner
2017 - AA Gill
2016 - Giles Coren
2015 - Marina O’Loughlin
2014 - Marina O’Loughlin

Photography and Broadcast Categories

PHOTOGRAPHER
WINNER 2026

Kim Lightbody

Previous Winners:
2025 - Angus D. Birditt
2024 - Patricia Niven
2023 - Kim Lightbody
2022 - Maja Smend
2021 - Rob Lawson
2020 - Elena Heatherwick
2019 - David Nash
2018 - Hugh Johnson
2017 - Jonathan Gregson
2014 - Romas Foord
2013 - Angela Dukes

PROGRAMME
WINNER 2026

Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands

Previous Winners:
2025 - Tom Kerridge: Secrets of the Pub Kitchen
2024 - Sophie Grigson: Slice of Italy Series Two
2023 - Searching For Italy: RAW
2022 - Saturday Kitchen Live: Cactus TV
2021 - Saving Britain’s Pubs with Tom Kerridge: Bone Soup Productions
2020 - The Amber Light by 52 Films
2019 - Nadiya's Asian Odyssey: Wall To Wall Media
2018 - Nadiya's British Food Adventure: BBC Studios, Unscripted Productions
2017 - The Cook Who Changed Our Lives, KEO films
2016 - Hugh’s War On Waste: KEO films
2015 - The Great British Bake Off: Love Productions
2014 - Victoria Wood’s Nice Cup Of Tea: KEO films
2013 - Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast: KEO films

AUDIO
WINNER 2026

The Food Chain: A Place at the Table: Fostering and Adoption

Previous Winners:
2025 - Comfortably Hungry: The Culinary Creativity of the Enslaved
2024 - The Food Programme BBC Radio 4 
2023 - Blasstal: Lecker
2022 - Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
2021 - Honey & Co: The Food Talks
2020 - The Kitchen Cabinet by Somethin' Else: BBC R4
2019 - Lecker, Podcast
2018 - The Food Programme: Turmeric, BBC Radio 4
2017 - The Food Programme: Diet & Dementia, BBC Radio 4
2016 - The Food Programme: BBC R4
2015 - The Food Chain: BBC World Service
2014 - The Food Programme: BBC Radio 4
2013 - The Food Programme: BBC Radio 4

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER 2026

Ash Baber

Previous Winners:
2025 - Oli Paterson
2024 - George Egg, aka The Snack Hacker
2023 - Giuseppe Federici & Nonna
2022 - Max La Manna
2021 - Pinch of Nom
2020 - Miguel Barclay

RISING STAR CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER 2026

Luke Flunder

Previous Winners: 

2025 - Tish Wonders