Anvil Publishing (www.anvilpublishing.com) has 7 books that won the Gourmand Awards, and 2 of them (A La Carte Food & Fiction and The Governor General's Kitchen by Felice Sta. Maria) are in the top 3, vying for the Best in the World Gourmand Awards. Winners will be announced in London, April 13.
Hmmm - I think the food and drink will be good there.
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Press Release, February 19, 2008
THE GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS
BEST IN THE WORLD
SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2 pm
Gourmand received books from 107 countries in 2007. Now 845 cookbooks compete in 40 categories for Best in the World, after winning their country’s competition. Early guests from 32 countries had already confirmed by February 18.
• The event is filmed for television, with many media invited
• Live music by the 18-pieces James O’Carroll Big Band.
• Winners party at 5 pm with champagne Gosset and cognac Frapin
THE GOURMAND-LONDON BOOK FAIR COOKBOOK CORNER
APRIL 14-16
Stand U800 Gourmand-LBF Partnership.
• Exhibition of the best cookbooks from over 80 countries.
• Cooking demonstrations by 16 celebrity chefs from 14 countries.
Monday April 14
10 Chef Ramzi Lebanon
11 Sara La Fountain Finland
12 Chef Völundarssön Iceland
13 Julie Biuso New Zealand
14 Chef Wan Malaysia
15 Babette Guadeloupe
16 Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha Jain India
17 Richard Juhlin – Champagne Club Sweden
Tuesday April 15
10 Sahrap Soysal Turkey
11 Yvan Cadiou France
12 Angela Hartnett UK
13 Chakall Portugal
14 Annabel Langbein New Zealand
15 Hayden Wood The Liquid Kitchen-Australia
16 Chef China
17 Richard Juhlin – Champagne Club Sweden
Wednesday April 16
10 Fatema Hal Morocco
11 SURPRISE
12 Yann Barault – Le Cordon Bleu France
13 Art Smith US
14 LaurelAnn Morley Barbados
15 SURPRISE
16 Richard Juhlin – Champagne Club Sweden
CHAMPAGNE BAR Stand U801
With champagne Gosset.
Edouard Cointreau
President, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
www.cookbookfair.com
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Showing posts with label literature award. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books..
Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized.
Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines.
She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
A La Carte Food & Fiction wins Gourmand Award
I missed the original email from Gourmandbooks.com, but Marily Orosa and Felice Sta. Maria informed me that the anthology which Marily and I co-edited, A La Carte: Food & Fiction, won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2007,in the category Best Food Literature Book. Apparently the book is a winner in the Philippines, and will be competing with other countries' winners.
Here's the official letter from Gourmand:
Congratulations!
Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2007
You are the winner in your country PhilippinesYou qualify for the next "Gourmand Best in the World Competition"
With:
A La Carte: Food & Fiction
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Y. Orosa
25 Authors
Illustrations by Ice de Leon
ISBN: 978 9712718770
Anvil Publisher
In the category: Best Food Literature Book
The winners will appear in the website http://www.cookbookfair.com on January 8, 2008.
The following is more information about the award:
GOURMAND AWARDS
www.cookbookfair.com
WINNING
1.- THE PROCESS
In 2007, over 6000 books were received from 107 countries. All books compete within their own country, sometimes separated by languages, to correspond to the book trade established markets.
The deadline for receiving books was November 15. Entry is free, there are no fees. Anyone may send books to compete, the author(s), the publisher, the readers.
The winners receive personnally their notification at the end of 2007. The lists of winners are posted on internet in January 2008.
2.- THE IMPACT OF WINNING
Given the number of books in the competition, it is an honour to win. Winning books get more visibility in the market place and may get higher sales, often with new print runs.
The selection process tries to focus on books that have international potential. Winners books get international attention: translations and international rights deals may be negotiated.
Winners use self adhesive tickets to announce visibly their award to the public. They issue press releases in their local and international markets. There is much promotion of the awards on internet sites, publishers catalogues, in the next books, and in authors biographies.
3.- THE GOURMAND YEARBOOK
The Gourmand Yearbook 2006 and 2007 give much cookbook and wine book trade information which cannot be found elsewhere = market information, trends, lists of Gourmand winning books with comments on the books.
The Yearbook is distributed at the international book fairs that Gourmand attends, and it is the catalogue of the exhibitions, which follow the Yearbook classification of the winners. The Yearbook is also sold by major cookbook stores around the world, and directly by Gourmand.
4.- THE GOURMAND EXHIBITIONS
Last year winning books had the following exhibitions, free for the winners:
- April : Beijing Gourmand Awards, Dragon Springs Exhibition
Visitors: trade professionals from 36 countries plus many Chinese.
- October: Frankfurt Book Fair.
Gourmand Cookbook Stand of 130 m2.
- 2007-2008: Beijing International Book City
Permanent One Year Exhibition.
The Gourmand stand is one of the 10 biggest among the 48 foreigners present.
In the coming year 2008 there is the same exhibition plan, with a major presence at the major book fairs, such as the London International Book Fair, April 14-16: our Gourmand Cookbook Corner will be even bigger than in Frankfurt, with the exhibition, chefs demonstrations, and a Champagne Bar.
5.- THE FUTURE
Winners qualify for the “Best in the World” competition.
The results of that competition will be announced at the Gourmand yearly awards show in May 2008. The location will be communicated directly to you, and all information will be on internet in January 2008.
For more information, including the Gourmand history and the future schedule see: www.cookbookfair.com
Here's the official letter from Gourmand:
Congratulations!
Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2007
You are the winner in your country PhilippinesYou qualify for the next "Gourmand Best in the World Competition"
With:
A La Carte: Food & Fiction
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Y. Orosa
25 Authors
Illustrations by Ice de Leon
ISBN: 978 9712718770
Anvil Publisher
In the category: Best Food Literature Book
The winners will appear in the website http://www.cookbookfair.com on January 8, 2008.
The following is more information about the award:
GOURMAND AWARDS
www.cookbookfair.com
WINNING
1.- THE PROCESS
In 2007, over 6000 books were received from 107 countries. All books compete within their own country, sometimes separated by languages, to correspond to the book trade established markets.
The deadline for receiving books was November 15. Entry is free, there are no fees. Anyone may send books to compete, the author(s), the publisher, the readers.
The winners receive personnally their notification at the end of 2007. The lists of winners are posted on internet in January 2008.
2.- THE IMPACT OF WINNING
Given the number of books in the competition, it is an honour to win. Winning books get more visibility in the market place and may get higher sales, often with new print runs.
The selection process tries to focus on books that have international potential. Winners books get international attention: translations and international rights deals may be negotiated.
Winners use self adhesive tickets to announce visibly their award to the public. They issue press releases in their local and international markets. There is much promotion of the awards on internet sites, publishers catalogues, in the next books, and in authors biographies.
3.- THE GOURMAND YEARBOOK
The Gourmand Yearbook 2006 and 2007 give much cookbook and wine book trade information which cannot be found elsewhere = market information, trends, lists of Gourmand winning books with comments on the books.
The Yearbook is distributed at the international book fairs that Gourmand attends, and it is the catalogue of the exhibitions, which follow the Yearbook classification of the winners. The Yearbook is also sold by major cookbook stores around the world, and directly by Gourmand.
4.- THE GOURMAND EXHIBITIONS
Last year winning books had the following exhibitions, free for the winners:
- April : Beijing Gourmand Awards, Dragon Springs Exhibition
Visitors: trade professionals from 36 countries plus many Chinese.
- October: Frankfurt Book Fair.
Gourmand Cookbook Stand of 130 m2.
- 2007-2008: Beijing International Book City
Permanent One Year Exhibition.
The Gourmand stand is one of the 10 biggest among the 48 foreigners present.
In the coming year 2008 there is the same exhibition plan, with a major presence at the major book fairs, such as the London International Book Fair, April 14-16: our Gourmand Cookbook Corner will be even bigger than in Frankfurt, with the exhibition, chefs demonstrations, and a Champagne Bar.
5.- THE FUTURE
Winners qualify for the “Best in the World” competition.
The results of that competition will be announced at the Gourmand yearly awards show in May 2008. The location will be communicated directly to you, and all information will be on internet in January 2008.
For more information, including the Gourmand history and the future schedule see: www.cookbookfair.com
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books..
Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized.
Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines.
She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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