Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards
Established in 1970 and widely viewed as the UK Oscars in Food and Drink, the
Glenfiddich Food &
Drink Awards are the only awards for food and drink journalists,
broadcasters and publishers in the UK. These highly prestigious awards have been
presented to some of the most talented people from the world of Food and Drink
for outstanding achievement in their field.
The Glenfiddich Awards were created and are sponsored by William Grant & Sons,
independent family distillers of Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky for five
generations.
Current and past winners of the categories for best Food Book
and best Drink Books of the Year are listed in the table below. Some years, a Special Award Book Category
is also given. Additional awards are given to
writers in newspapers and magazines that I have not listed here.
| Year |
Drink |
Food |
Special Award |
| 2005 |
Phylloxera: How Wine Was Saved for the World by Christy Campbell |
Shopped: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets by Joanna Blythman |
|
| 2004 |
Rum by Dave Broom, Jason Lowe |
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater |
|
| 2003 |
Africa Uncorked: Travels in Extreme Wine Territory by John Platter |
Thai Food by David Thompson and Earl Carter |
|
| 2002 |
Drink!… Never Mind the peanuts by Susy Atkins and Dave Broom |
The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall |
|
| 2001 |
Essential Winetasting by Michael
Schuster |
Marie Claire: Flavours by Donna Hay |
The Royal Society of Arts 'Focus on Food' Campaign
Cooking Bus |
| 2000 |
Wines of California by Stephen Brook |
Sally Clarke's Book - Recipes from a restaurant, shop &
bakery by Sally Clarke |
Alan Davidson for The Oxford Companion to Food |
| 1999 |
The New Spain by John Radford |
Nigel Slater's Real Food by Nigel Slater and Jonathan Lovekin |
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky |
| 1998 |
Wild Bunch by Patrick Matthews |
The Book of Jewish Food : An Odyssey from Samarkand to New
York
by Claudia Roden |
Publisher Ann Bagnall for her facsimiles and reprints of antique cookbooks. |
| 1997 |
No award given*. |
Gordon Ramsay's Passion for Flavour by Gordon Ramsay et al |
The Food We Eat by Joanna Blythman |
| 1996 |
Rhone Renaissance: The Finest Rhone and Rhone Style Wines from France and
the New World by Remington Norman |
London River Cafe Cookbook
by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers |
No award given. |
| 1995 |
The Oxford Companion
to Wine by Jancis Robinson |
Roast Chicken and Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson with Lindsey Bareham |
No award given. |
| 1994 |
Michael Jackson's Beer Companion by Michael Jackson |
Alastair Little Keep It Simple by Alastair Little and Richard Whittington |
Serif Publishing for the Edouard de Pomaine books, Cooking in Ten
Minutes and Cooking with Pomaine |
| 1993 |
Puligny-Montrachet: Journal of a Village in Burgundy by Simon Loftus |
The Legendary Cuisine of Persia by Margaret Shaida |
No award given. |
| 1992 |
Oz Clarke's New Classic Wines by Oz Clarke |
The Flavours of Andalucia by Elizabeth Luard |
Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food by Arabella Boxer |
| 1991 |
Wine Atlas of Italy: A Traveler's Guide to the Vineyards by Burton Anderson |
Memories of Gascony by Pierre Koffman |
No award given. |
| 1990 |
Vintage: The Story of Wine by Hugh Johnson |
Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and
Obsessions, Perils and Taboos, of an Ordinary Meal
by Margaret Visser |
Patrick Rance's cheese books, French Cheese and The Great British
Cheese Book |
| 1989 |
The Wines of Spain and Portugal by Charles Metcalfe and Kathryn McWhirter |
English Seafood Cookery by Richard Stein |
No award given. |
| 1988 |
The Wines of Rioja by Hubrecht Duijker |
Classic Indian Vegetarian Cookery by Julie Sahni |
New E for Additives by Maurice Hanssen and A Palate in Revolution by Giles MacDonogh |
| 1987 |
Bordeaux: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wines Produced from 1961 to 1997
by Robert Parker, Jr. |
Middle Eastern Cookery by Claudia Roden |
Guide to Eating Out in London by Fay Maschler and Jill Norman for editing
Sainsbury's Cookbook |
| 1986 |
1986 Which? Wine Guide edited by Kathryn McWhirter |
Step by Step Japanese Cookery by Leslie Downer & Minoru Yoneda |
No award given. |
| 1985 |
The Wines of Chablis by Rosemary George |
Classic Chinese Cookery by Yan-Kit So |
Sarah Brown for her Vegetable Cookbook and Cyril Ray for Robert Mondavi of the Napa Valley (Heineman) and Vintage
Tales (Century) |
| 1984 |
Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion by Hugh Johnson |
New Classic Cuisine by Michel & Albert Roux |
No award given. |
| 1983 |
The Great Wine Book by Jancis Robinson |
Jane Grigson's Fruit Book by Jane Grigson |
No award given. |
| 1982 |
Vino by Burton Anderson |
Cooking with Michael Smith by Michael Smith |
Jill Norman and Caroline Hobhouse for publishing three books: Claudia
Roden's Picnic, Nathalie Hambro's Particular Delights, Richard Olney's Simply
French Food |
| 1981 |
Wine with Food by Derek Cooper |
The Observer French Cookery School by Anne Willan |
Michael Broadbent for Great Vintage Wine Book and Quentin Crewe for International Pocket Food Book |
| 1980 |
Ray on Wine by Cyril Ray |
North Atlantic Seafood by Alan Davidson |
The Wines of Bordeaux by Edmund Penning-Rowsell |
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