Paris Cookbook Fair this year brings cookbooks to a most prestigious location, Le Carrousel du Louvre. It is an honour for cookbook publishing to be in the heart of Paris, at the center of culture, romance and history of France. It is very important to build as much respect as possible for authors and publishers of cookbooks and wine books.
These books are usually the result of a team, often with the writer, the photographer, the food-stylist, the art director, the designer, and the publisher. Some culinary books take years of work before they are published. In fact, you can feel in the best cookbooks the heart of the author(s), just as you do in fiction books. Personnalities andcharacter shine through cookbooks as well.
We have tried to build a book fair where human values are respected, where the main motivation is not selling more carpet or furniture, or drive up ticket sales to visitors. We really care about the sector. We have been rewarded with strong support, and fast growth: we had planned to increase publishers floor space by 30%, in fact we had to double it. However, the best reward is that we now have made many friends among the guests, building what they call “the Gourmand Family”.
I am deeply grateful to all the authors and publishers. It also has been much fun. As my son says, it is not worth doing it if we do not all enjoy it. It is wonderful that with Paris Cookbook Fair, business and pleasure combine naturally as the ingredients of this food and wine books feast.
Edouard Cointreau
GOURMAND INTERNATIONAL
Paris Cookbook Fair, President
China Food Television, President of Honour
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, President and Founder
WFWF-TV, World Association of Food TV Producers, President
FOOD CULTURE
32th Gourmand Awards 2026
Nominees for the
32nd GOURMAND AWARDS
FOOD CULTURE - SPRING CHAMPIONS
We already have 598 nominees from 152 countries and international organizations, for the 32nd Food Gourmand Awards.
This is the Spring list of the first 6 months since October 15, 2025.
The quality keeps rising, it is really wonderful and heart-warming. We recommend checking these 3 outstanding nominees:
A02 Hall of Fame free
Portugal – Gastronomy Law vol.1, Carlos Torres (ESHTE – CITUR – Inatel Fundação) 760 pages
Best WINTER book of 2026
USA - Dorie’s Anytime Cakes, Dorie Greenspan (Satrah Kwak)
Best SPRING book of 2026
China – Chinese Flower Banquet, Yang Aijun and Ding Jianming, Foreword Xu Long (Yunnan People’s Publishing House) ISBN 9787222220676
Best WINTER free publication
Kyrgyzstan – Pursuing Quality and Bringing Kyrgyz Brands to the World, Haragushi Akihisa (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
The next list will be the Summer list of nominees, to be published on July 15, 2026. The Spring nominees will remain on the Summer list in the same categories. We are planning the shortlist for October 20, 2026, we expect the Awards ceremony to be at the end of November, similar to 2025.
Congratulations to all nominees! THEY ARE ALL WINNERS.
Edouard Cointreau
Founder and President
Gourmand Awards
www.cookbookfair.com
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Shortlist for the
31st GOURMAND AWARDS
FOOD CULTURE
Shortlist October 2025 FOR BOOKS PUBLISHED 16/10/2024-15/10/2025
This is the selection for the first nine months of the 31st Gourmand Awards. On the shortlist there are only a maximum of 6 countries as finalists per category. We have 848 participants from 180 countries and from 15 international Organizations such as the UN, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNWTO, EU, FAO, IOM, ILO, IMF, OECD, UNDP, WFP, WHO, WIPO, World Bank, WTO. The shortlist is published after October 15, 2025, the deadline. The Awards Ceremony will be November 27-30, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
GOURMAND AWARDS
The Best Cookbooks in the World
The Gourmand Awards have changed the notion of gastronomy, its history, and its importance. With your efforts and dedication, you have changed the horizon of gastronomy.
Sara Beatriz Guardia, UNESCO Chair, USMP University, Lima, Peru November 29, 2022
Monsieur Edouard Cointreau,
You gave a lot of joy and happiness, You made famous and internationally known, tens of thousands of writers, chefs editors and publishers. You united the whole world, continents, réligions and faiths, languages, customs and traditions. We are united here with the same mission, The goal of our work is to bring to the world a well-being, respect to each other and peace. Thanks to you Monsieur Cointreau, the gastronomy books maintain their position and importance on the shelves of libraries and bookstores as well at homes, despite the competition from the wide choice that the internet offers free.
Avec mes salutations repectueuses
Ahmed Ladarsi, Author, Finland
GOURMAND
World Cookbook Awards
- The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau. Every year, they honour the best food and wine books, printed or digital, as well as food television.
- In 2024, we have participants from 221 countries countries and regions participate in these prestigious awards, the only international competition of the sector. It is free, and open to all languages.
- Every year, Gourmand gives the awards in a very special location for gastronomy. The Ceremony is always an opportunity to meet every important person in the world of food and books: hundreds of publishers, authors, chefs and journalists take part in these events.
- The Gourmand Awards have been compared to the “Oscars” for film. They are inspired by the Olympic Games and their spirit.
- We reward now all food and drinks content, in print or digital, paid or free, private or public, trade publishers or self published, big or small, with an equal chance for everyone.
- The Gourmand Awards are a unique opportunity to build the image of the food culture in a country, show the world its spirit.