The World Cookbook Fair to be staged at Frankfurt in 2015
The Frankfurt Book Fair and the World Cookbook Fair have entered a long term agreement to strengthen the international food and wine publishing community
Frankfurt, 15 December 2014 – Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair (14-18 October 2015), and Edouard Cointreau, Vice President of the World Cookbook Fair have signed an important long term agreement for the food and wine publishing industry. They have agreed to work together to bring the very best publishers and authors of the culinary sector to Frankfurt, the largest book trade fair in the world, in 2015.
Juergen Boos said “This cooperation fits perfectly into the Frankfurt Book Fair’s strategy to empower relevant publishing communities and help our customers to expand their international business network. It also shows the enormous potential that the ‘New Frankfurt Book Fair 2015’ will offer its clients. Our aim is to establish the Gourmet Gallery in Hall 3.1 as an internationally recognized hub for the culinary publishing business. In the future we will continue to do two things. The first is to grow the existing German aspect of the Gourmet Gallery, and the second is to develop its international area with our colleagues from the World Cookbook Fair, who are proven experts and trusted companions in the global business of food and wine publishing.”
Edouard Cointreau said “My father started the World Cookbook Awards twenty years ago in Frankfurt. This is where I learned all about publishing, never missing a fair for 10 years. We want everyone in our sector to share the unique opportunities offered by the Frankfurt Book Fair and we will do everything we can to help visitors and exhibitors have the best experience possible there. In 2015 we will focus our energies entirely on the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, and we will have no other cookbook fair in Europe next year. We will however keep the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2015 in China, where my father is based right now.”
At the next Frankfurt Book Fair, there will be special services for visitors from the international culinary community at the Gourmet Gallery, including a business center, an events and conference programme, presentations for books and future projects, exhibitions, and a show kitchen. The Gourmet Gallery will remain in Hall 3.1. located next to the tourism publishers.
The Guests of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the next two years will be Indonesia (2015), The Netherlands and Flanders (2016). They have vibrant food cultures, and will be warmly welcomed at the Gourmet Gallery. For more information, contact Edouard Cointreau (son):
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About the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the international publishing industry’s biggest trade fair – with 7,100 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, around 270,000 visitors, over 4,000 events and around 9,000 accredited journalists in attendance. It also gathers key players from other media, including the film and games industries. Since 1976, the Book Fair has featured an annual Guest of Honour country, which showcases its book market, literature and culture to attendees in a variety of ways. The Frankfurt Book Fair organises the participation of German publishers at around 20 international book fairs and hosts trade events throughout the year in major international markets. With its Business Club, the Frankfurt Book Fair offers essential services and an ideal setting for the activities of publishers, entrepreneurs, pioneers, experts and visionaries. The CONTEC and STORYDRIVE conferences have both become established meeting places for the industry. The Frankfurt Book Fair is a subsidiary of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association. www.book-fair.com
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Press & Corporate Communications, Frankfurt Book Fair
Katja Böhne, Vice President Marketing & Communications, tel.: +49 (0) 69 2102-138,
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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
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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
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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.