1.- AFRICA

AFRO-AMERICAN COOKBOOK  WINS IN PARIS!

With the largest population of Black origin outside Africa, with 7.4% classifying themselves as Black and 42.3%  as Mulato, the legacy of Blacks from Africa is enormous in Brazil, and nowhere as much as in the kitchen. Even Feijoada comes from the Black slaves. Author Flavia Portela has written a masterpiece which is the Best Cookbook in the World this year for Foreign foods, in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Many recipes have been included thanks to the cooperation of African Embassies in Brazil. The book is part of the Cara y Cultura Negra project.

Gula dAfrica

O Sabor Africano na Mesa Brasileira, by Flavia Portela

ISBN: 978 859 8694405

92 Pages

Published by Senac Editora – DF

2 - ARAB

Arab culture is increasing its presence in cookbooks around the world very quickly, with high quality books. Several are honoured this year by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

1.-Brunei - Special Award of the Jury

 Collection of recipes Volume 2

Barnitus Ang, HJ Omar Ali HJ Mohd Daud

Photos: Mohammad Rezuan Hj Jamach

HJ Mahaddi Hj Mat Zain

 ISBN: 9991705953

Price: BND 20

 (Language and Literature Bureau-Royal Brunei Catering)

Published in celebration of his Majestys 62^nd birthday, the book is a celebration of Brunei best restaurants. The State Mufti verified the Halal status of the ingredients. It includes recipes from: Airport Restaurant, Seasons Restaurants, Dynasty Restaurant, Amigos Cats, Emperors Court Restaurant, and RBC Aircraft Catering Center.

 2.-Ivory Coast - Special Award of the Jury

 La Cuisine Libanaise

 Recettes, Stylisme et Preparation: Badia Ghaddar

Photos: Nabil Zorkot

(Editions Profoto)

Taboulé, falafel, shish taouk and kibbé are some of the famous Lebanese recipes that

 Badia Ghaddar shares with the people from Ivory Coast.

 3.-Jordan – Special Award of the jury

 The Land and the Table

  Cecil Hourani

  ISBN: 978 1903018262

  144 Pages, 10 Pounds

  (Elliott and Thompson)

This is a unique book about Jordan food by the expert Cecil Hourani, an excellent cook

with a staggering knowledge of the complexities of Jordan mix of cultures.

Published in 2006, this is the reference book for food in Jordan.

 4.-Lebanon – Special Award of the Jury

  ManOushé

  Barbara Massaad

  With Raymond Yazbeck

  Photos: Barbara Massaad

  (Barbara Massaad)

  The author is the founding member of Slow Food Beirut.

 5.-Finland

Best Single Subject Cookbook in the World

Mämmi

Ahmed Ladarsi

ISBN: 978 952494 1709

www.perhemediat.fi

 (Perhemediat)

Mämmi is a very special dessert from Finland made from rye flour seasoned with dark molasses.

The Tunisian-born Ahmed Ladarsi, the former chef at the Italian Embassy in Helsinki, founded

 the Society for Mämmi and presents more than 100 ways to cook with it.

 6.-Tunisia

 Best Mediterranean Cuisine Book in the World

 Natives Olivenöl

  Viktoria Hassouna

  ISBN: 978 3833483455

  www.ksar-ezzit.com

  (Book on Demand)

The author is the owner with her husband of one of the biggest organic olive plantations in Tunisia. This is the first book on the olive oil tradition of Tunisia, in German, English and French.

3- ARGENTINA

In preparation to coming as  the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2010, Argentina rises to fourth country in the world for winning Best in the World Awards at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2009. Argentina will also celebrate the Bicentennial of their Declaration of Independence, in 2010.

Mafaldas father Quino is world famous. He received the top awards for Best Illustrations in the World for La Aventura del Comer, The Adventure of Eating.

 Best Food Book Illustration in the World

La Aventura de Comer

Quino

(Ediciones de la Flor)

Everything funny, and at times horrifying, about the ceremony of eating, in public and in private.

This new book of December 30, 2007 is his first since 2004.

19 Countries were competing in this category.

Argentina has one of the best markets in the world for Food Television, in quality, and audience. The star is now Narda Lepes, who wins the top award for television celebrity chef cookbook in the world.

Best Television Celebrity Chef Cookbook in the World

Comer y Pasarla Bien

Narda Lepes

Photos: Eduardo Torres

(Planeta)

Narda Lepes is the leading celebrity chef on Argentinas television. Eduardo Torres is

One of the best food photographers in the world.

Countries were competing in this category.

-In the desserts book category, for several years, Gourmand Awards have been rewarding the elite of Pastry chefs worldwide, such as Oriol Balaguer and Paco Torreblanca of Spain, Young Mo Kim of Korea, Mateuz Kmet of Slovenia, Pierre Herme, Fréderic Bau and Fréderic Robert of France. This year, at a time of crisis, the top award goes to a book for the general public: sweets are now really needed for  comfort.

The Winner  for Best Desserts Book in the World is:

 Best Desserts Book in the World

Caramelo

Roberto Goni

Fotos: Ariel Gutraich

ISBN: 978 987 5649583

(Utilisima)

Excellent step by step Photography. The author teaches pastry and directs the hospitality School IG San Telmo .

Countries were competing in this category.

Finally, Argentina has a true gastronomy of its own, with local development of specific products.

Argentina wins Second Place for Best in the World for Best Health and Nutrition Book.

Repostería y Panadería con Chía

Vilma Lo Presti

Fotógrafo: Osvaldo Salandría

ISBN: 978 987 0800620

(Editorial de los Cuatro Vientos)

Chía is believed be originally South America. The seed is very rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. It is in the process of application before the European Union authorities to be considered as  a novel food. So this book is timely and important.

31 Countries were competing in this category

4 – AUSTRALIA

Australia wins three Second Places this year at the Gourmand Awards. Most of the 102 participating countries would be pleased with that result, but it is less than what Australia has been winning in past year. Australia has been a world leader in cookbooks and wine books, and has influenced the whole sector with its design, photography and content.

1.-COOKBOOKS

- Australian cookbooks have recipes that are truly reliable and tested. In the most difficult category, with 54 countries competing, and Australian cookbook wins Second Place For Best in the world.

Second Place for Best Easy Recipes Cookbook in the World

The Blue Ribbon Cookbook

Liz  Harfull

ISBN: 978 1862547926

(Wakefield Press)

All the recipes won blue ribbons at the Royal Adelaide Show and Country Shows.

The winner in this category is Spanish Chef Xavier Gutierrez. The jury gave first place to an individual author, rather than to the multiple contributors of the Australian cookbook. But all cookbooks are in fact

 the work of a team, including the writer, the editor, the photographer, the art director, the printer, and others.

Publisher Viking from Australia is one of the few around the world publishing year after year very high quality but practical cookbooks on foreign cuisines, they win Second Place in Best in the World for French Cuisine for:

Second Place – Best French Cuisine Book in the World

At my French Table

Jane Webster

Photographer: Nikole Ramsay

(Viking)

Jane Webster is the owner of the French Table tour company and cookery school. Some years ago, she left Melbourne for an old Chateau in Normandie.

There were 11 Countries competing in that category, the German winner being the 9 volume reference

 work on the Prince  of gastronomy, Curnonsky.

2.-WINE BOOKS

A great title is sure to catch the eye of readers, if the content has the corresponding quality.

This is the case of:

 Second Best Book in the World on New World Wines

Why the French Hate Us

Campbell Mattinson

  (Hardie Grant)

A celebration of Australian Wines and their success in exports. Actually the French do love Australia, one of their dream destinations for culinary tourism. As this book shows, the Australians and the French have learned much from each other in the wine sector.

It gets Second Place for Best New World Drink Book in the World, the winner being Firewater, South African Brandy, a world class reference book on this subject, also recognized as one of the 3 Best Drinks Book in the World.

There were 8 countries competing in this category.

5.- AUSTRIA WINS IN PARIS!

Austria wins only 3 Medals this year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. It is much less than usual, for instance last year it won 4 Gold. Austria is an important country in the world of food, for its sweets, its regional foods, and its wines. It also has top quality publishers.

Trauner is recognized worldwide for its serious reference books. It gets a Silver Medal as Second Best in the World for Professional Book, for reception.

 Second Best Book in the World for Food Professionals

Rezeption

Frontofficemanagement im Hotel. With CD-Rom

Peter Wölfl

Christine Ruetz

Fritz Knoll

Christian Merl

Ernst Khom

Ines Weissen Steiner-Wiessler

(Trauner)

The Gad Gold Medal, from the German academy of gastronomy.

 There were 17 Countries competing in this category.

Publisher Vinothek Verlag is one of the Best in the World for wine books, focusing nearly each year on wine book only. The Director Rudolf Lantschbauer is also an excellent photographer, with an excellent sense for marketing and book trends.

Best Wine Book in the World

 Sauvignon Blanc

 Rudolf Lantschbauer – Sepp L.Barwirsch

(Vinothek Verlag)

This book receives a Silver Medal for Second Best Wine Book of the year in the World. There were 13 Countries competing in this category.

Finally, Austria is also great in publishing thanks to its regional publishers, and beer. Se it is no surprisethat an Austrian book about beer won Third Place against 10 other countries competing in the beer book category.

Third Place Best Beer Book in the World

Knödel in allen Variationen

Kochen und Genießen mit Bier

Martin Sieberer, mit Traudi Sigwart, Hannes Ebster und Thomas Grander

Fotos: Christa Engstler

ISBN: 978 3 702229795

(Tyrolia)

Knödel and Beer are a very traditional combination in Tyrol

6.- BELGIUM  WINS IN PARIS!

Belgium is the Winner!

There were 102 countries participating this year in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Belgium culinary publishing has a good year for Medals, progressing from 16^{th with 3 to 8th} with 7 this year, including 2 Best in the World, plus Best Wine Publisher of the Year.

This is a tribute to the quality of Belgian writing and publishing, and Belgian gastronomy expertise.

1.-Cookbooks

A Belgium book is Second Best in the World for all categories, with 102 countries competing.

Best Cookbook

Matière Chocolat

Stephane Leroux

Photos: Jean Pierre Gabriel

Design: Jurgen Persijn, Yacine Saïd

(Françoise Blouard)

The book is published for the 20^th Anniversary of Belcolade. The author is technical advisor at Belcolade, and a teacher at Ecole Superieure Nationale de la Patisserie in Yssingeaux, France.

This book was the star of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair in March, and again at the London Book Fair in April. It was the focus of strong interest by publishers from Southern Europe, the Middle East, and Far East Asia.

Belgium also wins as Best Book in the World for Chocolate, with 14 Countries competing in this category.

 Best Chocolate Book in the World

The Roots of Chocolate, Expedition in Mexico

Dominique Persoone

Photos: Jean Pierre Gabriel

 (Françoise Blouard)

The other Best in the World  for Belgium is for the book that won Best Book in Belgium in December 2008 at the Salon du Livre Gourmand in Brussels. At the Gourmand awards, it wins the category Food Literature as Best Book in the World for the quality of the food writing of author Marc Declerq.

Best Food Literature Book in the World

De Primeurs

Marc Declercq

Chef : Patrick Caignau

Photos: Ivan Put

(Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, Fontaine)

Interesting design in this book by the chef of the restaurant Aubergine, located in Theux, Belgium.

There were 21 Countries competing in this category for food writers.

One of the most important and difficult categories is Cookbook Series. This year 29 Countries were competing. It is the category where the talent and experience of the publisher is the key. It can be fundamental for interesting foreign rights and translation deals. Belgium won third Best in the World for Cookbook Series with:

Third Best Series of Food Books in the World

Je Cuisine Malin 1 + 2

Slim Koken 1 + 2

Marie Claire Quittelier

Photos: Tom Swalens

(Food Bai Food)

In collaboration with  Carrefour Belgique. The recipes follow the guidelines of the Belgian Cardiologica League and the National Health Plan. In French or Flemish.

2.- Wine Book

Publisher Lannoo Belgium won the most important awards as Best Wine Book Publisher of the Year.

The award values the series of books  Matching Wine and various foods including.

 Vegetables (2002)

Cheese (2004) Fish (2006)

Meat (2006)

Desserts (2008)

The main writer for these books is Marc Declercq, winner of this years in the World Courmand Awards for Food Writing.

7.- BRAZIL WINS IN PARIS!

- With 7 medals, Brazil is now part of the first 10 countries among the 102 countries which competed this year  in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in number of Medals. It was ranked 19^{th last year.}

- This year it wins two Best in the World.

1.- For wine books, it gets the top award as Best Wine Education Book in the World.

Best Wine Education Book in the World

Borbulhas

Tudo sobre Champanhe e Espumantes

Aguinaldo Záckia Albert

(Senac)

Bubles, everything about champagne and sparkling wines.

Brazil is now a key wine market in the world, with excellent wine magazines. Wines books and guides, and talented wine writers. There 18 Countries competing in this category.

2.- For cookbooks, it wins the top award for Best Foreign Cookbook in the World with:

Best Foreign Cookery Book in the World

Gula dAfrica

O Sabor Africano na Mesa Brasileira

Flávia Portela

(Senac DF)

In this very interesting book, Flávia Portela shows, among other examples, how feijoada can be considered as a legacy of the black slaves. Many African recipes have been included thanks to a Cooperation with the Embassies in Brazil. The book is part of the Cara y Cultura Negra project.

This program is supported in Brasil by the Fundo National de Cultura, Ministerio da Cultura, as well as Fundaçao Cultural Palmares, and SEPPIR for equal race opportunity, for the presidency of Brasil.

There were 26 Countries competing in this category of the Gourmand Awards.

Brazil also wins two second place.

1.- The reference books on cooking for kidney patients are published in Brazil. Besides the excellent book based upon Portuguese cookery, the jury gave the awards for Second Best Health Book in the World to the cookbook about Japanese and Brazilian foods.

Second Best health and Nutrition Book in the World

 A Cozinha e a Terapia Renal

 Sabores do Japao e do Brasil

Carmen Tzanno Branco Martins

Bárbara M.M.Biavo

Fotógrafo: Marcelo de Breyne

(RCN Editora)

The authors are nutritionists, chefs, nephrologists and nurses.

There were 31 Countries competing in this categor2.- Nearly every year Brazil is well placed in the world competition for Food Literature, thanks to a number of talented writers.

This year it wins Second Place for Best Food Literature in the World with:

Second Best Food Literature Book in the World

Brasil Bom de Boca

Temas de Antropologia de Alimentaçao

Raul Lody

Illustrations: Suzana de Bonis

(Senac)

Raul Lody gives his open-minded conception of cuisine: for him, Brazil has an excellent gastronomy because of its ethnic melting pot, and because of the diversity of the country.

There were 21 Countries competing in this category.

3.- Brazil has a long tradition of great women chefs. It gets a Bronze Medal for Third Best Women Chef Book in the World.

Third Best Woman Chef Book

Cozinhar é Preciso

A História e as Recetas Portuguesas de Henriqueta Henriques e da Gruta do Santo Antônio

Henriqueta Henriques

Fotos: Alexander Landau

(Senac-Rio de Janeiro)

Henriqueta Henriques is the owner of the restaurant Portugal Pequeño in Niteroi.

There were 11 Countries competing in this category.

4.- Brazil is Honoured by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for two exceptional books

- Special Awards of the Jury

Arte de Cozinha – 1680

Domingos Rodrigues

Food Photographer: Sergio Pagano

(Senac Rio de Janeiro)

The reprint of the first Portuguese language cookery book, published for the 200^th Anniversary of the arrival of D.Joao and the Royal Family in Rio de Janeiro.

Best Fund Raising Cookbook of the year. This year the Gourmand Awards want to stress the importance of cookbooks for charity by giving top ranking to six books, the Best in the World, from a total of 19 competing countries.

Best Fund Raising Cookbook in the World

A Cozinha Sertaneja

Silvia Correa Petreuol

(Institute Valente)

In the United States, there now are probably more cookbooks published for charity than for any other reason. Some sell big quantities, in the US, or other countries, such as Malaysia where Chef Wan has sold over 150.000 copies of his charity cookbook.

8.- BRUNEI  WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time, Brunei wins an award at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The awards have taken place in Kuala Lumpur (2006), Beijing (2007), London (2008). This year in Paris, on July 1, the event was at the historical theatre La Comédie Française, next to the Louvre and Palais Royal.

This year Brunei wins a Special Award of the Jury, a very high honour, for:

Special Award of the Jury

Collection of recipes Volume 2

Barnitus Ang, HJ Omar Ali HJ Mohd Daud

Photos: Mohammad Rezuan Hj Jamach

HJ Mahaddi Hj Mat Zain

ISBN: 9991705953

(Language and Literature Bureau-Royal Brunei Catering)

Published in celebration of his Majestys 62^nd birthday, the State Mufti verified the Halal status of all ingredients. It includes recipes from: Airport Restaurant, Seasons Restaurants, Dynasty Eestaurant, Amigos Cats, Emperors Court Restaurant, and RBC Aircraft Catering Center.

Brunei will continue promoting its food for tourism through cookbooks. The Language and Literature Bureau of Brunei has now signed two contracts to publish new Brunei cookbooks later in  2009.

Coconuts and Kelupis

By Siti Radah  Merrett, in english

Warisan Ummi

By Moza Shuffinaz Binti Haji Mohammad

The above three cookbooks deserve a wide distribution across South East Asia and the rest of the world, where they can get much attention.

9.- BULGARIA WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time Bulgaria wins at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. 102 countries participated this year. The results were announced in Paris at the historical theater La Comédie Française, next to le Louvre and Palais-Royal.

 The awards are yearly, to reward those who cook with words .Previous Gourmand Awards events took place in Kuala Lumpur (2006), Beijing (2007), London (2008).

 The winner for Bulgaria gets a second place in the competition for books with a corporate partner. There were 18 Countries competing in this category, and Bulgaria wins Second Best in the World Corporate Cookbook.

Second Best Corporate Book in the World

Live and Cook with Methane Gas

Uti Bachvarov

(Overgas)

Easy, cheap, quick and tasty recipes by Uti Bachvarov, the famous T.V. chef from Bulgaria.

Star television celebrity chef Uti Bachvarov visited personally the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2008.

He met the Gourmand team there for the first time, and was given a guide tour through the 200m² of the cookbook exhibition with close to a thousand books.

Over 20 cookbooks from Bulgaria participated in the competition at the Best in the World level, thanks to publishers Economedia, Kolhida, Homo Futurus, Colibri. The books by Ivelina Ivanova were highly valued  by the International Jury, they did not win this year, but maybe later!

There is more and more serious knowledge of the importance of food for tourism in Bulgaria.

The Jury singled out the books by Intermenu International Academy for Culinary Tourism courses, by Assen Tchuchev. Even though the original editions date now from several years ago, they are very valuable books, with international quality level.

10.-CAMBODIA WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time Cambodia wins a Best Book in the World Award at the yearly Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The book wins in the Best Asian Cuisine Book category, where 22 countries were competing:

- From Spiders to Water Lilies

Gustav Auer, Sok Chhong

(Romdeng Restaurant-Friends International)

All proceeds from the sale of this book go towards Friends Internationals Projects for vulnerable and marginalised children and youth. Romdeng trains them to find gainful employments. Sok Chhong was a former street kid who is now head chef and trainer at Romdeng.

The book is also one of the 5 Best in the World in the Fund Raising and Charity Cookbooks category, where 21 countries were competing this year. Raising money through the sales of cookbooks is now popular worldwide.

11.-CANADA WINS IN PARIS!

Canada wins 6 medals this year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards against 10 last year. 102 countries entered books.

The best in the world winner this year is for Foreign Cookery, encouraging one of the many small independent publishers from Canada, who manages to be well distributed internationally:

- Take the Taste of Greece with You

Litsa Bolontzakis

(Humming Bird Publications)

Litsa Bolontzakis published Boukia Boukia in Greece. She can be considered as one of the builders of the cultural bridge between Greece and Canada.

There were 26 countries competing in this category.

Canada takes second place for best in the world in two categories.

 In the Fish and Seafood category:

- A Good Catch: Sustainable Seafood

Recipes from Canadas top chefs

Jill Lambert

(Douglas McIntyre)

The ocean has its limits that we must respect. So, if you love fish and seafood, consider the origin of your meal. Traps or nets? Jill Lambert shows how we can enjoy this delicious specialties while preserving the sea.

 There were 18 countries competing in this category.

And in the Local Cookbooks, a category in which Canada has been very successful in the past:

- Niagara Cooks, from Farm to Table

Lynn Ogryzlo

(Epulum Books)

There were 30 countries competing, being second is a great achievement.

Canada takes third place in three categories:

For Chinese Cookery:

- Beyond the Great Wall

Jeffrey Alford

Naomi Duguid

(Random House Canada- Workman US)

This is a new culinary map of China. The authors live in Toronto, but they first met in Tibet. Stories and recipes from the most ethnically diverse regions of China. There were 12 countries competing. This book is fundamental, entertaining and well written. However this year the international jury preferred books with easy recipes to make at home in this category, in the two books that are ahead of this one.

In the Illustration category, there were 19 countries competing. The winner is Quino, the father of Mafalda, from Argentina, for his latest book on eating. Canada takes third place with:

- Les Bonbons Au Miel

Serie Mandarine et Kiwi

Laïla Héloua

Illustrations: Nathalie Lapierre

(Bayard Canada)

In this nice little book for the youngest gourmands, Mandarine and Kiwi discover the world of honey.

The Barbecue category is very important, as it is through barbecue that today many come to cooking. There were 8 countries competing in that category, where Canada wins third place:

- Napoleons Everyday Gourmet

Ted Reader

(Key Porter)

Grilling with gas or charcoal.

12.-CHINA WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have now announced the official results of their competition. This year 102 countries participated. The awards event took place at La Comédie Française, the historical theatre of King Louis XIV, founded by Molière, next to Louvre and Palais Royal.

The cookbooks published in China show a great progress in the quality, content and design, and now many reach world level. There is much demand for Chinese cuisine books outside China. It is always considered as one of the two best cuisines in the world.

1.- COOKBOOKS

The international jury chose to reward the three best big cookbook publishers in China for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards:

China Light Industry Press

Qingdao Publishing

Jilin Scientific and Technical Press

The best small publisher is Mr. Zhang Ren Qing of Chinese Food Culture. He worked for years for one of the above publishers, then set up his own business, producing for over 10 years an average of 20 cookbooks per year. The plan for 2009 is 23 different books.

He receives a Special Award of the Jury, for a special timely book:

Beijing Olympics 2008 and Food

Chinese Food Culture

Zhang Ren Qing

ISBN 978 7543648425

238 Pages, all in colour, 80 Y

Qishan5212@163.com

(Qingdao Publishing

The first part is the Chinese chefs creations for the Olympics, the second the recipes for the athletes during the event, the third Olympics colours recipes for health. This book could be Useful for the London Olympic in 2012.

 As Best in the World in the Tea category a book that could easily be exported and translated into other languages to spread Chinese tea culture around the world, with a friendly approach:

Easy to Drink

Green Tea

By Quing Chuan Ye Yu

(CHLIP)

 The authors favourite phrase is Tea is easy for people.

China publishes more books about tea than the rest of the world combined. The quality of these books is often outstanding.

 China took Second Place for Best in the World in a new category that is rising fast, books published as magazines. This new trend is very successful in Japan and Europe, where it is called Bookazines, book plus magazine:

Mook

Beijing Snacks-Chi Er

(CHLIP)

First mook (magazine + book) by CHLIP.

 China printing was honoured for the first time for the printing of so many international cookbooks. The Midas Printing company works from Hong Kong, with the printing plants in mainland China. Hachette, the publisher of the book, is the most important in Europe, for its magazines and books. It is also the world leader in cookbooks, and has received more prizes from the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards than any publisher. It started in France where it has been the number one for decades:

Midas Printing

Épices

Bruno Jarry

Photos: Thomas Dhellemmes

(Hachette Pratique)

Very elegant book about spices, with excellent photography by Thomas Dhellemes.

 The Chinese have one of   the best cuisines in the world. They also understand and write about the other great one, French cuisine. A Chinese essay and food literature books wins Third Best in the World on French Cuisine:

Paris as a Pretext

Decouverte de lEurope dans la lecture agréable

He Nong (Renaud)

(Citic)

Renaud has been correspondent for the Guangming Daily for two years in Paris. He speaks French, and organizes tours. His book applies Confucius concepts to compare Chinese and Latin behaviors in life, including food, sex, origins and character. He came back to Europe in June 2009 to become press correspondent for Europe in Brussels, Belgium. Maybe he will write again about food, or wines, as he is also one of the most experienced wine experts oenophile in China.

2.- Wine

The quality of Chinese wine writers is now established and honoured internationally. They have to travel often, wine writing needs much experience and talent.

 China wins Best in the World for Tourism Book with:

L´Esprit de ma cave à vin – The Soul of my Cellar

CHI Chung Chan (Chantal) & CHI Shao Jen (Noel)

(Shanghai Cultural Press)

Visiting 300 vineyards in 5 regions in France, Alsace, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Champagne, Vallée du Rhone.

The wine expert authors live in Shanghai, and travel often to Europe. Wine tourism is one of the best ways to discover the culture and lifestyle of other countries. For the wineries, the best may get one third of their profits from wine tourism.

 Another Chinese wine writer is rewarded with a Third Place for Best in the World for            French Wines:

Aromas in the Kingdom of Wine

Yang Qi

(CHLIP)

The author has 40 years experience with French wines. He was a senior correspondent with Xinhua News Agency in France.

3.- Books written by Foreigners

There are numerous excellent books written by foreigners about China cuisine.

Here is the ranking this year for the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards:

- Best in the world (Greece)

Chinese Cuisine

Vangelis Driskas

(Patakis)

Vangelis Driskas came back from China with lots of ideas and memories. At the same time, Andreas Efsthatiou took some excellent pictures that really show the Chinese reality.

- Second Best in the World (UK)

Chinese Food Made Easy

Healthy Recipes with Easy to find Ingredients

Ching-He Huang

(Harper Collins)

BBC2 Television star, after Fuge fresh salad company and Tzu healthy drinks. Second book, after China Modern.

- Third Best in the World (Canada & USA) – Two Books

Beyond the Great Wall

Jeffrey Alford

Naomi Duguid

(Random House Canada- Workman US)

This is a new culinary map of China. The authors live in Toronto, but they first met in Tibet. Stories and recipes from the most ethnically diverse regions of China.

Serve the People – A Stir Fried Journey Through China

Jen Lin-Liu

(Harcourt)

Chinese-American Lin-Liu is a journalist who lived in Beijing and Shanghai. She was the food editor of Time Out Beijing, and learned cooking at Hualian Cooking School in Beijing. Black Sesame Kitchen is her Cooking School in Beijing.

There were many other excellent cookbooks published around the world:

AUSTRIA - Zhouzhuang, Number one water town of China - Siegmund Kahlbacher -

Rudolf Lantschbauer - (Vinothek)

FRANCE - La Cuisine Chinoise - Anne Cécile Fichaux -  (Dormonval)

JAPAN - Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya - Yuji Wakiya - (Kodansha International)

MALAYSIA - Fresh Ingredients - Eu Hooi-Khaw - (Marshall Cavendish)

PORTUGAL - Sabores da China - Margarida M.Pereira-Müller - (Colares)

SINGAPORE - Cooking Classics China - Yeo Kian Tiong - (Marshall Cavendish)

SWEDEN - Kina - Matens rike - Linlin - (Bilda)

China is the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, October 2009. It is pursuing a policy

 of cultural openness, and has set up a programme to provide funding for translations.

Li Dong Dong, the Deputy Minister from the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has said China in Frankfurt 2009 would be the Olympic of books. The Gourmand stand in Frankfurt will have this year a special focus on China food and wine books. Every year for the past three years, Gourmand has had a stand of 135 m² to 200 m² with the largest selection from past winners of the Gourmand Awards.

13.- COLOMBIA WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time a Colombian book about spirits gets a top award at the Gourmand Awards. The prize was announced in Paris at the Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre. 102 Countries entered books in the competition this year.

There were 25 Countries competing for Spirits and Cocktails books. Colombia won Best in the World for Cocktail Book.

Best Spirits Book in the World

Un Instante, Un Cóctel, Un Bocado

María Lía Neira Restrepo

Fotógrafo: Jorge González Gutiérrez

(MNR Comunicaciones)

Christmas gift for Almacenes Éxito

The award was handed on the stage of the theater to author María Lía Neira Restrepo, by the President and Founder of the Gourmand Awards, Edouard Cointreau. He knows cocktails and spirits well, as he is the great grandson of another Edouard Cointreau, who invented the secret recipe for the world famous orange drink. The evening was sponsored by family brands Cognac Frapin and Champagne Gosset, which entertain the happy guests at the cocktail party after the awards.

14.-CROATIA WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time, a wine book from Croatia wins at the Gourmand Awards. It was announced on July 1^st at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre in Paris.

The Croatian took Third Place in a competition of nine countries for the Best Book in the World on European Wines:

- Dingac. Prica o Velikom Hrvatskom Vinu

The story of a great Croatian wine

(Golden Marketing Tehnicka Knjiga)

Dingac is one of the most famous Croatian wines.

The jury recognized the importance for wine culture of quality reference books such as this one.

15.- DENMARK  WINS IN PARIS!

Denmark achieves tenth among the best food and wine publishers in the world in 2009, after reaching the same level in 2008. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were announced in Paris on July 2,  2009 at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière next to the Louvre.

1.-Cookbooks

Denmark won a Special Award for its historical masterpiece:

Special Awards of the Jury

Kokkebogen

The Cookbook

Editor: Karen Agerbæk

Layout: Nils Thobo-Carlsen

 (Erhvervsskolernes)

The first edition came in 1936 and this 6^th version is totally revised.

Denmark has done well in recent years in the Fish and Seafood Books category. This year it wins Third Place for Best in the World, with 10 Countries competing in this difficult category.

Third Place for Best Fish and Seafood Book in the World

God fisk let at lave

Good Fish – Easy to Prepare

Kirsten Høgh Fogt

Marianne Kastberg

Photos: Jesper Glyrskov

 (Lindhardt og Ringhof)

This book is based on classical easy Danish fish recipes, produced in collaboration with the Danish Teachers Society.

The design and content of Danish cookbooks is among the very best in the world. This is best seen in one of the most important categories for publishers: the series. In the category for series this year, there were 29 Countries competing. Denmark won Second place in this Best in the World competition.

This Danish cookbook series are excellent smaller books, all of the same format, at low reasonable cost for high quality content. These books should get good international sales in translations and foreign rights.

 Second Place for Best Series of Food Books in the World

Lene Hanssons

Kogebog

 Fisk og skaldyr

 Salater

 Supper

 Slank og sund på 8 uger

 Desserter

 Juicer og smoothies

 Pasta

Photos: Jesper Glyrskov

Layout: Sisterbrandt

(Lindhardt og Ringhof)

Lene Hanssons is a television celebrity chef with nine cookbooks since 2004.

The books are based on recipes that are correctly combined to aid digestion and wellbeing.

2.-Wine Books

Denmark has become a very important market for wine, and wine books. It has knowledgeable wine drinkers who want to read serious and reliable books and guides.

Fortunately Denmark has some excellent wine writers with years of experience in the category or French wine book, Denmark wins Third Place for Best in the World, with nine countries competing.

Third Place for Best Book on French Wine in the World

Vinene fra Bourgogne

Søren Frank

Photo: Robin Skjoldborg

ISBN: 978 871 1313 541

(Lindhardt og Ringhof)

Søren Frank writes about wine in Berlingske Tidende. He is one of the most famous wine

journalists in Denmark.

Denmark wins also Third place for Best Wine Education Book in the World, in a very difficult competition between 18 Countries.

Third Place for Best Wine Education Book in the World

Vinbogen – en verden af vin

The Wine Book – A World of Wine

Tore Scheel

Maps Andre Devald

(Erhvervsskuleres Forlag)

Denmark is one of the countries where now wine drinkers are multiplying the fastest. Wine education books are very much needed, such as this one, which could well be adapted for other countries.

This book is excellent for non drinker, while it is an entertaining reference book, well researched and written, for experienced wine drinkers.

16.- THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time a culinary book from the Dominican Republic is among the 3 Best in the World at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Juan B. Nina takes Third Place for Best Food Literature for:

Best Food Literature Book in the World

Diccionario Gastronómico Dominicano

Juan B.Nina

Correción de Estilo: Nery Ciprian

(Mediabyte-Fundación para la Educación y el Arte)

Juan B.Nina is an expert of Dominican Cuisine who looks for the popular roots and the history of this colorful tradition.

There were 21 Countries competing in this category.

The awards were announced July 2, 2009 at Comèdie Française, the theatre of Molière next to the Louvre. Enrique Caminero, the Vice Consul of the Dominican Republic in Paris represented Juan B, Nina in this glamorous event.

17.-EGYPT WINS IN PARIS!

Cookbooks have an excellent market in Egypt, both for the national market, and for tourists in various languages. The books can be excellent.

At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, Egypt won the award for Best in the World for Culinary History:

- Ancient Egyptian Recipes

Revised and introduced by Prof.Abd Halim Nour El Din

Magda Mehdawy

Amr Hussein

(AMR Hussein-Magda Mehdawy)

 The English translation of this book has already been prepared to offer foreign rights.

It was the most difficult category for the international jury this year, given the high quality of the books from 29 countries in the competition in this category.

The quality of Egyptian cookbooks is now recognized. At the Abu Dhabi Book fair in March 2009, cookbooks from Egypt were the focus of much attention. Author Magda Mehdawy was also very happy with her visit to the London Book Fair in April, where her books were exhibited at the LBF/Gourmand Cookbook Corner.

19.-THE CULINARY WORLD COMES TO  PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards give every year an opinion on the status of French cookbooks and wine books compared to other countries. This year 102 countries participated and the number of French winners progressed, taking France from the 4^th place in 2008 to the second place in 2009. It seems the quality of French books is improving.

The Gourmand Awards took place this year in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006). So this year France was competing on their home ground. This Awards event was a glamorous show as always, this time at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière.

The quantity of culinary books published in France is very large, as in 2008. Some 1500 titles were published, more than half of the production of the United States, with a much smaller population for France. It is true that in the US a large quantity of cookbooks are published without ISBN, for fund raising and charity purposes.

 1.-THE TROPHIES

The two most important Awards that France won in the competition give a clue to its success in the sector.

First, France won the first award for Best Book Trade Magazine in the World. Livres Hebdo is now recognized everywhere as the best. Its articles, surveys, even the design are copied worldwide. Only the German or Swedish Book Trade magazines can compare to the French weekly in the exhaustive coverage of the book business, including investigative reporting, opinions, sector surveys. Livres Hebdo leads the sector.

Second, small publisher Editions de lEpure won Best Cookbook Publisher in the World. Publisher Sabine Bucquet-Grenier has created a brand with a deep backlist with books that are as practical as beautiful. French cookbook publishing has a wide number of independent small publishers who can survive with ingenuity and creativity as well as big publishers who dominate sales. The only other French publishers to have won this award in the past are Larousse and Editions Alain Ducasse. At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards this year, small publishers from all countries won two thirds of the awards. This fact backs the current assumption that small publishers are building for the future after the crisis, while big publishers are retreating trying to save their established positions.

2.-Special Awards

 GRAND PRIX DE LA GASTRONOMIE FRANÇAISE

Osez!

Lantimanuel de Cuisine

de Juliette et Jean Marie Baudic

Photographies: Amaury Grisel

Préfaces: Pierre Gagnaire, Patrick Jeffroy

ISBN: 978 2917008034

(Menu Fretin)

Jean-Marie Baudic has learned from chefs such as Patrick Jeffroy and Pierre Gagnaire.

 He presents his innovative recipes with his wife, who is in charge of the desserts at their restaurant in Saint-Brieuc.

Le Prix des Etudiants de lEcole Le Cordon Bleu Paris 

Dico Dumas

Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine

DAlexandre Dumas

Préface de Pascal Ory

ISBN: 978 2917009041

(Menu Fretin)

Impressive gastronomical encyclopedia by the author of Les Trois Mousquetaires or Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, a real reference with the talent of the master.

Special Awards

Cinema and Cookbook

La Sauce Etait Presque Parfaite

 80 Recettes daprès Alfred Hitchcock

Anne Martinetti

François Rivière

Photos: Philippe Asset

ISBN: 978 286642534

(Cahiers du Cinema)

With these 80 recipes inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, Les Cahiers du Cinéma publish their first cookbook

Photography and Cookbook

FIPC –

The First Festival of Food Photography will take place November 6-15, 2009 in Paris, organized by its founder and president, Jean Pierre Stefan, with Edouard Cointreau as President of the Jury.

Two books herald this FIPC as an ouverutre. Both are by photographers who are also authors and art directors of their books.

Food Photo

Patrick Rougereau

ISBN: 295257635

(Éditions du Studio Rougereau)

Humor and fashion are the main ingredients of Patrick Rougereau, a surprising photographer who self-published this excellent book.

Decadent Desserts

Cristina de Vogue

Photos: Thomas Dhellemmes

(Flammarion-Rizzoli)

The last Special Award for France underlines the importance of the Appelation System for French Cheeses, (AOC) which has been followed by most other cheese countries now. France had a leadership for artisanal cheeses, which is being challenged now. The same process happened to wines, with several years difference.

La Boite à Fromages

39 Livres – 60 Fromages

215 Recettes – 40 AOC

Stephane Reynaud

Illustrations de Jose Reis de Matos

Photographies: Frederic Lucano

Conception du modèle originale : Marabout et Jose Reis de Matos

Imprimé en Chine par Leo Paper Products Ltd

ISBN: 978 2201058643

(Marabout)

Its fun presentation  has been a real success in France for Christmas 2008.

3.-COOKBOOKS – THE BEST IN THE WORLD

The quality of the French cookbooks is linked to its great chefs and great products as well as its experienced big and small publishers who do not hesitate to invest in long term projects.

Best Chef Book  in the World

Anton-Le Pré Catelan

Frédéric Anton

Chihiro Masui

Photos: Richard Haughton

ISBN: 978 2 723466950

354 Pages, 75 Euros

(Glenat)

With an outstanding design, innovatives recipes and very few texts, the first book by chef Frédéric Anton surprised the french market.

Twenty nine countries were competing. There have been four French chefs winners in this category for books published in France in past years: Jacques Chibois, Alain Dutournier, Regis Marcon, Philippe Conticini.

 Best Woman Chef Book in the World

Women chefs books have had their own category since 2003, when Lea Linster won. This year 11 countries competed in this category. Anne Sophie Pic already won this category in 2004

Recettes pour recevoir : Leçon de cuisine

Anne-Sophie Pic

ISBN: 978-2012375987

120 Pages, 15 Euros

(Hachette Pratique)

Entertaining tips by the three Michelin stars Chef Anne-Sophie Pic.

Best Fish Book in the World

French chefs techniques are applied worldwide. André J.Cointreau, the President of Le Cordon Bleu Schools says there are only two techniques for chefs in the world: the Chinese and the French techniques.

Découpes et Savoir-Faire du Poissonnier

Franck Marie, Simon Boblin

Préface: Michel Bruneau

ISBN: 978 2915 762280

(Orep)

Everything a fishmonger needs to know is today revealed by Franck Marie and Simon Boblin.

With their book, cutting fish becomes easier.

Best Cheese  Book in the World

Small publisher Jean Paul Rocher publishes year after year gems for his fans: he is a cult publisher. He has very strong opinions on food products, from Cheese to Wine, and the impact of health. He has been for years at the forefront of the winning trends, with talented authors who are writers first and foremost. His backlist is a treasure.

Le Fromage, cest toute une Histoire

Petite Encyclopédie du Bon Fromage

Michel Bouvier

Préface de Hervé Mons, MOF

ISBN: 978 2917411131

(Jean Paul Rocher, Editeur)

After 20 years studiying wine history in the region of Luberon, Michel Bouvier decided to show howcheese can still be artisanal.

Best Food Sector Corporate Book in the World

After the Chefs, their techniques and the products, it is the support of the appliances and suppliers of the food sector that sustain the success of the large production of cookbooks in France.

Les Indispensables de Mastrad

Terrines, Mousses, Poissons

Jean Claude Fascina

Anne Laure Nabat

Photos: Julien Bouvet

ISBN: 978 2 953 196306

(Mastrad)

The chef Jean Claude Fascina presents some excellent recipes to do with the useful Mastrad tools.

 Best Fund Raising Cookbook in the World

APCIG, the French Culinary Writers Association is fundamental for the whole cookbook sector. French food magazines are extremely successful with the public, with a double digit growth rate in past years when other types of magazines were stagnant or losing ground. This has been a great help for the cookbook market.

Charity cookbooks are still unusual in France, and APCIG is leading the way.

Les Critiques aux Fourneaux

APCIG

Préface de Joel Robuchon

Illustrations : Michel Bridenne

ISBN: 978 2847841831

(Quatre  Chemins)

All authors proceeds are given to the charity Restaurants du Coeur founded by Coluche.

The authors all are from the APCIG ,  the French Culinary Writers Association.

23 Countries entered in the fund raising cookbook competition.

Third Place for Best French Cuisine  Book in the World

A Short Guide to Foodie French

Jeremy Leven

Françoise Blanchard

Illustrations: Pouch-François Pouchelon

ISBN: 978 2354560027

(Diateino)

Diateino has today a large visibility at international book fairs, with some excellent books as this practical guide for French cuisine lovers.

11 Countries competed in this category.

Second Place for Best Italiand Cuisine Book in the World

LÉcole de Cuisine Italienne

d´Alba Pezone

ISBN: 978 284277753

(Le Chêne)

Alba Pezone is the founder of Parole In Cucina, in Paris, and shares the love of Italian cuisine and old recipes from Napoli and Sicily.

14 Countries competed in this category.

Third Place for Best Vegetarian Cuisine Book

La Vie en Vert

Anne-Sophie Thérond

ISBN: 978 2354140113

(NPL Editeur)

230 easy and tasty recipes by Anne Sophie Therond with NPL, an interesting publisher

based in Sète, south of France.

17 Countries competed in this category.

Third Place for Best Book Design in the World

Les Meilleures Recettes de nos Terroirs

ISBN: 978 2915266887

(Editions Stephane Baches)

Stephane Bachès is an unusual publisher who presents old cookbooks to save and share the Terroir cuisine.

 25 Countries competed in this category.

Second Place for Best Chocolate Book in the World

Petit Larousse du Chocolat

Préface du Chef Patrick Martin, Vice President du Cordon Bleu International.

ISBN 978-2035835352

(Larousse)

The absolute reference for those who love chocolate, from amateurs to chefs.

14 Countries competed in this category.

Third Place for Best Bookazine

Carnets de lEpicurien  -  12-2007

Agir sur son Cholesterol grace à la Gastronomie

Serge Tchekhov

Dr.Xavier de la Cochetière

Prèface: Michel Blanchet

ISBN: 978 2953113501

(Les Editions Gastronomie et Santé)

Serge Tchekhov came back from his epicurean travels with a high cholesterol level. Loosing weight was necessary, but this bon-vivant could not renounce some culinary pleasures. His collaboration with Dr.Xavier de la Cochetière made this interesting report, and made him loose more than 20 kilos.

4.- WINE BOOKS

Lannoo, the Best Wine Publisher in the World this year is from Belgium, publishing in French. Publisher Hachette Pratique and Feret have won the same award in past years.

Hachette, with all its imprints is the number one publisher in wine books awards received worldwide in the Gourmand Awards.

The wine book for the Hall of Fame this year is from Japan, The Drops of God, published in French by Glenat as Les Gouttes de Dieu. This Manga has had a deep influence in the market for wine in Asia. It is the response to the needs of the new wine consumers.

The small publisher Tana has its own answer for wine lovers, which won the award for

Best Wine Book Design in the World:

Le Petit Livre à Offrir à un Amateur de Vin

Textes: Stephane Corcoral, Laurie Matheson,

Nicole Seeman

Illustration et mise en pages: Marianne Aprile

Soutien Editorial: Céline Le Lamier

Collection Dirigée par: Raphaele Vidaling

ISBN: 978 2845674608

(Tana Editions)

Finally a book gives Armagnac its due respect, and wins the award for :

Best Spirits Book in the World.

Armagnac

La Plus Vieille Eau de Vie de France

Chantal Armagnac

Photos: Alain Muriot

Preface: Andre Daguin

(Librairie Privat)

This year, Privat  celebrated its 170^th birthday at the Salon du Livre in Paris. Their book on Armagnac is one of the surprises of the competition, with an impressive historical and graphic research. Chantal Armagnac is probably the only oenologist and sport teacher at the same time.

There were 25 countries competing in that category, showing the diversity and importanceof spirits books.

Women are said to buy  60% of the wines. They also have outstanding qualities as wineries managers. In that honour, the award for Best Wine Literature in the World goes to a lady.

La Dame de Peyrassol

Françoise Rigord

ISBN: 978 351560273

(Feret)

Françoise Rigord perfectly illustrates role of women in the world of wine thanks to

her inspiring life.

Other wine books from France were honoured:

Third for Best Wine Book in the World

Le Clos et le Chateau de Vougeot, Cellier de lAbbaye de Citeaux -

Benoit Chauvin

Préface: Jean-François Bazin

 (Editions du Tastevin)

13 Countries were competing in this category

Third for Best Wine Guide in the World

Les Nouvelles Couleurs du Vin

Michel Tuz

ISBN: 978 2917 411087

(Jean-Paul Rocher, Editeur)

A dynamic approach of natural wines. Jean-Paul Rocher has been showing for many years the way to enjoy wines respecting the earth.

Jean Paul Rocher publishes another book to show the importance of terroir.

He also keeps in print the master books of legendary Jules Chauvet.

Second for Best Wine Book for Professionals

Le Quarts de Chaume

Jean Baumard

(Baumard)

Jean Baumard is an institution in Rochefort-sur-Loire, where he took control of the

Domaine Baumard in 1955, after his studies at Dijon and Bordeaux Universities.

There were 18 countries competing in this category, the sweet wines from Anjou are not widely exported or known. They are real treasures, with a clear happiness in their expression that reflects well the very special qualities of the terroir next to Angers. So it is important to protect its appellations as strictly as possible.

CONCLUSION

French food and wine books publishing is a very important part of the masterpiece that French gastronomy has built over centuries. They are a cornerstone of the transmission of the FrenchCulinary knowledge, in France, and around the world.

19 bis.-LE LIVRE CULINAIRE EN FRANCE!

Le livre joue un role fondamental dans la transmission du savoir et de la culture gastronomique Française.

Les prix Gourmand World Cookbook Awards permettent chaque année de mesurer limportance de la place de lédition culinaire française dans le monde. Cette année 102 pays ont participé aux Gourmand Awards. Le nombre des gagnants français a hissé la France de la quatrième place en 2007 à la seconde place en 2008.

Deux listes distinctes sont communiquées aujourdhui par les prix Gourmand, pour les livres publiés en France, et à létranger. La production de livres de cuisine et du vin publiés en France est très importante, avec 1500 titres nouveaux en 2008, contre moins du tiers il y a 15 ans. Cest aussi la moitié de la production des Etats Unis. Il est vrai quaux Etats Unis une quantité encore plus importante de livres de cuisine est publiée à titre non lucratif, sans ISBN, pour des églises, écoles et autres activités charitables.

 1.-LES TROPHÉES

Parmi les trophées reçus par la France cette année, deux des prix les plus prestigieux expliquent en partie le succès du livre culinaire français aujourdhui.

En premier lieu, la France a gagné le prix du Meilleur Magazine Professionnel du Livre du Monde. Livres Hebdo est reconnu mondialement comme le Meilleur du Monde, et ses articles, enquêtes et même la mise en page sont reprís et copiés dans toute la presse professionnelle du livre à létranger. Cest Livres Hebdo qui assume aujourdhui le leadership mondial du secteur, Publishers Weekly des USA sévanouissant et les magazines Britanniques ayant du mal à survivre, seuls les Allemands ou les Scandinaves en Europe, les Chinois et Japonais en Asie ont gardé leur qualité, alors que Livres-Hebdo progresse chaque année.

Le deuxième grand prix honore Les Editions de lÉpure comme Meilleur Editeur de Cuisine du Monde. Sabine Bucquet-Grenet a crée une collection de plus de cent titres aussi pratiques que beaux avec 10 recettes chacun  . Elle a inventé un nouveau concept de livres de cuisine, quelle a su implanter dans un marché très difficile, dominé par quelques gros éditeurs. Avec vision, creativité et détermination, elle a survéçu à un incendie qui a détruit tout son stock, la perte de son associée, et elle a gagné le coeur des lecteurs, libraires et autres éditeurs.

De nombreux éditeurs indépendants de qualité se trouvent souvent hors de Paris. Les deux autres éditeurs français lauréats qui ont gagné ce prix sont Larousse 2002 et Les Editions Alain Ducasse en 2005. Pour les livres du vin, Hachette Pratique a gagné en 2000, et les Editions Féret en 2001.

Cette année les petits editeurs de tous les pays ont gagné les deux tiers des Prix  Gourmand Awards. Ce fait confirme lhypothèse que les petites éditeurs préparent le futur, alors que les grands éditeurs cherchent à conserver les positions établies.

2.-Les Prix Speciaux

Chaque jury national peut décerner des Prix Speciaux

GRAND PRIX DE LA GASTRONOMIE FRANÇAISE

Osez!

Lantimanuel de Cuisine

de Juliette et Jean Marie Baudic

Photographies: Amaury Grisel

Préfaces: Pierre Gagnaire, Patrick Jeffroy

ISBN: 978 2917008034

(Menu Fretin)

Jean-Marie Baudic a appris avec Patrick Jeffroy et Pierre Gagnaire. Il presente ici ses recettes innovatives, avec sa femme, responsable des desserts de leur restaurant de Saint-Brieuc.

Le Prix des Etudiants de lEcole Le Cordon Bleu Paris 

Dico Dumas

Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine

DAlexandre Dumas

Préface de Pascal Ory

ISBN: 978 2917009041

(Menu Fretin)

Impressionante  encyclopédie gastronomique, par lauteur des Trois Mousquetaires.

Les recettes sont très intéressantes, et Laurent Seminel, léditeur de Menu Fretin a fait un travail remarquable, fort utile pour les élèves décoles de cuisines.

Prix Speciaux du Jury

Cinema et Livre de Cuisine

La Sauce Etait Presque Parfaite

80 Recettes daprès Alfred Hitchcock

Anne Martinetti

François Rivière

Photos: Philippe Asset

ISBN: 978 286642534

(Cahiers du Cinema)

Avec ces 80 recettes,  Les Cahiers du Cinéma publient leur premier livre de cuisine.

Photographie et Cuisine

FIPC –

Le premier Festival International de Photographie Culinaire aura lieu du 6 au 15 Novembre, 2009 a Paris organisé par son fondateur le President Jean Pierre Stefan. Deux livres se distinguent pour leur photographies:

Food Photo

Patrick Rougereau

ISBN: 295257635

(Éditions du Studio Rougereau)

Decadent Desserts

Cristina de Vogüé

Photos: Thomas Dhellemmes

(Flammarion-Rizzoli)

Hommage à René Renou

Le dernier Prix Special du Jury est un hommage à René Renou, President de LInao, membre du Jury Gourmand, et un vrai ami, jusquà sa disparition prématurée. Les fromages artisanaux suivent le même processus que les vins, avec un décalage de plusieurs années, un essor à létranger, et une survie difficile  en France.

La Boite à Fromages

39 Livres – 60 Fromages

215 Recettes – 40 AOC

Stephane Reynaud

Illustrations de Jose Reis de Matos

Photographies: Frederic Lucano

Conception du modèle originale : Marabout et Jose Reis de Matos

Imprimé en Chine par Leo Paper Products Ltd

ISBN: 978 2201058643

(Marabout)

La présentation par AOC a été la cause dun grand succès pour Noël 2008.

3.-Livres de Cuisine – Les Meilleurs du Monde

La qualité des livres de cuisine Français est liée à de grands chefs, des produits excellents, et des éditeurs grands ou independants qui nhesitent pas à investir dans des projets à long terme.

Meilleur Livre de Chef Du Monde

Anton-Le Pré Catelan

Frédéric Anton

Chihiro Masui

Photos: Richard Haughton

ISBN: 978 2 723466950

354 Pages, 75 Euros

(Glenat)

Avec une mise en page et un stylisme excellents  les recettes innovatives du Trois Étoiles Frédéric Anton ont surpris le marché Français en 2008.

Ving neuf pays étaient en concurrence dans cette catégorie. Les gagnants Meilleurs du Monde des années passées: Jacques Chibois, Alain Dutournier, Regis Marcon, Philippe Conticini.

 Meilleur Livre de Femme Chef du Monde

Les femmes chefs ont leur propre catégorie depuis 2003, date du premier prix de Léa Linster. Cette année 11 pays étaient en concurrence dans cette catégorie.

Recettes pour recevoir : Leçon de cuisine

Anne-Sophie Pic

ISBN: 978-2012375987

120 Pages, 15 Euros

(Hachette Pratique)

Meilleur Livre du Monde de Cuisine du Poisson

Les techniques françaises sont appliquées dans le monde entier. André J.Cointreau, Président de lÉcole de Cuisine Le Cordon Bleu dit il ny a que deux techniques pour les chefs dans le monde, la française et la chinoise.

Découpes et Savoir-Faire du Poissonnier

Franck Marie, Simon Boblin

Préface: Michel Bruneau

ISBN: 978 2915 762280

(Orep)

Meilleur Livre du Monde de Fromage

Léditeur independent  Jean Paul Rocher est un des meilleurs de France. Il a anticipé avant les autres les nouvelles techniques du vin, et son amour des vrais et beaux produits se retrouve dans ses livres. Un très grand éditeur!

Le Fromage, cest toute une Histoire

Petite Encyclopédie du Bon Fromage

Michel Bouvier

Préface de Hervé Mons, MOF

ISBN: 978 2917411131

(Jean Paul Rocher, Editeur)

Après 20 ans détudes dhistoire du vin dans le Luberon, Michel Bouvier montre comment le fromage aussi peut rester artisanal.

Meilleur Livre du Monde de lIndustrie Culinaire

Avec les chefs, les produits et le techniques, ce sont les fournisseurs de lindustrie et des services culinaires qui soutiennent lénorme production des livres de cuisine en France.

Les Indispensables de Mastrad

Terrines, Mousses, Poissons

Jean Claude Fascina

Anne Laure Nabat

Photos: Julien Bouvet

ISBN: 978 2 953 196306

(Mastrad)

 Meilleur Livre de cuisine du Monde à but non Lucratif

APCIG, LAssociation Professionnelle des  chroniqueurs et informateurs de la gastronomie et du vin  détient un rôle fondamental pour le succès du livre de cuisine français.

Les Critiques aux Fourneaux

APCIG

Préface de Joel Robuchon

Illustrations : Michel Bridenne

ISBN: 978 2847841831

(Quatre  Chemins)

Tous les bénéfices sont donnés aux  Restaurants du Coeur .

Des livres de 23 pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

Troisième Place pour Meilleure Livre pour la Cuisine Français

A Short Guide to Foodie French

Jeremy Leven

Françoise Blanchard

Illustrations: Pouch-François Pouchelon

ISBN: 978 2354560027

(Diateino)

Diateino a su gagner une bonne visibilité dans les foires du livre à létranger.

Ce livre est très utile pour les étrangers qui aiment la cuisine français.

11 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

Deuxième place pour Meilleur Livre de Cuisine Italienne du Monde

LÉcole de Cuisine Italienne

d´Alba Pezone

ISBN: 978 284277753

 (Le Chêne)

Alba Pezone a fondé LÉcole de Cuisine Parole in Cucina à Paris, pour partager son amour des recettes de Naples et de la Sicile.

14 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

Troisième Place pour Meilleur Livre de Cuisine Végétarienne du Monde

La Vie en Ver

Anne-Sophie Thérond

ISBN: 978 2354140113

(NPL Editeur)

NPL est un éditeur indépendant de Sète.

17 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

Troisième Place pour Meilleur Design du Monde

Les Meilleures Recettes de nos Terroirs

ISBN: 978 2915266887

(Editions Stephane Baches)

Stephane Bachès est un éditeur qui contribue à la transmission des recettes du terroir.

25 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

Deuxième Place pour Meilleur Livre du Chocolat du Monde

Petit Larousse du Chocolat

Préface du Chef Patrick Martin, Vice President du Cordon Bleu International.

ISBN 978-2035835352

(Larousse)

La référence indispensable pour ceux qui aiment le chocolat, des amateurs aux chefs..

14 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

Troisième Place pour Meilleur Livre-Magazine

Carnets de lÉpicurien 

Agir sur son Cholesterol grace à la Gastronomie

Serge Tchekhov

Dr.Xavier de la Cochetière

Prèface: Michel Blanchet

ISBN: 978 2953113501

(Les Editions Gastronomie et Santé)

Serge Tchekhov a perdu plus de 20 kg grâce aux recettes inspirées par son ami le Docteur Xavier de la Cochetière.

4.- Livres du Vin

Lannoo de Belgique est cette année le Meilleur Editeur du Vin du Monde. Comme nous lavons dit plus haut, Hachette Pratique, et les Editions Féret, de Bordeaux ont gagné en 2000 et 2001. Il faut souligner que le groupe Hachette est de loin le premier éditeur mondial du vin, en particulier grâce à ses filiales Anglo-Saxonnes, comme Mitchell Beazley. Il faut regretter que les synergies au bénéfice du livre du vin ne soient pas encore mieux exploitées au sein du groupe Hachette, qui dispose là dun trésor unique au monde. Il manque un directeur de collection vin au niveau mondial chez Hachette. Ce serait aussi excellent pour les auteurs, et le vin Français.

 Le Meilleur Livre du Vin intronisé dans le Hall of Fame, le musée des Livres du Vin, est publié au Japon par Kodansha et par Glénat en France:

Les Gouttes de Dieu

Ce manga a une influence décisive et positive sur le marché du vin Français en Asie.

Le petit éditeur Tana répond aux besoins des lecteurs du vin.

Meilleur Design de Monde pour un Livre du Vin

Le Petit Livre à Offrir à un Amateur de Vin

Textes: Stephane Corcoral, Laurie Matheson,

Nicole Seeman

Illustration et mise en pages: Marianne Aprile

Soutien Editorial: Céline Le Lamier

Collection Dirigée par: Raphaele Vidaling

ISBN: 978 2845674608

(Tana Editions)

Meilleur Livre du Monde sur les Spiritueux

Armagnac

La Plus Vieille Eau de Vie de France

Chantal Armagnac

Photos: Alain Muriot

Preface: Andre Daguin

(Librairie Privat)

Enfin un livre digne de lArmagnac!

Cette année Privat a fété son 170 Anniversaire au Salon du Livre de Paris.

Vingt cinq pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

On dit que les femmes achéttent aujourdhui 60% des vins dans le monde. Les femmes peuvent aussi gérer des vignobles aussi bien ou mieux que les hommes .

La Dame de Peyrassol

Françoise Rigord

ISBN: 978 351560273

(Feret)

Françoise Rigord  est un excellent exemple du rôle des femmes dans le monde du vin aujourdhui.

Dautres livres du vin en France ont été honorés:

Troisième Meilleur Livre du Vin dans le Monde

Le Clos et le Chateau de Vougeot, Cellier de lAbbaye de Citeaux -

Benoit Chauvin

Préface: Jean-François Bazin

 (Editions du Tastevin)

13 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

 Troisième Meilleur Guide du Vin dans le Monde

Les Nouvelles Couleurs du Vin

Michel Tuz

ISBN: 978 2917 411087

(Jean-Paul Rocher, Editeur)

Une approche dynamique de monde des vins naturels.

Jean Paul Rocher publie des livres qui soulignent limportance du terroir. Il publie aussi le precurseur  Maître Jules Chauvet, indispensable pour comprendre pourquoi et comment beaucoup peut changer maintenant.

Second comme Meilleur Livre Professionnel du Monde

Le Quarts de Chaume

Jean Baumard

(Baumard)

Jean Baumard est un pilier de  Rochefort-sur-Loire, en Anjou

18 Pays étaient en compétition dans cette catégorie.

CONCLUSION

 Les livres de cuisine et du vin sont  une pièce essentielle du chef doeuvre culinaire construit par les Français depuis plus de huit siècles. Ces livres sont la clé de voute de la transmission du savoir culinaire, en France, et dans le monde.

20.- FRENCH GASTRONOMY IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Here is a selection of the best book on French Gastronomy entered in the Gourmand Awards by countries other than France. 102 Countries participated this year.

COOKBOOKS

AUSTRALIA

At my French Table

Jane Webster

Photographer: Nikole Ramsay

ISBN: 978 0670070329

(Viking)

Jane Webster is the owner of the French Table tour company and cookery school.

Some years ago, she left Melbourne for an old Chateau in Normandie.

CHINA

Paris as a Pretext

Decouverte de lEurope dans la lecture agréable

He Nong (Renaud)

ISBN: 978 7508610726

220 Pages, 35 Y

 (Citic)

Renaud has been correspondent for the Guangming Daily for two years in Paris. After

Beijing, he returned to Brussels in June 2009 as European Correspondent for the same daily, Comparable to  Le Monde, for France. He speaks French. His book applies Confucius concepts to compare Chinese and Latin behaviours in life, including food, sex, origins and character.

GERMANY

Curnonsky à la Carte

Jeanne B.Barondeau

ISBN: 978 3940814012

320 Pages each volume, 288 Euros

In French

(Curnonska Editions)

There will be 9 volumes from the French private archives of the Prince des Gastronomes, the great Curnonsky (1872-1956). He simply wrote: La Bonne Cuisine, cest quand les choses ont le goût de ce quelles sont. Good cuisine is when products have the taste of what they are.

There could be a tenth volume explaining the story of the archives, and the publication of the Books in Germany.

La Vie en Rose

Murielle Rousseau

Illustrations : Stefanie Roth

ISBN: 978 3836929783

192 Pages, 20 Euros

(Gerstenberg)

This is the second cookbook by Muriel Rousseau. The first one A Table  won Best in the World for French Cuisine in 2007. It has been translated to various languages. A third  book is being written and published soon.

DENMARK

Provence

Kogebog Med Landskaber

Jacques Berg

(Forlaget Klim)

The Danish journalist is the autor of 37 books.

JAPAN

Les Bases de la Cuisine Française 

Mr.Seigo Mitani

(Shibata)

The autor is the chef owner of lEsprit Mitani Restaurant in Tokyo.

POLAND

Po Prostu Gotuj!

Pascal Brodnicki

(Unilever Polska)

Pascal is part French, part Polish, with a TVN Program for this Book.

SPAIN

Joyas de París

Enric Ribera Gabandé

(Editorial Ribera y Rius)

A happy visit to the best jewels in Paris. The author is a t alented journalist and food writer, with the experience of several excellent published bestsellers.

SWEDEN

Fransk – Svensk / Svensk – Fransk Vinordbok

Jerker Arrhenius - Dominique Dard

(Vinbonden)

5500 French wine words translated to Swedish, and 3200 Swedish wine works translated to French, for viticulture, vinification and tasting.

UK

A Table in the Tarn

Orlando Murrin and Peter Steggall

(Harper Collins)

Living and cooking in South West France. Orlando Morrin was the key editor the the success of the leading magazine BBC Good Food, and other new magazines.

U S A

Weve Always had Paris....and Provence

Patricia and Walter Wells

(Harper Collins)

Paradise is in Chanteduc, in Provence.From the international Herald Tribune to local terroir.

The list shows that most of the best books fall in 2 categories :

Tables in France: Paris, Provence, other regions Technical books for serious cooks.

2.-WINE BOOKS

AUSTRALIA

Why the French Hate Us

 Campbell Mattinson

 ISBN: 978 1740666039

376 Pages, 28 Australian $

 (Hardie Grant)

A celebration of Australian wines and their success in exports. The French do not hate the Australians. They admire their spirit and beautiful country.

BELGIUM

De Goede Wijnen Van de Zuideliijke Rhônevallei

Etienne van Steenberghe

(Globe-Roularta)

The good wines of the Rhone Valley.

BRAZIL

Borbulhas

Tudo sobre Champanhe e Espumantes

Aguinaldo Záckia Albert

ISBN: 978 8573597356

168 Pages, R$ 49

(Senac)

Bubles, everything about champagne and sparkling wines.

CHINA

Les Aromes Viticoles au Royaume du Vin

Yang Qi

ISBN: 978 7 501963508

199 Pages, 38 Y

Bolin1008@chlip.com.cn

(CHLIP)

The author has 40 years experience with French wines.

He was a senior correspondant with Xinhua News Agency in France.

DANEMARK

Vinene fra Bourgogne

Søren Frank

Photo: Robin Skjoldborg

ISBN: 978 871 1313 541

272 pages, 399 DKK

(Lindhardt og Ringhof)

Søren Frank writes about wine in Berlingske Tidende. He is one of the most famous wine journalists in Denmark.

FINLAND

Ranskan viinit – Matka halki viinitarhojen

The French Wines – A Journey Through the Vineyards

Jukka Sinivirta

Photos: Päivi Sinivirta

224 pages, € 45

(Otava)

Luxury  guide book to the classics of the land of wines, and new findings.

Jukka Sinivirta has worked for 30 years for French wines.

SWEDEN

Lilla boken om champagne och ost

The Small Book on Champagne and Cheese

Jörn Ek

Photos: Donald Boström

80 pages

(Arvid Nordquist and H.A.B. Androuet)

A corporate book by Bollinger and Ayala champagne combined with French cheeses.

Champagne Guide  

Richard Juhlin

Photos: Pål Allan

Layout: Karin Johansson

Translation: Margaret Myers

ISBN: 978 9163331916

459 Pages, 30 €

(Richard Juhlin Publishing)

Gourmand multiple winner Richard Juhlin has updated this guide to 6500 champagnes, in English.

Fransk – Svensk / Svensk – Fransk Vinordbok

Jerker Arrhenius

Dominique Dard

ISBN: 978 9163315923

256 Pages

295 SEK

(Vinbonden)

5500 French wine words translated to Swedish, and 3200 Swedish wine words translated to French, for viticulture, vinification and tasting.

Mina viner i Alsace

My Wines in Alsace

Kurt-Inge Eklund

Photos: Kurt-Inge Eklund

Layout:: Michael Vallinder

Recipes: Rikard Nilsson

Translation: Ian Heathcote

ISBN: 978 9197714402

ISBN: 978 9197714419

166 Pages, 359 SEK

(Kurt-Inge Ekklund)

Available in English or Swedish editions.

U K

Oz Clarke Bordeaux

OZ Clarke

(Anova Books)

The reference book by the expert wine writer of many bestsellers.

U S A

The Billionaires Vinegar: The Mystery of the worlds most expensive bottle of wine

Benjamin Wallace

ISBN: 978 0307338778

304 Pages, 25 Dollars

(Crown)

A definitive investigation in the very secret world of rare wines.

Corkscrewed - Adventures in the New French Wine Country

Robert V.Camuto

(University of Nebraska Press)

Reflections of a Wine Merchant: On a lifetime in the vineyards and cellars of France and Italy

Neal I.Rosenthal

(Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

The world of wine, for a Manhattan wine shop.

Most of the books are guides or travelogues on a few leading French regions:

Bordeaux and  Champagne mostly, Alsace and  Rhone sometimes, very few of the many others.

Some relate personal stories and experiences.

Tourism is a key factor in nearly all books.

CONCLUSION

France imports only 4% of the cookbook titles it reads, and nearly no wine books.

The French export a lower number of cookbook titles than their powerful culinary image would muster: the foreign rights business does ask for some reciprocity to work well so both sides win.

Most of the titles foreigners read about French food and wine are not written by French  Authors but by foreigners. It is also true that writers of practical books write for the readers, and foreign writers understand the needs and expectations of foreign readers.

20 Bis.- LES LIVRES ÉTRANGERS DE GASTRONOMIE FRANÇAISE

Voici une selection des meilleurs livres de gastronomie française publiés en déhors de France daprès les livres en compétition pour les Prix Gourmand Awards. 102 Pays ont participé à ces prix cette année.

1.-LIVRES DE CUISINE

ALLEMAGNE

Curnonsky à la Carte

Jeanne B.Barondeau

ISBN: 978 3940814012

320 Pages each volume, 288 Euros

In French

(Curnonska Editions)

Trois volumes dune série de neuf prévus sont déjà parus à partir des archives de Curnonsky (1872-1956). Il pourrait y avoir un dixième volume expliquant lhistoire de ces archive, pourquoi elles sont outre-rhin et la publication des livres en Allemagne.

La Vie en Rose

Murielle Rousseau

Illustrations : Stefanie Roth

ISBN: 978 3836929783

192 Pages, 20 Euros

(Gerstenberg)

Cest le deuxième livre de Murielle Rousseau, après A Table qui a gagné le Prix Meilleur duMonde sur la cuisine français en 2007. Depuis il a été traduit en plusieurs langues. Untroisième livre sera publié prochainement.

AUSTRALIE

At my French Table

Jane Webster

Photographer: Nikole Ramsay

ISBN: 978 0670070329

(Viking)

Jane Webster est la propriétaire des voyages The French Tableet École de Cuisine. Elle a quitté Melbourne il y a quelques années pour sinstaller dans un chateau en Normandie.

CHINE

Paris as a Pretext

Decouverte de lEurope dans la lecture agréable

He Nong (Renaud)

ISBN: 978 7508610726

220 Pages, 35 Y

(Citic)

Renaud a été le correspondant du Guangming Daily pendant 2 ans à Paris. Après être Retourné à Pekin, il revient à Bruxelles en Juin 2009 comme correspondant pour le même quotidien, comparable à Le Monde en France. Il parle français. Son livre utilise desconcepts de Confucius et philosophie Chinoise pour comparer les comportements Chinois et Latins dans la vie, y compris la gastronomie, le sexe, les origines, et le caractère.

DANEMARK

Provence

Kogebog Med Landskaber

Jacques Berg

(Forlaget Klim)

Lauteur est un journaliste Danois, qui a déjà publié 37 livres.

ESPAGNE

Joyas de París – Bijoux de Paris

Enric Ribera Gabandé

(Editorial Ribera y Rius)

Une visite joyeuse des plus beaux bijoux de Paris. Lauteur est un journaliste de talent. Qui a déjà publié plusieurs livres qui se sont très bien vendus.

ETATS UNIS

Weve Always had Paris....and Provence

Nous avons toujours eu Paris...et la Provence

Patricia and Walter Wells

(Harper Collins)

Le Paradis est situé à  Chanteduc, en Provence.  après le International Herald Tribune, le terroir.

GRANDE BRETAGNE

A Table in the Tarn

Orlando Murrin and Peter Steggall

(Harper Collins)

Orlando Morrin a été lÉditeur du magazine leader BBC Good Food.

JAPON

Les Bases de la Cuisine Française 

Mr.Seigo Mitani

(Shibata)

Lauteur est le chef propriétaire du restaurant lEsprit Mitani à Tokyo.

POLOGNE

Po Prostu Gotuj!

Pascal Brodnicki

(Unilever Polska)

Pascal est moitié français moitié polonais, avec un programme de television sur TVN en Pologne pour ce livre.

Conclusion : Cette liste de livres de cuisine montrent que la plupart des livres se classent en 2 catégories:

La table à Paris, Provence, autre régions

Livres techniques pour cuisiniers experimentés.

2.-LIVRES DU VIN

AUSTRALIE

Why the French Hate Us – Pourquoi les Français nous haïssent

Campbell Mattinson

ISBN: 978 1740666039

376 Pages, 28 Australian $

(Hardie Grant)

Un hommage à lexportation des vins australiens. Le contenu ne correspond pas du tout à lagressivité du titre, lauteur sait bien que les Français révent de lAustralie, aiment les Australiens, et sinteressent à leurs vins.

BELGIQUE

De Goede Wijnen Van de Zuideliijke Rhônevallei

Etienne van Steenberghe

(Globe-Roularta)

Les bons vins de La  Vallée de la Loire.

BRESIL

Borbulhas – Bulles – Tout sur le Champagne et les vins petillants.

Tudo sobre Champanhe e Espumantes

Aguinaldo Záckia Albert

ISBN: 978 8573597356

168 Pages, R$ 49

(Senac)

CHINE

Les Aromes Viticoles au Royaume du Vin

Yang Qi

ISBN: 978 7 501963508

199 Pages, 38 Y

Bolin1008@chlip.com.cn

(CHLIP)

Lauteur a été le correspondant principal à Paris de lAgence de Presse Officielle Xinhua News Agency. Il a 40 ans dexperience des vins Français.

DANEMARK

Vinene fra Bourgogne – Les Vins de Bourgogne

Søren Frank

Photo: Robin Skjoldborg

ISBN: 978 871 1313 541

272 pages, 399 DKK

(Lindhardt og Ringhof)

Lauteur écrit dans le Quotidien Berlingske Tidende. Cest un des écrivains du vin les plus Connus au Danemark.

ETATS  UNIS

The Billionaires Vinegar: The Mystery of the worlds most expensive bottle of wine

Benjamin Wallace

ISBN: 978 0307338778

304 Pages, 25 Dollars

 (Crown)

Le vinaigre du millardaire. Le mystère de la bouteille de vin la plus chère du monde.

Une enquête sur lhistoire réelle des bouteilles de vin de Thomas Jefferson.

Corkscrewed - Adventures in the New French Wine Country

Robert V.Camuto

(University of Nebraska Press)

Tire bouchonne. Aventures dans les nouvelles regions du vin en France. Reflections of a Wine Merchant: On a lifetime in the vineyards and cellars of France and Italy

Neal I.Rosenthal

(Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

Reflexions dun négociant de vin de New York, sur les vignobles en France et Italie.

FINLANDE

Ranskan viinit – Matka halki viinitarhojen

The French Wines – A Journey Through the Vineyards

Les vins Français – Un voyage à travers les vigntages

Jukka Sinivirta

Photos: Päivi Sinivirta

224 pages, € 45

(Otava)

Guide touristique du vin.

Lauteur a travaillé depuis 30 ans pour les vins Français.

GRANDE BRETAGNE

Oz Clarke Bordeaux

OZ Clarke

(Anova Books)

Un livre de référence par un auteur très respecté en Grande Bretagne et autres pays.

SUÈDE

Lilla boken om champagne och ost

The Small Book on Champagne and Cheese

Le Petit Livre du Champagne et du Vin

Jörn Ek

Photos: Donald Boström

80 pages

(Arvid Nordquist and H.A.B. Androuet)

Un livre inspirÉ par les champagne Bollinger et Ayala.

Champagne Guide  

Richard Juhlin

 Photos: Pål Allan

Layout: Karin Johansson

Translation: Margaret Myers

 ISBN: 978 9163331916

459 Pages, 30 €

(Richard Juhlin Publishing)

Le SuÉdois Richard Juhlin est un des deux plus grands experts du champagne dans le monde. Son guide en anglais contient 6500 champagnes, un record mondial.

Fransk – Svensk / Svensk – Fransk Vinordbok

Jerker Arrhenius

Dominique Dard

ISBN: 978 9163315923

256 Pages

295 SEK

(Vinbonden)

5500 mots français du vin traduits en Suedois et 3200 mots Suedois du vin traduits en Français, pour la viticulture, la vinification, et la degustation.

Mina viner i Alsace

My Wines in Alsace

Kurt-Inge Eklund

Photos: Kurt-Inge Eklund

Layout:: Michael Vallinder

 Recipes: Rikard Nilsson

Translation: Ian Heathcote

ISBN: 978 9197714402

ISBN: 978 9197714419

166 Pages, 359 SEK

(Kurt-Inge Ekklund)

Available in English or Swedish editions.

La plupart de ces livres du vin sont des guides ou des recits, limités à quelques régions:

Bordeaux et Champagne principalement, Alsace et  Rhone parfois, très peu sur les autres régions.

Le tourisme du vin  est un facteur essentiel pour presque tous les livres sur le vin Français publiés à létranger..

CONCLUSION

La France importe seulement 4% des titres de livres de cuisine lus en France, et presque Aucun livre du vin. Cest infiniment moins que les autres pays.

La France exporte peu de livres de cuisine et encore moins du vin. Il faut se demander si la réciprocité nest pas nécessaire dans le commerce internacional des droits dauteurs.

Presque tous les titres lus à létranger sur la cuisine et le vin de France sont écrits par des étrangers. Les auteurs culinaires français connus à létranger se comptent sur les doigts dune ou deux mains.

18.-FINLAND WINS IN PARIS!

Finland is a world power in the sector of food and wine books, thanks to excellent publishers and experienced writers.

The best cookbook of the year in Finland, according to the Finland jury experts, won Best Italian Cuisine Book in the World from the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards:

Passione – Intohimona Italialainen Keittio

Passione – A Passion for Italian Cuisine

Markku Koskinen

Christer Lindgren

(Otava)

The author is considered the leading expert in Italian cuisine in Finland.

The content is perfect, enhanced by the outstanding photography and brilliant world-class design publisher Otava leads in Finland for the number of awards received from the Gourmand Awards. The competition this year was difficult, with 14 countries competing in this category.

 One of the two most difficult categories is Single Subject category, with 41 countries competing this year. Finland wins with a most unusual book, the work of the passion of a surprising author, originally from Tunisia:

 Best in the World Single Subject Category

Mämmi

Ahmed Ladarsi

(Perhemediat)

Mämmi is a very special dessert from Finland made from rye flour seasoned with dark molasses. Ahmed Ladarsi, the former chef at the Italian Embassy in Helsinki, founded the society for Mämmi and presents more than 100 ways to cook with it.

The book won to promote and encourage the research in the practical recovery of culinary treasures. Foods are now on the endangered lists in many countries, and it is only with work like this book that the recipes can be saved. It is the transmission of culinary knowledge which has broken down in many places, and books can help.

 Finland also wins Third Place in the Best Health and Nutrition Book category:

Diabeteksen hoito ruokavaliolla

The Anti-Diabetes Diet

Antti Heikkilä

(Rasalas)

Antti Heikkilä was an orthopedic surgeon. He no longer operates patients, but tries to treat pain without surgery or drugs.

31 countries were competing in this category.

 Finally, Finland is an important country for books on drinks, with excellent wine writers. With nine countries competing, it won Second Place for Best Book on French Wine:

Ranskan viinit – Matka halki viinitarhojen

The French Wines – A Journey Through the Vineyards

Jukka Sinivirta

(Otava)

Luxury  guide book to the classics of the land of wines, and new findings. Jukka Sinivirta has worked for 30 years for French wines.

The Gourmand Awards took place in Paris this year, after London (2008) and Beijing (2007). The glamorous event was at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre. Over 700 guests from 45 countries attended, with one quarter from outside Europe.

21.- GERMANY WINS IN PARIS!

At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Germany ranks Nº 3 in Best in the World  awards for cookbooks, and Nº6 in the total number of medals. There were 102 countries competing this year .

  The event took place in Paris, at La Comédie Française, the historical theatre of Molière next to the Louvre. The last big Gourmand event was in October 2008 at the Frankfurt Opera House for the Best of the Best, with music from a Mozart quintet. The previous events were in London, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur.

Germany was first honoured on July 1 for the Best Food Magazine in the World, Feinschmecker, the clear leader in quality and circulation in Europe.

The next 3 top awards for Germany all demonstrated the creativity, innovation and quality of the German cookbook publishing. It also shows the generosity and experience of German publishers, open to the world.

The Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World

Kochen für Menschen mit Demenz

Claudia Menebröcker

Jörn Rebbe

Annette Gross

Photos: Michael Uhlmann, Olaf Schwickerath

(Books on Demand)

Innovative cookbok to change eating habits for Dementia-Alzheimer patients, to facilitate everyday life.

 The Best Book on French Cuisine in the World

Curnonsky à la Carte

Jeanne B.Barondeau

(Curnonska Editions)

There will be 9 volumes from the French private archives of the Prince des Gastronomes, the great Curnonsky (1872-1956). He simply wrote: La Bonne Cuisine, cest quand les choses ont le goût de ce quelles sont. Good cuisine is when products have the taste of what they are.

There could be a volume 10 in this series with the story of  the  publication of this monument to French cookery: why is it published   in Germany?.

It is a remarkable feat, and a feast for the reader. It should be in all serious food libraries, there is no precedent for his reference work.

It is highly visual, easy to read, and full of detailed information.

There were 11 Countries competing in this category.

The Best Mediterranean Food Book in the World

Natives Olivenöl

Viktoria Hassouna

(Book on Demand)

The author is the owner with her husband of one of the biggest organic olive plantations in Tunisia. This is the first book on the olive oil tradition of Tunisia, in German, English and French.

22 Countries were competing in this category. The book is in great demand in Europe. The Mediterranean Diet and olive oil have won world recognition for their benefits to health. The best information on these useful subjects is found with the experts at Oldways Exchange and Trust in Boston, USA, a non profit organization directed by K. Dun Gifford.

The Best Cookbook Design in the World

Nyam Jamaica

Rosemary Parkinson

Production Manager-Peter Feierabend, Feierabend Unique Books

(Rosemary Parkinson)

The production and history of this book would make an excellent thriller, from Germany to the Caribbeans, including Jamaica and Trinidad, and Peter Feierabend as agent 008 who solves all problems, with talent, expertize and style, always a gentleman.

The Second Best Mediterranean Cookbook in the World

Ali Güngörmüs

Photos: Luzia Ellert

(Collection Rolf Heyne)

The author is chef at Le Canard Nouveau in Hamburg.

This is the first Michelin star restaurant with a chef from Turkey.

The Second Best Cookbook Photography in the World

Herbst Winter Gemüse

Anne Rogge

(Franckh-Kosmos Verlag)

There were 34 Countries competing in this category.

The Second Best Cookbook Illustration in the World

 La Vie en Rose

Murielle Rousseau

Illustrations : Stefanie Roth

(Gerstenberg)

This is the second cookbook by Muriel Rousseau.

The first one A Table  won Best in the World for French Cuisine in 2007. It is now thranslated to various languages.

There were 22 Countries competing in this category.

The Second Best Design Book in the World

Rohköstlich

Nelly Reinle-Carayon

Photos: Volker Reinle-Carayon 

Stylist: Andrea Bräuning

(Medienkontor Pfalz)

Fifty delicious raw recipes, for the beginner as for people who want to know how they can feel when they opt for a raw food diet. This is far away from a missionary book.

 There were 25 Countries competing in this category.

22.-GREECE WINS IN PARIS!

Two books from Greece won Best in the World at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

The first (ladies first!) is from Canada, by Greek author Lisa Bolontzakis with a perfect title:

- Take the Taste of Greece with You

Litsa Bolontzakis

(Humming Bird Publications)

Litsa Bolontzakis published Boukia Boukia in Greece. She can be considered as one of the builders of the cultural bridge between Greece and Canada.

It gets the award for Best Foreign Cookery Book in the world. It is an excellent book, with an outstanding international marketing, which is unusual for small publishers. All small publishers should see how it is done, and search all international distributors for this book.

The second winner is television celebrity chef Driskas who has published a useful, practical book on real Chinese cuisine. The English translation is ready!

- Chinese Cuisine

Vangelis Driskas

(Patakis)

Vangelis Driskas came back from China with lots of ideas and memories. At the same time, Andreas Efsthatiou took some excellent pictures that really show the Chinese reality.

23.- HONG KONG WINS IN PARIS!

Hong Kong is a Chinese-Language book market, with a strong knowledge of English. It is often the gate for foreigners into printing in China.

For the first time, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have created a special category for printers of cookbooks. 35 printers from 16 countries participated. The First Place Winner is Graphicom from Italy, for the Big Fat Duck, by Heston Blumenthal, published by Bloomsbury.

The Second Place Winner for Best Cookbook printer in the World is Midas Printing Group from Hong Kong, for the printing of Épices (Spices) a cookbook in French for Hachette, the number one publishing Group of cookbooks in Europe.

The Second Best Cookbook Printers in the World

Midas Printing

Épices

Bruno Jarry

Photos: Thomas Dhellemmes

(Hachette Pratique)

Very elegant book about Spices, with excellent photography by Thomas Dhellemmes.

The Midas Group is well known internationally, and cam be met at the Frankfurt Book Fair every year.

In October 2009 China is the guest of honour in Frankfurt. The Chinese organization committee has announced that publishing companies from Macau, Honk Kong and Taiwan will also be taking part in the Guest of Honour appearance. Li Dongdong, deputy minister from GAPP announced this would be the Olympics of Books in Frankfurt.

24.- INDIA WINS IN PARIS!

India is now part of the ten best cookbook countries in the world according to the number of awards it received July 1 in Paris at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Books from 102 countries entered this year. The previous events were in London (2008), Beijing (2007) and Kuala Lumpur (2006). There are plans to go to India soon in the coming years.

The winner of the Best in the World Book for Culinary History was Roli Books:

 Best Culinary History Book in the World

 Special Award of the Jury

The Emperors Table

Salma Husain

(Roli Books)

The miniature paintings that illustrate the recipes show how magnificent was the Mughal court.

There were 29 Countries competing in this category

Roli Books has been for year the leading publisher in India of illustrated books, often translated to other languages and distributed in many countries across the world cook publishers another book by Roli Books received an Honourable Mention in most difficult category Easy Recipes. This is today the strongest trend, with the largest demand across the world.

There were 54 Countries competing in this category.

Honourable Mention Best Easy Recipes Book in the World

Pure and Simple

Vidhu Mittal

(El Bulli Books)

Another vegetarian book won Second Place for Best Vegetarian Book in the World.

India has already won this category 3 times since year 2009. There were 17 countries competing in this category.

The Second Best Vegetarian Book in the World

Simply South – Traditional Vegetarian Cooking

Mrs.Chandra Padmanabhan

Photos: N.Prabhaakkar

(Westland Ltd)

Cuisine from the four South Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala. The authors previous books are international bestsellers, with  Harper Collins Australia an Periplus Editions.

For Best Cookbook Cover in the World for India. 27 Countries were competing in this category. Marketing studios have established that the cover may be the leading component to buy a cookbook and authors have to focus on the cover.

Best Cookbook Cover

Malabar Cuisine

Traditional Moplah Favourites

Rasheed Muhammed Oliyantakath

Photos: Salim Pushpanath

(Dee Bee Info Publications)

Malabar, the northern part of Kerala, has an excellent cuisine made from Arab, Persian and Moghul influences.

The quality of food and restaurant in India sustains the cookbook and guide book market. With 18 Countries competing, an Indian food guide took Second Place for Best Restaurant Guide in the World.

The Second Best Restaurant Guide in the world

Times Food Guide 2008-2009

Mumbai

Rashmi Uday Singh

(Times Food Guide)

Restaurants, caterers, food shops, desserts, dabbawalas, student hangouts, cooking classes.

The cookbook book across the world is driven by the increase in television food shows. Cookbooks from television celebrity chefs are very important. India has Third Place, with 27 countries competing for best celebrity chef cookbook in the world.

Third Place Best Television Celebrity Chef Cookbook in the World

Cook, Bake, Grill

At the touch of a finger.

Mrs.Geetha Balakrishnan

(Baagees)

50 Microwave oven recipes, by the popular Chef from Chennai. She has participated in 45 television programs.

Special Awards of the Jury are very important. They are given to authors, publishers and food stars for their careers and contribution to food publishing.

 Special Awards of the Jury

Masci

The Man Behind the Legend

Odette Mascarenhas

(Priya Distributors)

Biography of Miguel Arcanjo Mascarenhas, from Goa Kitchen Boy to cooking for Royalty, and the first Executive Chef of the Taj Group of Hotels. This book was compiled, written and edited by his wife. Published in October 2005, in Goa.Countries competing) Classic Tamil Brahmin Cuisine.

Pure Vegetarian South Indian Samayal

Viji Varadarajan

Padmini Natarajan

(Rathna Offset Printers)

Samayal means cooking in Tamil. Annam or food is a form of the almighty according to the Hindu scriptures. All beings are born and live by food, and ultimately go back to the earth and merge into it to become food.

India cookbooks has a major presence at the LBF/Gourmand Cookbook Corner at the London Book Fair in April 2009. India was the guest of honour, and it was very fruitful for the cookbook authors and publishers, selling hundreds of cookbooks to bookstores, translations and distribution rights. There is a strong demand for India cookbooks worldwide. India Restaurants nearly everywhere, with increasing quality. India food products are more available in foreign supermarkets. The vegetarian trend is gathering strength in all countries with many young people, even though all India cookbook, are vegetarian, they are trusted to be the recipient of long healthy and vegetarian traditional.

25.-ISRAEL IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place in Paris on July 1^st, 2009. This year 102 countries entered books in the competition, with a smaller participation from Israel than usual.

One Israeli cookbook still managed to get Third Place for Best Dessert Book in the World. This was a very difficult category, with 28 countries competing. The jury chose to reward books for the general public, when sweets are needed for comfort at a time of world crisis:

- Metukim. Sweets by Reviva and Celia

Reviva Appel

(Rest)

In Israel, Reviva Appel synthetises years of tradition in the art of pastry.

26.- ITALY  WINS IN PARIS!

Italy jumped from 13^th last year to 6th this year in number of medals at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, announced at La Comédie Française in Paris on July 2, 2009. 102 countries entered books in this year competition.

The quality of Italian cookbooks and wine books is now recognized worldwide. It is the result of the talent and experience of writers, publishers, stylists, designers, photographers and printers.

 For the first time, the Gourmand Awards gave and awards for cookbook printing. The Best in the World Winner is Graphicom, from Verona. Their around the clock production and advanced technology combined with their full professional services to the clients needs are rewarded as the Best in the World.

There were 31 printers from 16 Countries competing for this category, won by Italy, with a masterpiece production.

Best Cookbook Printer in the World

Graphicom

The Big Fat Duck

Heston Blumenthal

(Bloomsbury)

The chef got his first Best in the World Award in 2003 for his first cookbook Family Food, the week he received his Third Star.

Best Children and Family Cookbook in the World

Il Cioccolato Diario di un Lungo Viaggio

Sara Marconi, Francesco Mele

Illustrations: Simone Frasca

(Slow Food Editore)

Nine years old Marta learns everything about chocolate from her uncle who shows her all the  process, from the tree to the candy or the cake. It is a small, but very important innovative book it is also a tribute to the Bologna Children Book Fair, which drives the sector of children books for the benefit of the world. It is also a recognition of the action of slow food to transmit culinary knowledge for all ages. There were 31 Countries competing in this category.

Italy won a record 4 Second Places in the competitions for Best in the World, no other country doing better best.

Innovation

Second Best innovative Cookbook in the World

 6 Sei – Autorittrato della Cucina Italiana dAvanguardia

Alessandra Meldolesi

Bob Noto

(Cucina e Vini)

Bob Noto and Alessandra Meldolesi have been writing about food and wine for many years.

They decided to show some the most innovative chefs in Italy nowadays, like Massimo Bottura, Moreno Cedroni, Carlo Cracco, Enrico Crippa, Paolo Lopriore and Davide Scabin.

 Second Best Bread Book in the World

Italy has invented some unique Breads

Il Panettone

Stanislao Porzio

(Guido Tommasi Editore)

Stanislao Porzio shows the real Panettone, not the supermarket one.

There were 8 Countries competing in this category.

Second Place for Best First Cookbook in the World

There are more than 17 countries competing in this category.

This category is very important to encourager now and young writers.

Many of our winners have written more books later, with translations.

La Cucina Secondo me!

Ricette, Storie e Filosofia di Benny The Chef

Benedetto DEpiro

(Herald Editore)

Benny The Chef is a  professional rugby player who decided to devote his life to gastronomy.

Second Place for Best Translation in the World.

There were 30 countries competing in this category.

Mise en Place

Stefano Baiocco

Ferruccio Ruzzante

Photos: Valentino Ruffato

(Consorzio Zafferano)

This young chef has worked all around the world in prestigious restaurants. He learned a lot from Ducasse, Gagnaire, Adrià, Blanc and Aduriz.

Today, he is Executive Chef at the "Grand Hotel Villa Feltrinelli" in Gargnano, Brescia. He is the future in Italy.

Translations really help to reach now readers in foreign markets, with better distribution. It is also a profitable investment in the long term.

Italy also won Third Place 3 times for Best in the World.

Best Chef

Mise en place is one of the very few books which won in the Gourmands Cookbooks Awards in morethan one category. It is the Third Best Chef Book in the World this year, with 29 Countries competing, which is quite an achievement. It certainly should not be the last cookbook of this brilliant chef.

Single Subject Third Place

For Best Single Subject Book in the World, 41 Countries were competing.

Il Libro delle Frattaglie

Roberta Schira con Franco Cazzamali

ISBN: 978 88 79 289 184

(Ponte Alle Grazie)

A surprising book exclusively about meat offal.

Mediterranean Third Place

For Best Mediterranean Cookbook in the World

Cuore di Sicilia

Anna Tasca Lanza

(Guido Tommasi Editore)

At the heart of Sicily, you can find the magnificient Regaleali. Anna Tasca Lanza saves an old tradition: the Monzu cuisine, which is totally different of what you can find in Sicily.

It was brought by the Bourbon family in their escape form Napoli many years ago, and uses butter instead of olive oil.

Special Award of the Jury

One very important Special Award of the Jury was given to Italy

Il Cuoco Segreto dei Papi

June di Schino

Furio Lucci-Chenti

 (Gangemi Editore)

June di Schino embodies culture in the world of gastronomy.

27.-SPECIAL AWARD FOR IVORY COAST!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place at La Comédie Française in Paris on July 1^st, 2009. 102 countries entered books for this unique international competition for those who cook with words.

Ivory Coast won a Special Award of the Jury with the book:

- La Cuisine Libanaise

Recettes, Stylisme et Preparation: Badia Ghaddar

(Editions Profoto)

Taboulé, falafel, shish taouk and kibbé are some of the famous recipes that Badia   Ghaddar shares with the people from Ivory Coast.

28.-JAMAICA WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time, Jamaica wins Best in the World medals in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. This year 102 countries participated.

For the first time, Jamaica wins Best in the World medals in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. This year 102 countries participated.

Jamaica won Best Cookbook Design in the world for Nyam Jamaica. The production of a cookbook is always the work of a team, which in this case was an internationally effort, including the best of Jamaica. The book packages insight into the real Jamaica, with class, beautiful photography, and perfect production. The story of the publication of this book could make a film.

- Nyam Jamaica

A Culinary Tour

Editor: Rosemary Parkinson

Author/Publisher: Rosemary Parkinson

Photography: Cookie Kinkead, Rosemary Parkinson

Information Editor: Grace Cameron, Jamaica Eats, Jamaica

Assistant Editors: Sharon Millar, Elaine Melbourne, Dian Watson, Ena Harvey

Creative Director/Design: Marie-France Aqui, u&i design studio, Trinidad

Assistant Layout Artist and Photography Enhancement: Rocky Taylor Hylton

Photography Editors: Rosemary Parkinson, Marie-France Aqui, Rocky Taylor Hylton,

Maurison Randall

Production Manager: Peter Feireabend, Feireabend Unique Books, Germany 

Map: Rosemary Parkinson

(Rosemary Parkinson)

In Jamaica, nyam means eat. Rosemary Parkinson shows every side of the Jamaican cuisine, from street food to excellent chefs. The other big winner is for the Best Non Alcoholic Drink Book in the world, rewarding no other than the best coffee in the world, and one of the most respected publishers in the Caribbean:

- The Worlds Finest

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee

Norma Benghiat

(Ian Randle Publishers)

 For over 15 years, Ian Randle has been the leading publishing house in Jamaica, with an excellent international image, including its presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair nearly every year.

Gourmand Television now has a project to film a food tourism show in 2010 with French chef Yvan Cadiou in Jamaica. The local production company Anyhoo Productions of Tanya Taylor will be the co-producer. The show was decided at MIP-TV of Reed Midem in April 2009, drinking the Blue Mountain Coffee that Tanya takes everywhere.

29.-JAPAN WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards announced their winners in Paris, at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, near the Louvre, on July 1^st, 2009. 102 countries participated this year.

For the first time, a Japanese manga was honoured, with the induction in the Gourmand Wine Book Hall of Fame:

The Drops of God

Kami no Shizuki by Agi Tadashi

The wine manga that changed the Asian wine market.

Now in France with Editions Glenat.

Japanese television MICO was also honoured as the Best Television Distributor in the World, for his work with the See and Enjoy food series of Canalmicro from Spain.

Entertaining is an art in Japan. It wins the Second Place for Best Cookbook for Entertaining in the World. There were 24 countries competing in this category:

- Nobu Miami : The Party Cookbook

Nobu Matsuhisa

Thomas Buckley

(Kodansha International)

The celebrity chef gives in this book a master class about parties. In English.

Finally, an excellent Brazilian cookbook with Japanese recipes won Second Place for Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World. There were 31 categories competing in this category:

- A Cozinha e a Terapia Renal

Sabores do Japao e do Brasil

Carmen Tzanno Branco Martins

Bárbara M.M.Biavo

(RCN Editora)

The authors are nutritionists, chefs, nephrologists and nurses.

30.-JORDAN WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards announced their winners in Paris, at La Comédie Française, the teather of Molière, near the Louvre, on July 1^st, 2009. 102 countries participated this year.

A Special Award of the Jury was given to Jordan for the book:

- The Land and the Table

Cecil Hourani

(Elliott and Thompson)

This is a unique book about Jordan food by the expert Cecil Hourani, an excellent cook with a staggering knowledge of the complexities of Jordan mix of cultures.

Published in 2006, this is the reference book for food in Jordan.

31.-KUWAIT WINS IN PARIS!

Kuwait cookbook takes second place at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the competition for the Best Arab Cuisine Book in the world:

- Cardamon and Lime

Sarah Al-Hamad

(New Holland)

The author of this book lives between London and Kuwait, and is a real expert in Arabic cuisine which she has mixed with some family archives.

The Gourmand Awards took place on July 1^{st at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre in Paris. 102 countries participated in the competition this year.}

32.-LEBANON HONOURED IN PARIS!

Future television and chef Ramzi were honoured with an award for Best Food Television in Paris on July 1^{st  at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The event took place at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre in Paris.}

The very important Special Award of the Jury went to:

- ManOushé

Barbara Massaad

(Barbara Massaad)

 The author is the founding member of Slow Food Beirut.

This Special Award is a tribute to the career of the author, and the achievements for culinary culture in Lebanon.

In the competition for cookery printing, the Al Kafaat Printing School received third prize, for its Chef Ramzi Calendar. This is an honor for an outstanding institution in Lebanon.

33.-MALAYSIA WINS IN PARIS!

After Kuala Lumpur (2006), Beijing (2007), and London (2008), the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place in Paris on July 1^{st, 2009. Chef Wan received the award for Best Television Celebrity Chef in the World. He is the only chef in the world that can be so entertaining while very precise in live cooking. His  experience of over 6000 food television shows is a world record.}

He also won a Best in the World Award in the new competition for Charity Cookbooks:

- Sajian Ai Dilfitri Bersama

Chef Wan

(Marshall Cavendish)

 Exclusively for Avon Charities. Over 150.000 have been sold.

There were 23 countries competing in this category.

The Special Award of the Jury went to:

- Air Tangan Masakan

Traditional Pahang

By Tengku Puan Pahang

(Lembaga Muzium Negeri Pahang)

 Bilingual Malay English.

The awards event took place at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre. Over 700 guests filled the theatre to the top. Over one quarter of the guests flew in from outside Europe. A total of 102 countries entered books in the competition this year.

35.- THE NETHERLANDS WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place on July 1,2009  in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006). The winners got on the stage of La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière. 102 countries entered books in the awards this year. The Netherlands received a great honor with a Special Award of the Jury for a most important books from a leading cookbook publisher.

Special Awards of the Jury

Het Nieuwe Kookboek

H.H.F.Henderson

H.Toors

I.J.Ebbelink-Bosch

C.Thijssen

(Kosmos)

1500 Recipes in the 60^th anniversary edition of the cookbook that may be the most used in homes in the Netherlands. The new design has a modern look and feel, keeping the first edition cover of 1948.

The same publisher won Third Place for Best Arab Cuisine book.

Third Place for  Best Arab Cuisine Book in the World

Arabia

Merijn Tol

Nadia Zerouali

Photos: Sven Benjamins

Illustrations: Rosa Vitalie

(Kosmos)

90 easy but surprising recipes from the magnificent Arab cuisine, with poems by Abdelkader Benali.

One of the best culinary authors of The Netherlands  this year was the innovative Peter Klosse, who won Third Place for Best in the World for Matching Food and Wine. It has become one of the most successful new trend in wine and food books.

Third Place for Best Book in the World on Matching Food and Wine

Chef and Sommelier

Peter Klosse

Photos: Jan Bartelsman

 (Tirion)

Peter Klosse shows how to be at the same time Chef and Sommelier in a very personal way.

34.- MEXICO WINS IN PARIS!

Mexico is one of the countries with more medals at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards this year. With 3 Best in the World Awards for cookbooks, it ranks fourth in the world after the USA, France and UK. The quality of Mexico food and wine publishers and writers is thus recognized and honoured.

The event took place in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007) and Kuala Lumpur (2006). The winners got on the stage at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre.

102 Countries entered books in the awards this year, and over one quarter of the guests flow in from outside Europe.

More and more cookbooks are also children books, for the family. This was obvious at the latest Abu Dhabi Book Fair organized by Kitab, a joint venture with the Frankfurt Book Fair, in March 2009. It was also the focus of much attention at the LBF/Gourmand Cookbook Corner at the London Book Fair in April. Mexico won the award for Best Charity Fund Raising Cookbook in the World.

Best Fund Raising Cookbook in the World

Porque comer es un placer

Patronato Comedor Santa María

Fotos: Ignacio Urquiza Luna Parra

(Ámbar Diseño)

Fund Raising to feed poor children from Mexico.

Mexico won Second Place  in the Children Book category.

Second Place for Best Children and Family Cookbook in the World

Lunch

Paolo Martínez Mérigo

Fotógrafo: Ignacio Urquiza

(Ambar Diseño)

With excellent design and photography, Lunch gives parents some balanced and healthy recipes for children.

The same publisher won also Best Local Cookbook in the World with Mexican Vanilla,  famous worldwide.

Best Local Cookery Book in the World

La Vainilla Mexicana

Ricardo Muñoz

Rocío Aguilera Madero

Maribel Madero

Fotógrafo: Ignacio Urquiza Luna Parra

(Ambar Diseño)

Local cuisine from Totonaco region, traditional Mexican recipes, and some innovative creations by contemporary chefs.

Less well known, Mexico artisanal cheeses have  reached a high quality, and are protected by appellations like the French or Spanish chesses.

Mexico wins again Best in the World, this time for:

Best Cheese Book in the World

Los Quesos Mexicanos Genuinos

Patrimonio Cultural que debe rescatarse.

Fernando Cervantes Escoto

Angélica Espinoza Ortega

Alfredo Cesín Vargas

Abraham Villegas de Gante

(Mundi-Prensa México-Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo)

33 Types of traditional Mexican cheeses, by researchers from 3 universities.

Genuine Mexican cheese is an official appellation controlée, as the French would say.

Chocolate is another gift of Mexico to the world. The Belgian Winner of Best Chocolate Book in the World pays a tribute to Mexico.

Best Chocolate Book in the World

The Roots of Chocolate, Expedition in Mexico

Dominique Persoone

Photos: Jean Pierre Gabriel

(Françoise Blouard)

Tequila has now become fashionable worldwide. Mexico wins Second Place in the competition for Best Spirits Book in the World.

Second Place for Best Spirits Book in the World

Los Aromas de Tequila

El Arte de la Cata

Ana María Romero Mena

(Editorial Porrúa)

Ana María Romero Mena explains that Tequila is a sophisticated drink that should be enjoyed in a Champagne glass, and gives some ideas to match it with different dishes.

Wine photography is a difficult art. Mexico wins Second Place in the competition for Best Wine Photography in the World.

Second Place for Best Wines Spirits Photography/Illustration in the World

Cavas de México

Wine Cellars of Mexico

Gabriel Gadsden Carrasco

Photos: Luis Gordoa, Héctor Velasco Facio

(Parage Editores)

The Book is to the benefit to the foundation for street children Ayudate a Dar AC.

Mexico culinary culture won Second Place and Third Place for Best Latino Cuisine through two books from other countries.

Best Latino Cuisine Book in the World

Second Place

Small Bites, Big Taste

Chef Rainer Zinngrebe

Chef Rodrigo Torres Contreras

Photos: SC Shekar

 (Marshall Cavendish-Singapore)

Rainer Zinngebe is today the Chef of the Ritz-Carlton of Cancun, Mexico. In the past 27 years, he worked for the Margaux Restaurant at the Kowloon Shangri-La in Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and the Fullerton, Singapore.

Third  Place

Cocina Yucateca

Fusión de Culturas e Ingredientes

Socorro Puig

María Stoopen

(Everest-Spain)

36.- NORWAY WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place this year in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006). The winners received their awards on the stage of la Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre.

Two Norwegian winners of le Bocuse dOr received top honours. Chef Stiansen book was selected as one of the best three cookbooks in the world, with the Big Fat Duck of Heston Blumenthal, and Five Hundred Years of Fusion by Gaston Acurio, of Peru.

Stiansen did not win Best Cookbook of the Year, but reaching that stage is already an enormous achievement. 102 countries entered books in the .

Chef Stiansen did win one Best in the World and was proclaimed the Best Book for Entertaining in the World.

Best Book for Entertaining in the World

Stiansen inviterer til fest

Stiansen Invites to Party

Bent, Annette Stiensen

Photo: Gurli Dahl

Layout: Bengt Olsson

(Font)

Chef Bent Stiansen was the first Norwegian to win the Bocuse DOr. He is at Statholdergaarden Restaurant in Oslo. His first cookbook in 2002 has sold 30.000 copies; his second in 2004 has sold 50.000 copies. This is the third.

Stiansen won the Bocuse dOr in 1993, Charles Tjessem in 2003. In 2005, Tom Victor Gausdal won both Second Place at the Bocuse dOr and best cookbook of the year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. In Paris this year Tjessem wins the Gourmand Award for Best Latino Cuisine Book in the World.

Best Latino Cuisine Book in the World

La Restinga - med Charles Tjessem

Hugo Lauritz Jenssen

Charles Tjessem

Trond Svendgård

Erick Jhou Aguilar Lomas

Photo: Tom Haga

 (Forlaget Press)

Norwegian Chef Tjessem goes from Stavanger to Peru with journalist Jenssen.

They discover one of the worlds largest jungle villages and youth project La Restinga, with the local chef Erick.

Children Cookbook are becoming better and better, and more and more important for publishers worldwide.

Norway wins Second Place for best cookbook design with an innovative creative children cookbook.

Second Place for Best Culinary Book Design in the World

Nam! Barnas favoritter

Nam! The Childrens favorites

Lise Finckenhagen

Art Drection: Terese Moe Liner

Photo: Evy Andersen

  (Cappelan Damm)

Lise Finckenhagen, cook and mother, uses her best recipes. She knows what children really like.

Norway won Third Place for Best Bread Book in the World thanks to an excellent bread book including bread in various form.

Third Place Best Bread Book in the World

Spelt, Ikke Bare Brød

Helle D.Broughton

Photos: Frank A.Gårdsø

(Bai Books)

Helle Broughton and Frank Gårdsø are specialists of bread and pastry in Norway.

Finally celebrity chef and food writer Andreas Viestad wrote an excellent presentation to Norwegian food, for which he received a Special Award of the Jury.

 Special Award of the Jury

 Norsk mat med Andreas Viestad

Norwegian food with Andreas Viestad

Andreas Viestad

 (Cappelan Damm)

Andreas Viestad is a food journalist at Dagbladet Magasinet and The Washington Post, television star on PBS in USA, and a past winner of Gourmand Awards  2007.

37.- PERU WINS IN PARIS!

This is the best year ever for Peru at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The most important awards of the year is for Peru. Peru gets Best Cookbook of the Year.

 Best Cookbook of the Year

500 Años de Fusión

La Historia, los ingredientes y las nuevas propuestas de la cocina Peruana.

Gastón Acurio

Director: Bernardo Roca Rey Quesada

Editor: Hirka Roca Rey Dietschi

(Punto y Coma Editores – El Comercio)

For the Guinness Book of Records, Peru is the country with more traditional cuisines: 491 dishes are the result of an old mixture between the local tradition, the Chinese culture and the Spanish gastronomy. Gastón Acurio wrote this impressive book where 500 years of this delicious and surprising cuisine were studied.

This year 102 Countries entered books in the awards. The event took place in Paris, at La Comédie Française, the theater of Molière, next to the Louvre.

Peru also won Best Restaurant Guide in the world, showing the diversity, creativity and talent of its publishers, the design of this guide was admired, and will be copied now. It was one the books with the biggest interest from other publishers at the exhibition of the Gourmand stand, at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair in March 2009, and at the London Book Fair LBF/Gourmand Cookbook Corner in April 2009.

Best Restaurant Guide in the World

Lima 40 Restaurantes

40 Espacios

Presentaciones: Corporación Wong

Prólogos: Ferran Adriá

Pamela K.Anderson

 Sergio Zapata Acha

(Mixmade Producciones Editoriales)

Peru also won Best Culinary History Book in the World with an culinary historian expert who already won a Gourmand Award several years ago, at an event in France also : Cusco, El Imperio de la Cocina.

Best Culinary History Book  in the World

Cusco, El Imperio de la Cocina

Rosario Olivas Weston

Fotos: Juan José Calvo

ISBN: 978 9972607295

236 Pages

(Universidad San Martin de Porres)

Gastronomy from Cusco, the capital of the Inca empire which covered Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and part of Colombia, Chili and Argentina at its most glorious period.

Universidad San Martin de Porres was the Best Cookbook Publisher in the World the year 2004. Since the beginning of the awards, 12 publishers around the world have had this honour, with Universidad San Martin de Porres being the only one from Latin America.

The university also gets a Second Place in the new category for translations, for a book that won best book for Latin America in the Spanish edition.

Best Cookbook Translation in the World

Peruvian Potato, History and Recipes

Sara Beatriz Guardia

Translator: Luz María Fort

(Universidad San Martin de Porres)

This excellent reference book is now translated in English.

The winner is the translation to English of The Complete Robuchon (Grub Street). It is actually an honour to be Second to such a reference book.

The university gets another Best in the World. The Best Drink History Book in the World  honours chicha at world level.

Best Drink History Book in the World

Chicha Peruana, Una Bebida Una Cultura

Rafo León

Fotos: Billy Hare

Prólogo: Johan Leuridan Huys

(Universidad San Martin de Porres)

This books shows that Chicha is not one more alcoholic drink as the conquistadores thought: it was a part of the religious and medical habits of the old times.

38.-POLAND WITH SOUTHAFRICA IN PARIS!

Charity Fund Raising Cookbooks are now spreading all around the world. The trend started in the United States of America, where thousands of cookbooks are published to raise money for many causes, such as churches, baseball little league clubs, schools, hospitals, foreign aid. Most do not bother to get an ISBN. First established by McIlhenny company in 1989, the Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards recognize the best of this rich US culinary culture.

The Gourmand Awards started a world competition for fund raising cookbooks in 2007. Over 30 countries have now entered books in this category. The winners from past years have been from the USA and Botswana. This year the best fund raising cookbooks come from Cambodia, France, Malaysia, Mexico and Poland.

The Poland cookbook wins Best Fund Raising Cookbook in the World. It is also a tribute to international cooperation between South Africa and Poland, organized by the South African embassy in Poland:

- Gogos Kitchen

Compiling Editor: Heléne van der Westhuizen

(South African Embassy)

Gogo means grandmother in Zulu.

The Gourmand Awards took place in Paris on July 1^st, 2009, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), and Kuala Lumpur (2006). The winners were called to the stage at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre. 102 countries entered books in the Gourmand Awards competition this year.

39.-PORTUGAL WINS IN PARIS!

On July 1^st, 2009, Portugal won with Rui Paula the Best in the World Gourmand Award

for First Cookbook category. The winner is:

- Uma Cozinha no Douro

Rui Paula

Celeste Pereira

(Quid Novi)

This book contains recipes from the excellent Restaurante D.O.C in Armamar.

There were 17 countries competing in this category. The book also won the third place for Best Cookbook Photography in the World, with honours to photographer Nelson Garrido, competing against 33 countries in this photo category.

The north of Portugal was also honoured with the third place for Best Book in the World for European Wine:

- Vinhos do Douro

Francisco Esteves

(Colares)

This is a complete reference book, serious and useful.

Nine countries were competing in this category.

A total of 102 countries entered books for this competition . The awards event took place in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007) and Kuala Lumpur (2006). Winners were called to the stage of La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre.

40.-BUCHAREST GUIDE HONOURED IN PARIS!

Bucharest restaurants are hot in Paris! The Gourmand Awards were announced on July 1^st, 2009, in the capital of France, at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière.

The restaurant guide to Bucharest won third place in the competition for best restaurant guide in the world, against 17 countries:

- Hot Restaurants Bucharest

(Igloo)

With its small format and a beautiful design, this book succeeds in being useful, with subjective comments.

A total of 102 countries entered books for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards this year.

41.-ARKAIM IN PARIS!

The quality and diversity of cookbooks in Russia is getting better and better, there has been a complete change over the last few years.

Million-menu publisher Arkaim wins two second places against very strong competition in the latest Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards.

First, in the single subject category, Arkaim won second place in a competition with books from 40 other countries, and it helped to win.

From Mongolia to Scotland, Mutton is a universal favourite, and of course in Russia, Mutton is a world  favourite.

Finland was the winner in this category.

The second book to win was about tea, another universal favourite. China took first place, which seems  natural.

Russian tea has been a reference in the western countries since the nineteenth century.

A total of 102 countries entered books for the awards this year. The winners were to the stage of La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre. The Gourmand Awards have taken place previously in London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006). There have been talks to go to Russia in the next years.

42.- SCOTLAND

THE AULD ALLIANCE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN PARIS!

Just as in football or rugby, Scotland has its own entries in the competition for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

The first cookbook to win a major award for Scotland was Maw Broons Coobook, by Eleanor Abraham and David Donaldson, published by Waverley Books.

 This year, a book from Scotland won Third Place against books from 28 other countries, in the most prestigious category of chef books.

Third Place for Best Chef Book in the World

Cook Book

Martin Wishart

(mr.Max Publishing)

Self published first book for the Michelin star chef of Scotland at Restaurant Martin.

It is a real tour de force for a first cookbook to reach that level of quality and achievement. It should encourage the chef to write more books.

The other winner from Scotland won Best in the World for Cooking with Wines or Spirits. There were 9 Countries competing in this category.

 Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine, Beer and Spirits

The Whisky Kitchen

Sheila McConachie

Graham Harvey

(GW Publishing)

Cooking with whisky: Discover how just one small dram of Scotch whisky can transform a good dish into one that is sublime.

The authors were the stars of the LBF/Gourmand Cookbook Corner at the London Book Fair in April 2009. Their show ended the busy days for publishers and authors. Cookbooks did better than most other books at the fair this year, and the stand was very crowded. The whisky kitchen had very interesting contacts for business.

Winning a Gourmand Award often deals, and unlocks the doors of big publishers. Authors need an agent or an award, or even better, both the impact of the Gourmand Awards is obvious at the events of the Gourmand Awards. There is much fun, but also much business.

This was the case this year at the Gourmand Awards event on July 1 at La Comédie Française, the theater of Molière. Before Paris, the event took place in London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006).

One of the dreams of Edouard Cointreau, the founder and president of the awards, is to go with the awards event to Edinburgh, the town of this grandmother.

43.-SINGAPORE WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand Awards took place in Paris on July 1^st, 2009, at La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, next to the Louvre. 102 countries entered books for this competition this year.

A book from Singapore was saluted as one of the Four Best Wine Books in the World:

- Wine Dinners : Pairing Asian Flavours with Bordeaux Wines

NK Young and Melina Yong

(Giron PTE)

NK Young and Melina Yong are world famous for their passion and knowledge of

Bordeaux wines. Beer is also very big in Singapore, with Tiger Beer as a leader.

A book about the history of Tiger Beer won Third Place for Best Beer Books in the World:

- Great Asian Brands - Tiger Beer

Jacky Tai

(Marshall Cavendish)

Tiger Beer was created in Singapore in 1932 and is now world-famous. Jacky Tai writes

columns in E-Marketer magazine for the Marketing Institute of Singapore.

Finally, Singapore is a crossroad for multiple food cultures, with great chefs from many countries. A Singapore cookbook won Second Place for Best Latino Cuisine Book in the World:

- Small Bites, Big Taste

Chef Rainer Zinngrebe

Chef Rodrigo Torres Contreras

(Marshall Cavendish)

Rainer Zinngebe is today the Chef of the Ritz-Carlton of Cancun, Mexico. In the past 27 years, he worked for the Margaux Restaurant at the Kowloon Shangri-La in Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and the Fullerton, Singapore.

44.-SOUTH AFRICA WINS IN PARIS!

South Africa never before won so many medals at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards it is a tribute to the efforts and excellence of South African authors and publishers.

The most important award was a Special Award of the Jury.

Special Awards of the Jury

Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the life of Nelson Mandela

Anna Trapido

(Jacana Media)

Anthropology Food and Africa, the book was prepared with the Nelson-Mandela Foundation and offered to Mandela on July 18, 2008 on his 90th birthday.

Author Anna Trapido already received the best in the world award for food literature for her first book, in Beijing in 2006.

The South African Embassy in Poland received the Best in the World award for community charity cookbooks:

Best Fund Raising Cookbook in the World

Gogos Kitchen

Compiling Editor: Heléne van der Westhuizen

English Editor: Maggie Parsons

Polish Translator: Maja Putrament

Polish Editor: Margarita Gygielska

Graphic Designer: Lisa Neves Martin

Photographer: Jan Królak

(South African Embassy)

 Gogos means grandmother in Zulu.

There were 23 Countries competing in this category.

The Best Local Cookery Book in the World:

Best Local Cookery Book in the World

 Prickly Pears and Pomegranates

Bernadette Le Roux

Marianne Palmer

(Quivertree)

Five generations in the plains of Cambedoo.

There were 30 Countries competing in this category. Local cookbooks are more and popular, both with the locals and tourists. Culinary tourism books are successful worldwide now. It is estimated that food motivates 20% of tourists in their decision about where to go. A South African book won Second Place in the competition for Best Culinary Travel Guide in the World.

The Second Best Culinary Travel Guide in the World

Tortoises and Tumbleweeds

Lannice Snyman

Designer: Petal Design

Stylist: Camsin Snyman

Food Photography: Warren Heath

(Lannice Snyman)

This Journey through an African kitchen is a culinary study of the South African melting-pot.

In the competition for Best First Cookbook, a South African now culinary author won Third Place.

Third Place Best First Cookbook in the World

Onthoukos

Heelen Meyer

Illustrations: Adriaan Vorster

(Lapa Publishers)

Lapa Publisher, based in Pretoria, is a specialist of children books. Their new cookbook shows that South Africa never fails in its cookbook passion.

Wines and Spirits

South African brandy won in France the award for Best book in the World for new world drinks. Europe and the new world compete separately in the Gourmand Awards.

Fire Water: South African Brandy

Wendy Toerien

Photos: Craig Fraser

Contributors by Dave Hughes and Michael Fridjhon

Foreword: Dave Hughes

Introduction: Michael Fridjhon

Design and Production: Libby Doule

Copy Editing: Robyn Alexander

(Quivertree – South African Brandy Foundation)

A world class reference book for world class products, with evocative photography and compelling writing. As expert Michael Fridjhon says so well, fiery and inaccessible in its youth, the best brandy evolves in a way which reveals its pedigree. The butterfly emerges from its cocoon of oak.

Photography is not easy for drinks books. South Africa won Third Place for Best Wine Photography in the World.

Third Place Best Wine and Spirits Photography in the World

On the Rocks

Neil Roake

(Modern Museum Publishing)

45.-SPAIN  WINS IN PARIS!

It was a great year for Spain food books. At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, on July 1, Spain won more medals than ever.

 1.-The Trophies – The Top Awards

Cookbook Hall of Fame:

Quique Dacosta 2000-2006

Another way to build a book

(Montagud Editores – Spain)

This book opens the way for high quality interaction between the printed cookbook and the website. It is a gigantic step forward for cookbook publishing. Available in English-French or Spanish-Italian.For 130 Euros, you get a master class beyond any cookbook published before.

 A unique book, which is truly another step forward in publishing . The chef is brillian.

The book uses very well the new cookbook technology of the future.

 Best Television Food Producer in the World

See and Enjoy

(Canal Micro-Madrid)

The See and Enjoy shows are 700 one minute gems that are now in over 100 countries worldwide.

 2.-Special Awards of the Jury

The Special Awards are second in importance only to the Trophies. They are a tribute to authors for their carreer.

Trufas, Guía y Recetas

José de Uña, Emilio Ubieto, Sergio Azagra

(Everest)

It is Jean Jacques Ratier, Mayor of Sorges, Capital of the Truffles of Perigord, who gives this award.

Entre Fogones con Angelita Alfaro

Prólogo: Juan Mari y Elena Arzak

(Ttarttalo)

From Rioja to Paris, Angelita is the ideal cooking lady, strong and gentle at once, and an expert in tasty healthy foods.

Martín Berasategui te Ayuda a Cocinar

(El País-Aguilar)

In this time of crisis, great chefs must help the home cooks.

Festival de Sopes del Món Mundal

(Viena)

This Book in Catalan has the same concept of a local community cookbook that the Frankfurter Kochbuch der Kulturen which received a similar award last year.

 3.-Cookbooks

Spanish cookbooks are truly among the very best in the world, in a number of areas. There are many excellent chefs, food writers and publishers.

Best Desserts Book in the World

Natura

Albert Adria

(El Bulli Books)

In the past years, the jury has rewarded as Best in the World most of the pastry stars, such as Paco Torreblanca, Oriol Balaguer, Fréderic Bau, Pierre Hermé. Albert Adria already won in Périgueux in 1998 for his first book. There were 28 countries competing this year in this category.

Best Innovative Food Book in the World

A Fuego Negro, Pintxos y Recetas

Edorta Lamo, Iñigo Cojo, Amaia García

(Everest)

Innovation built on classic. Much imagination and work by the Young generation of San Sebastián cuisine.

21 Countries were competing in this category.

Best Easy Recipes Book in the World

Recetas Sencillas para Novatos y Cocinillas

Xabier Gutiérrez

(Everest)

54 Countries were competing. Xabier Gutiérrez has won 5 other Gourmand Awards over 14 years. He is the head of research for Arzak. This is the most difficult category to win, given the high competition. The demand for easy recipes is the strongest trend worldwide, representing nearly 50% of the demand according to the Gourmand Awards.

Second Best Television Cookbook in the World

El Libro 10 de la Cocina

Canal Cocina

(Plaza y Janés)

Canal Cocina is the Spanish food network. The winner is an Argentinian celebrity chef. The jury tends to favors books with one single author. There were 27 countries competing in this category.

Second Best Woman Chef Book in the World

Since 2003, when Lea Linster won, woman chefs have their own category.

La Cocina Mediterránea de Carme Ruscalleda

(Planeta – Salsa Books)

Second Best Asian Cuisine Book in the World

Cocina Oriental para Hacer en Casa

Cris Lincoln

(El País  - Aguilar)

This year, the jury has privileged books for home cooks.

There were 22 countries competing in this category

Second Best Book in the World for Non Alcoholic Drinks

El Agua en la Gastronomía del Siglo XXI

Academia Española de Gastronomía

(Everest)

There were 9 countries competing in this category.

Third Best Foreign Food Book in the World

Mercados del Mundo

Sergi Ramis

(Angle)

There were  26 countries competing in this category

Third Best Latino Cuisine  Book in the World

Cocina Yucateca

Socorro Puig – María Stoopen

(Everest)

Third Best Chocolate Book in the World

Chocolate Moderno

Pedro Álvarez y Equipo Pancracio

(El Páis Aguilar)

There were 14 countries competing in this category

Third Best Cookbook Cover  in the World

¿En tu mesa o en la mia?

Julia Pérez

(El País – Aguilar)

There were 27 countries competing in this category

Third Best Food Corporate  Book in the World

Chupa Chups

(ACV Ediciones)

 3.-Wine Books

The quality of Spanish wie books is exceptional. They have deep cultural value. Few are translated, which is unfortunate as they have much value for all wine libraries.

 Best  Book in the World on European Wine

(9 Countries competing)

Guía de Enoturismo en La Ribera del Duero

Eva P.Luceño

(Duco)

Best  Book in the World for Matching Food and Wine

(16 Countries competing)

Comer con Vino

Pepe Iglesias

(AG Ediciones)

Best Wine Illustrations  Book in the World

(14 Countries competing)

El Estornino Saturnino en la tierra del Vino

(Fundación Dinastia Vivanco)

Second Best Wine Literature  Book in the World

(10 Countries competing)

El Vino y los Dioses

José Fermin Hernández Lazaro

(Bodegas Ontanon)

Second Best Beer  Book in the World

(11 Countries competing)

Los Secretos de la Cocina con Cerveza

Eva Celada

(Belacqua)

Third Best Wine History Book  in the World

(10 Countries competing)

Los Origenes del Vino

Manuel Becerril

(Euroeditions)

El Vi Als Paises Catalans

Vicent Marques Carbonell

(Alfani)

46.-SWEDEN  WINS IN PARIS!

At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Sweden is the fifth country in the world in the number of medals, behind the US, the UK, France and Spain.

The glamorous event took place on July 2, 2009 at La Comédie Française, the historical theatre of Molière, in Paris. Past events were in London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006), Orebrö (2005). The Awards might come back to Scandinavia very soon!

 1.-Cookbooks

The very important Special Award of the Jury  was won for an exceptional book:

Skogens Mat

Gert Klötzke

(Albert Bonniers Förlag)

The leading food magazine in Sweden won Best Book Magazine (Bookazine)

Smaker fran hela världen

Italien, Frankrike, Sydostasien

Ulla Karlström

(All tom Mat)

Sweden, and Scandinavia year after year do very well in the Fish and Seafood category.

This year, Sweden won third place for Best Fish Book in the World

Mannerströms skaldjur

Leif Mannerström

(Prisma)

There were 18 countries competing in this category.

Sweden now has very innovative publishers. It won third place for Best Innovative Food Book

MATeMATik

Anders Arnell f- Jan Tern

(Self Published)

There were 21 countries competing in this category.

The current quality of Sweden food and wine publishing can also be credited to the food training and professionals of the sector.

Sweden takes third place for Best Food Professionals Book in the World

Smaker man minns

Linda Martinsson, Jonas Eriksson

(Tre Stiftelser)

There were 17 countries competing in this category.

Sweden takes third place for Best Bread Book in the World, with 8 countries competing

Bröd för alla sinnen

Stina Algotson

(Gullers)

2.-Wine Books

Wine book writers are doing well in Sweden. There is a demand from new and established wine consumers to read about wine. Publishers invest in new wine books. Swedish wine writers have years of experience and travel all around the world. Their quality is recognized among the best, and they win more medals than ever this year at the Gourmand Awards.

Richard Juhlin is now number one in the world for tasting champagne. He wins Best Wine Guide in the World

Champagne Guide

Richard Juhlin

(Richard Juhlin Publishing)

Another small champagne book wins a big Best Book on French Wines in the World. The jury has appreciated the value of efforts like this to promote wine in a friendly efficient way. Big and expensive is not always the best in books.

Lilla boken om champagne och ost

Jörn Ek

(Arvid Nordquist and H.A.B.Androuet)

A great personal effort was distinguished with the Second Best Wine Tourism Book in the World. Small publishers win often against big publishers, as they invest more in their books, not only money, but their heart

Mina viner i Alsace

Kurt-Inge Eklund

(Kurt-Inge Ekklund)

Sweden wine writers do travel everywhere to get the facts. Sweden wins Third Best Book in the World for New World Wines.

Mat, vino ch vanilj fran Sydafrika

Elisabeth Johansson

(Natur och Kultur)

There are only 2 or 3 writers in the world who know as much as Ulf Buxrud about whisky from all countries. He already won a Best in the World Award in 2006 for a whisky book. This year he wins third Best in the World for his book on Japanese whisky.

A great part of the success of Swedish wine books comes from the fact that the authors really know wine, and also are excellent writers, with a clear knowledge of words. Sweden wons the Third Place for Best Wine Literature Book in the World

Fransk – Svensk/Svensk-Fransk Vinordbok

Jerker Arrhenius

(Vinbonden)

There is a lively market for connoisseurs of great wines in Scandinavia. Sweden wins the Third Place for Best Wine Book in the World for Professionals

Wine Auctions 2007-2008 – An Investors Guide

Johan Magnusson

(Adla Dryckers Tidnings)

 Conclusion:

 This was an excellent year for Sweden, for food, wine, authors and publishers.

SVERIGE VINNER I PARIS!

Vid Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2008, blev Sverige femma i världen i medaljligan bakom USA, Storbritannien Frankrike och Spanien.

Det festliga evenemanget genomfördes i Paris den 2 juli 2009 på La Comédie Française, den teater som historiskt förknippas med Molière. De senaste världsfinalerna har genomförts i London (2008), Beijing (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2006), Örebro (2005). Tävlingen kan komma tillbaka till Skandinavien mycket snart!

Kokböcker

Special Award of the Jury Vinnare

Det mycket viktiga Special Award of the Jury vanns av en exceptionell bok:

Skogens Mat

Gert Klötzke, Karsten Thurfjell

Lill Forsman, producent

(Albert Bonniers Förlag)

Best Book Magazine in the World (Bookazine)  Vinnare

Det ledande matmagasinet i Sverige blev bäst i världen i kategorien Best Book Magazine (Bookazine)

Smaker fran hela världen

Italien, Frankrike, Sydostasien

Ulla Karlström

(All tom Mat)

Best Fish Book in the World   Tredje pris

Sverige, och Skandinavien har år efter år gjort mycket bra ifrån sig I kategorin Fish and Seafood. I år går tredje priset till Sverige för Best Fish Book in the World

Mannerströms skaldjur

Leif Mannerström

Lill Forsman, producent

(Prisma)

Det var böcker från 18 länder i den här kategorin.

Best Innovative Food Book in the World   Tredje pris

Sverige har många mycket innovativa förläggare och årets tredje pris för bäst i världen för Best Innovative Food Book går till

MATeMATik

Anders Arnell, Jan Tern

(Self Published)

Det var böcker från 21 länder i den här kategorin.

Best Bread Book in the World    Tredje pris

Boken vänder med en stor bredd av recept till den som vill baka hemma och presenterar många småproducenter. 

Bröd för alla sinnen

Stina Algotson, Janne Hansson, Fredrik J Karlsson

(Gullers)

Det var böcker från 8 länder i den här kategorin.

Best Food Professionals Book in the World  Tredje pris

Den nuvarande nivån på produktionen av kokböcker och dryckesböcker påverkar också utbildnings och professionell litteratur inom sektorn. Till Sverige går tredjepriset i kategorin Best Food Professionals Book in the World

Smaker man minns

Linda Martinsson, Jonas Eriksson, Monica Berglund

Lill Forsman, producent

(Tre Stiftelser)

Det var böcker från 17 länder i den här kategorin.

Vinböcker

Vinboksförfattare gör bra ifrån sig i Sverige. Det finns en efterfrågan från nya och etablerade vinkonsumenter att läsa mer on vin. Förläggare investerar i nya böcker. Svenska vinskribenter och författare har många års erfarenhet och reser mycket runt om på jorden. Deras kvalitet är erkänd som bland de bästa och de vinner i år mer medaljer än någonsin i Gourmand Awards.

Best Wine Guide in the World   Vinnare

Richard Juhlin är numer nummer ett i världen på champagneprovning. Han vinner kategorien Best Wine Guide in the World

Champagne Guide

Richard Juhlin

(Richard Juhlin Publishing)

Best Book on French Wines in the World   Vinnare

En annan liten bok om champagne vinner den stora kategorin Best Book on French Wines in the World. Gourmands jury har uppskattat värdet av att på detta sätt lansera vin på ett vänligt och effektivt sätt. Stora och påkostade verk är inte alltid de bästa bland böcker.

Lilla boken om champagne och ost

Jörn Ek

Donald Boström, producent, foto, form

(Arvid Nordquist and H.A.B.Androuet)

Best Wine Tourism book in the World   Andra pris

En stor personlig insats utmärkte sig bland de andra böckerna och vinner andra pris i Best Wine Tourism Book in the World. Små förläggare vinner ofta mot större, eftersom de investerar mer i sina böcker, inte bara pengar, utan också sitt hjärta.

Mina viner i Alsace

Kurt-Inge Eklund

(Kurt-Inge Ekklund)

Best Book in the World for New World Wines  Andra pris

Svenska författare till vinböcker reser överallt för att få fram fakta. Sverige vinner tredje pris i kategorin Best Book in the World for New World Wines.

Mat, vin och vanilj från Sydafrika

Elisabeth Johansson, recept, text

Conny Johansson, vinfakta

(Natur och Kultur)

Best Spirits Book in the World   Tredje pris

Svenskt kunnande också om whisky tillhör det bästa i världen, med den här boken om japansk whisky befästs detta.

Japanese Whisky

Ulf Buxrud

(Buxrud)

Best Wine Literature Book in the World   Tredje pris

En betydande orsak till succén med vinböcker från Sverige kommer från det faktum att författarna verkligen kan vin, och är goda skribenter med tydlig kunskap om vinspråket. Sverige vinner tredje pris i kategorin Best Wine Literature Book in the World

Fransk – Svensk/Svensk-Fransk Vinordbok

Jerker Arrhenius

(Vinbonden)

Best Wine Book in the World for Professionals  Tredje pris

Det finns en stor marknad för connoisseurer av bra viner i Skandinavien. Sverige vinner tredje pris i kategorin Best Wine Book in the World for Professionals

Wine Auctions 2007-2008 – An Investors Guide

Johan Magnusson

(Vinprofiler)

Conclusion: Det har varit ett utmärkt år för Sverige, för kok- och vinböcker, författare och förläggare.

For more information:

Edouard Cointreau, President   Bo Masser, Vice President

Gourmand Awards    Gourmand Awards

icr@virtualsw.es                                 bo@massers.se

47- SWITZERLAND WINS IN PARIS!

It is the year for Swiss wine books at the Gourmand Awards. For the first time, a book from Switzerland wins the biggest award of the sector, the Best Wine Book in the World. 41 Countries entered Wine or Spirits books in the competition this year.

Best Wine Book in the World

  Rencontres dVinis

  Alberto Dell Acqua

  (Favre)

 In French, Italian, German.

The author is the editor of Gastronomie Tourisme, the Swiss Trade publication in 3 languages. He has already published several books. There is most interesting focus on Swiss wine sommelier history.

Switzerland also wins Second Place for Best Book in the World on European Wine with a book about Women and Wine.

Wein Frauen

Rolf Klein

(At Verlag)

The book presents 40 women related to wine in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

There were 9 Countries competing in this category

A Swiss Wine Education Book also wins Second Place for Best Wine Education Book in the World.

Die Neue Wein-Schule

Belinda Stublia

(List Mediem)

With this book, Belinda Stublia gives the reader an interesting tool for learning.

There were 18 Countries competing in the category.

The last Swiss wine book got a Bronze Medal  as Best Book on Cooking with Spirits or Wine.

Kirschen und Kirsch

Lucas Rosenblatt

(Fona)

Very interesting book on cherries.

One Swiss cookbook got a Bronze Medal for Third  Place Best Local Cookery in the World.

Ticino con Amore – Band II

Marion Michels

(La Tavola)

Even better than Volume 1. A real masterpiece

It was a great year for Switzerland

48- THAI   WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards gave the Special Awards of the Jury, a very important award, to Suthipong  Suriya and Karb Style on July 1, 2009.

 The awards recognize and honour the leading food stylist in Thailand

 Special Award of the Jury

Good Ideas Kitchen

Suthipong Suriya

(Amarin)

Leading Stylist in Thailand.

The awards were announced at Comédie Française, the historical theatre of Molière, next to Louvre, in Paris.

This year 102 countries entered books in the awards.

55.- TRINIDAD WINS IN PARIS!

Creative director and designer Marie France Aqui from UI Design Studio in Trinidad won the award for Best Cookbook Design in the World in Paris on July 2, 2009.

Nyam Jamaica

A Culinary Tour

Rosemary Parkinson

(Rosemary Parkinson)

In Jamaica, Nyam means eat. Rosemary Parkinson shows every side of the Jamaican cuisine, from street food to excellent chefs.

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place this year at in Paris at La Comédie Française, next to Louvre.

Last year they went to London, previously in 2007 to Beijing, and to Kuala Lumpur in 2006

49-TUNISIA WINS IN PARIS!

For the first time at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Tunisia wins one, and even two, Best in the World Awards.

 It wins Best Mediterranean Food Book in the World.

 Best Mediterranean Cuisine Book in the World

Natives Olivenöl

Viktoria Hassouna

(Book on Demand)

The author is the owner with her husband of one of the biggest organic olive plantations in Tunisia. This is the first book on the olive oil tradition of Tunisia, in German, English and French.

22 Countries were competing in this category. The book is in great demand in Europe. The Mediterranean Diet and olive oil have won world recognition for their benefits to health. The best information on these useful subjects is found with the experts at Oldways Exchange and Trust in Boston, USA, a non profit organization directed by K. Dun Gifford.

The other winning book has a Tunisian-born author and chef living in Finland, and writing about Finland traditional foods. This shows how Tunisians can adapt to the most diverse circumstances, and succeed.

Best Single Subject Food Book in the World

Mämmi

Ahmed Ladarsi

(Perhemediat)

Mämmi is a very special dessert from Finland made from rye flour seasoned with dark molasses.

Ahmed Ladarsi, the former chef at the Italian Embassy in Helsinki, founded the Society for Mämmi and presents more than 100 ways to cook with it.

The Gourmand Awards took place this year in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), and Kuala Lumpur (2006).

The winners were called to the stage of la Comédie Française, the historical Theatre of Molière.

102 countries entered books this year in the competition.

50.-TURKEY  WINS IN PARIS!

It was a great year for Turkey food books. At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, on July 1, Turkey won more medals than ever.

The Special Award of the Jury is a very important award. It was given to TBMM, the Turkey Chamber of Commerce, for its active role supporting culinary history and culture. It really helps that it participates in Book Fairs, in Frankfurt Buchmesse or Salon du Livre de Paris.

 Special Award of the Jury

Forty Years Old Taste

 Havens in Istanbul

Sevim Gökyildiz

Edip Pinarli

(TBMM-Turkey Chamber of Commerce)

Published at the end of 2007 for the 125 anniversary of TBMM-Culinary Istanbul Treasures.

Metro has a great impact with its culinary history books. The superb Gastro magazine is one of the five Best for Culinary Culture in the World, comparable to Apicius of Spain, Gastronomía Magazine of the US, or Port Culinaire of Germany. Hittite Cuisine conquered Best Culinary History Book in the World.

Best Culinary History Book in the World.

Hittite  Cuisine

Deneysel Bir Arkeoloji

Çalismasi Olarak Hitit Mutfagi

Ahmet Uhri, Albayrak Asuman, Ülkü M.Solak

(Metro Cultural Publications)

Hittite  cuisine as an experimental workshop. A very important book for culinary history.

Best Food Photography in the World

Turkey not only has great chefs, and food writers, it has great food photography. Thanks to this, Turkey won Best Food Photography in the World :

Net 425 G

Gamze Bursa

Photos: Gökçe Erenmenişoğlu

(Gamze Bursa)

 The author is a photographer and food stylist.

A third book brings together culinary culture and tourism. It gets third place in the competition for Best Culinary Travel Book in the World

Third Place in Best Culinary Travel Book in the World

Southeastern Anatolia Guide

Panorama of Civilizations

(Gazientep Chamber of Commerce)

Supported by the European Union and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, this region is next to Syria, with 5 provinces, with culinary and local art treasures. For some 8000 years, the Tigris and Euphrates have shared the lifestyle and culture of this region, where civilizations meet.

Finally, what better way to celebrate these awards than with Raki? A book about the world famous spirit from Turkey wins third place in the competition for Best Drinks Book Photography

Third Place in Best Drinks Book Photography in the World

Raki Nights-Cocktails

Akerdem Fatih

Ayberk Ahmet

(Dogan Kitap)

In German and Turkish, the first international cocktails book focusing on Raki from Turkey.

The competition took place in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), and Kuala Lumpur (2006).

Since 2007 there have been several talks about bringing the Gourmand Awards to Turkey.

It could happen soon!

This year the winners were called to the stage of La Comédie Française, the historical theatre of Molière.

51- U A E

The Emirates won in Paris the Award for Best Arab Cuisine Book in the World.

 Best Arab Cuisine Book in the World

A Taste of Arabia

Jessie Kirkness Parker

(Jerboa Books)

In this cookbook for feast days can be found some Bedouin recipes and some others from the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean.

The author is a Dubai based food stylist, food editor and food writer.

Living in the United Arab Emirates for 30 years, she is admired for her knowledge of the Arab Culinary Culture. She has a passion for creative details, and manages to capture in her passionate writing and photographs the best of the Arab food.

She was a star of the show kitchen of the Gourmand stand at the March 2009 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place this year in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007), and Kuala Lumpur (2006).

 This year 102 countries entered books in this international competition.

53.- UK WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards went to Paris this year, after London last year, Beijing in 2007, and Kuala Lumpur in 2006. The event took place at la Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière. 102 Countries entered books in the Awards this year.

1.-Cookbooks

Five Best in the World Awards went to outstanding British books which are all International bestsellers.

 Best Book Printing and Production in the World

The Big Fat Duck

Heston Blumenthal

www.graphicom.it

(Bloomsbury)

The chef got his first Best in the World Award in 2003 for his first cookbook Family Food, the week he received his third Star.

There were 23 countries competing in this category

 Best Food Photography in the World

A Day at El Bulli

Ferrán Adrià, Juli Soler, Albert Adrià

Photos: Maribel Ruiz de Erenchun

(Phaidon)

From 6.15 am to 2.00 am, every moment of a day at El Bulli is detailed in this reference book.

There were 34 countries competing in this category .

Best Bread and Baking Book in the World

The Big Book of Baking

Photos: Clive Streeter

(Parragon)

Impressive book by Parragon with Clive Streeter showing his skills.

There were 8 countries competing in this category.

Best Cookbook Translation

The Complete Robuchon

Joel Robuchon

Translation H.R.Bellinger

(Grub Street)

The Robuchon Bible now in English, a masterpiece in translation. 

A tour de force, like French people say.

There were 30 countries competing in this category.

It is said that Robuchon prefers now the English edition rather than the French original.

Best Series of Food Books in the World

Mix.

James McIntosh

(Word 4 Word)

Comprehensive guide to basic proportions in cookery, with over 170 recipes. The series include mix, dinner, cake and veg. These small four cookbooks are just as important as big books by Robuchon or Adria orBlumenthal. They correspond exactly to the needs of todays home cooks, cheap, practical and they work.

There were 29 countries competing in this category.

Second and Third Place for Best Chef Book in the World

First place went to French Three Star Chef Anton at Pre Catalan Restaurant in Paris. There were 28 countries competing in this category. Second place went to England.

Black Pudding and Foie Gras

Andrew Pern

Photos: Antonio Zazueta Olmos, Sam Bailey

(Face Publishing)

Andrew Pern is the Michelin Star chef of the Star Inn at Harome in Yorkshire, Egon Ronay Gastropub of the Year 2006.

Third place went to Scotland:

Cook Book

Martin Wishart

(mr.Max Publishing)

The first book for the Michelin star chef of Scotland at Restaurant Martin.

Second Place for  Best Chinese Cuisine Book  in the World

Chinese Food Made Easy

Healthy Recipes with Easy to find Ingredients

Ching-He Huang

(Harper Collins)

BBC2 Television star,  after Fuge fresh salad company and Tzu healthy drinks. Second book, China Modern was the first.

There were 12 countries competing in this category.

Second Place for Best Arab Cuisine Book  in the World

Cardamon and Lime

Sarah Al-Hamad

(New Holland)

The author lives between London and Kuwait, and is a real expert in Arabic cuisine which she has mixed with some family archives.

There were 4 countries competing in languages other than Arabic in this category. The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair showed in March 2009 there is a high interest for cookbooks in the Arab world.

Third Place for Best Cheese Book  in the World

Great British Cheeses

Jenny Linford

(Dorling Kindersley)

Choose and enjoy 300 classic and regional cheeses.

There were 11 countries competing in this category.

Special Awards of the Jury

IN MEMORIAM ANDREAS PAPADAKIS

Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible

Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler

(Edited by Alexandra Papadakis)

Andreas Papadakis was a brilliant publisher and a generous bon-vivant who had an unique style.

With his daughter Alexandra, he created some of the most beautiful and impressive books ever seen.

Spice for Life, a Feast of Healthy South Asian Recipes

Professor Sudhesh Kumar

Chef Aktar Islam

Edited by Dr.Roberta Warman

Designed by Paul Dibbens, Mustard Design

Photos by Ian Worton, Studio Plus and Paul Dibbens

Foreword by Paul Fulford, Birmingham Mail Food Writer

(University of Warwick – Lasan Restaurant)

Healthy Indian food recipes from Warwick Medical School, and one of the ten best Indian restaurants in The United Kingdom . It is free by download.

All pages have great colour photography and design. The objective of the book is to reduce weight and health risks.

Sophie Conrans Soups and Stews

(Harper Collins)

Food and Design with innovative practical recipes.

2.-Wine Books

Drinks books from Great Britain have won the largest number of Gourmand Awards since 1995. This year again, the UK wins 2 Best in the World Awards, and one Second Place.

Best Wine Magazine in the Worl

The World of Fine Wine

The magazine is the brain child of Laurence Orbach, the Chairman of Quarto Publishing,Inc. The publisher is Sarah Morley, and the editor Neil Beckett. As Hugh Johnson says, this is the first cultural journal of the wine world.

Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine, Beer or Spirits

The Whisky Kitchen

Sheila McConachie

Graham Harvey

(GW Publishing)

Cooking with whisky: Discover how just one small dram of Scotch whisky can transform a good dish into one that is sublime.

There were 9 countries competing in this category.

Best Drinks and Health Book in the World

Beer in Health and Disease Prevent

Victor R.Preedy

(Elsevier-Academic Press)

A balanced view of todays findings and the potential of tomorrows research.

The author is a professor of nutritional biochemistry at Kings College.

Three countries were competing in this category.

Second Place for Best Wine Guide in the World

The Wine Buyers Guide – Seventh Edition

Robert Parker

(Dorling Kindersley)

Two volumes, France and rest of the world. Robert Parker has been driving the market for fine wines for over 25 years. His loyal following is unique. We hope he will write his own definitive book about his life in the service of wine consumers.

12 Countries were competing in this category.

54.-THE  US  WINS IN PARIS!

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place this year on July 1, in Paris, at La Comédie Française, next to Louvre. The most recent awards events had taken place in London (2008), Beijing (2007) and Kuala Lumpur (2006). 102 Countries entered books in the competition this year. The US is one of the four countries which won the highest number of Awards, with the UK, Spain and France.

 1.-COOKBOOKS

Best Culinary Travel Guide in the World

Clotildes Edible Adventures in Paris

Clotilde Dusoulier

ISBN: 978 0767926133

 (Broadway)

The author of Chocolate and Zucchini . Her second book is the perfect complement to her wonderful blog, chocolateandzucchini.com

There were 22 countries competing in this category.

 Best Cookbook Cover in the World

Fat

Jennifer McLagan

Photos: Leigh Beisch

ISBN: 978 1580089357

(Ten Speed)

The cover was most difficult to find for this book, and the choice is perfect.

The content is a breakthrough for fat, you must read it.

There were 27 countries competing in this category.

 Best Book in the World for Food Professionals

Food Jobs

Irena Chalmers

ISBN: 978 0825305924

(Beaufort Books)

Irena Chalmers presents the different food jobs and studies their interests:

chef, butcher, nutritionist, kitchen designer, farmer…the food sector in its diversity.

The book is even more important in these times of crisis.

There were 17 countries competing in this category.

Best Vegetarian Book in the World

Great Chefs Cook Vegan

Linda Long

ISBN: 978 1423601531

(Gibbs-Smith)

Recipes from some of the best American chefs, including Alex Stratta, Anne Quatrano,Bradford Thompson, Daniel Boulud, David Burke, Eric Ripert, Josef Huber, Marcus Samuelsson, Thomas Keller and Todd English among others. Written and photographed by Linda Long, an experienced food photographer and journalist.

There were 17  countries competing in this category.

Second Best Innovative Food Book in the World

Alinea

Grant Achatz

ISBN: 978 1580089289

400 Pages, 50 Dollars

(Ten Speed)

600 recipes by Grant Achatz, who gives some advices to the buyers of this book with videos, interviews and an online forum on his website. The innovation is both in the cookery and in the production of the book.

There were 21 countries competing in this category.

Third Place for Chinese Cuisine in the World

Serve the People – A Stir Fried Journey Through China

Jen Lin-Liu

ISBN: 978 0151012916

(Harcourt)

Chinese-American Lin-Liu is a journalist who lived in Beijing and Shanghai.

She was the food editor of Time Out Beijing, and learned cooking at Hualian Cooking School in Beijing. Black Sesame Kitchen is her Cooking School in Beijing.

There were 12 non Chinese speaking  countries competing in this category.

 Third Place for Best Arab Cuisine in the World

Arab-American: Landscape, Culture and Cuisine in two Great Deserts

 Gary Paul Nabhan

(University of Arizona Press)

The author is a professor at the University.

There were 4 non Arabic speaking  countries competing in this category.

Second and Third Place for Best Entertaining Book in the World

Fabulous Parties

Peggy Dark

Mark Held

Richard David

ISBN: 978 1845976286

(Ryland Peters Small)

The auhors are the top party organizers for celebrities in Los Angeles .

Nobu Miami : The Party Cookbook

Nobu Matsuhisa

Thomas Buckley

Photographer: Masashi Kuma

ISBN: 978 4770030801

(Kodansha International)

The celebrity chef gives a master class about parties. In English.

There were 24 countries competing in this category.

Third Place for Non Alcoholic Drinks Book in the World

Bottlemania: How Water went on sale and why we bought it

Elizabeth Royte

ISBN: 978 1 596913714

 (Bloomsbury)

Tap water or bottled water? Elizabeth Royte made a definitive investigation on the drinkable water market.

Special Awards of the Jury

Mere Anarchy

Thus Ate Zara Thoustra

Woody Allen

(Random House)

It is in France that Woody Allen was first recognized as a living treasure and as a genius, for his films, and his writing. He loves France, and France loves him: this award was announced on the stage of La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière, who would have understood Woody Allen writing, and loved them too.

On the Line

Eric Ripert

Christine Muhlke

ISBN: 978 1579653699

(Artisan)

Eric Ripert is the chef of Le Bernardin, awarded four stars by The New York Times, three stars by the Michelin Guide, and rated best restaurant in New York by Zagat.

The Fallingwater Cookbook

Elsie Hendersons Recipes and Memories

Suzanne Martinson

Jane Citron

Robert Sendall

Photography: Linda Mitzel , Rob Long

ISBN: 978 0822943570

(University of Pittsburgh Press)

Life inside Frank Lloyd Wrights Architectural wonder.

Comfort me with Apples

John Train

ISBN: 978 1905377275

 (Maria Theresa Train)

The author is an excellent writer who already published a book on the olive tree and another one about oranges.

More fast food my way

Jacques Pepin

ISBN: 978 0618142330

 (Houghton Mifflin)

Jacques Pépin has been the personnal chef of Charles de Gaulle before the beginning of his impressive career in the United States, where he became a TV star and published 18 cookbooks. He is the gentleman of the sector.

The Paleys Place Cookbook Recipes and Stories from the Pacific Northwest

Vitaly Paley

Kimberly Paley

Photos: John Valls

ISBN: 978 1 580088305

(Ten Speed)

The whole culinary world meets in Oregon at the Paleys place.

 2.-DRINKS BOOKS

The US is becoming the number one market in the world for wine, and for wine books. 41 Countries entered drinks books in the Gourmand Awards competition:

Best  Beer Book in the World

The Ultimate Beer Lovers Cookbook: More than 400 Recipes that all use beer

John Schlimm

ISBN: 978 1581826517

Pages, 25 Dollars

(Cumberland House - Sourcebooks)

This cookbook took more than 10 years! The author has published several books on his family Straub beer, now in its sixth generation of family brewers.

Best  Wine Book for Professionals

Reflections of a Wine Merchant: On a lifetime in the vineyards and cellars of France and Italy

Neal I.Rosenthal

ISBN: 978 0 374 248567

(Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

The world of wine, for a Manhattan wine shop.

Second Best Wine History Book in the World

The Billionaires Vinegar: The Mystery of the worlds most expensive

 bottle of wine

Benjamin Wallace

ISBN: 978 0307338778

304 Pages, 25 Dollars

(Crown)

The book is a true thriller. The story continues, will it be translated into French or German?

Third Place for Best New World Wine Book

Oregon: The Taste of Wine

Jánis Miglavs

ISBN: 978 0882407463

(Westwinds Press)

This book is a real tribute to Oregons winegrowers.

52-VENEZUELA IN PARIS!

Venezuela won an award at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, in Paris on July 2, 2009. A Venezuelian book took Third Place in the competition for Best Children Book in the World.

Recetas para Compartir Cacao

Claudia Bergna

(Playco Editores)

Charming chocolate book to share cocoa, with eleven recipes and historical anecdotes.

The Awards took place this year in Paris, after London (2008), Beijing (2007) and Kuala Lumpur (2006). The Winners were called to the stage of La Comédie Française, the theatre of Molière.

102 Countries participated in the Awards this year.