3.-The Rules for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011

• All books published between November 15th, 2010 and November 14th, 2011 qualify. The books in the category of Fund Raising Cookbooks may be older.
• Manuscripts and publishers proofs are also accepted.
• Books compete in their original languages, in all categories, except the category “Translation” created in 2007.
• There are no entry fees. The competition is free and open to all.
• Books may be entered by anyone: authors, publishers or even readers.
• The Jury decides in which category books compete, and may change nominees from one category to another at the final jury meeting. The Jury may decide that awards for some categories remain vacant, and there may be more than one winner per category.

COOKBOOKS

A total of 162 countries participated in 2011 in the “Gourmand World Cookbook Awards”. The finalists come from 71 different countries. Last year, 80% of finalists registered for the event, and there were 1250 guests.

1- CHEFS

1-1 - Outstanding Carreer
Michel Roux
1-2 - Hall of Fame
Tout Bocuse (Flammarion)
1-3 - Chef
Peru – Rafael, El Chef, Rafael Osterling (Planeta Peru)
Sweden – Oaxen Adieu, Magnus Ek (Modernista)
UK – Loose Birds and Game, Andrew Pern – Foreword Michel Roux (Face)
USA – Eleven Madison Park Cookbook, Daniel Humm, Will Guidara (Little Brown)
1-4 - Woman Chef
Mexico – Lulachef Mexico - Lula Martin del Campo (Anyma)
Singapore – Indian Heritage Cooking, Devagi Sanmugam (Marshall Cavendish)
Spain – Sentidos, Susi Diaz (Everest)
Venezuela – Cocina Extra-ordinaria, Helena Ibarra (Villanueva)