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Print/Paid Drink Culture Shortlist 2019 (2)

Print/Paid Drink CULTURE LIST 2018

GOURMAND AWARDS 2019 - Paid
List of Finalists with Paid content for Drink Culture

The objectives of the Gourmand Awards

  • Honor those who cook with words 
  • Give an overview of World Food and Drink Culture in all its rich diversity and trends 
  • Find reliable quality sources for the public, professionals and the media 
  • Help promote the best authors and publishers 
  • Help authors and publishers in the copyright foreign rights trade

For the first time, we are separating the lists of finalists for Print/Paid and Digital/Free content.This is the list of finalists with Print/Paid content.

Best in the World 2019
All these finalists are Winners in their countries. They qualify now to represent their country in the Best in the World event of 2019. The process is inspired by the Olympics.

Including Paid and Free, Food Culture and Drink, there are 215 countries and regions. participating this year in the Gourmand Awards. The number is similar to the Olympics which have 204 countries and regions, more than the 192 United Nations members.

The quality of free information on internet is rising fast. For the first time since their start at Frankfurt Book Fair in 1995, the Gourmand Awards have separated Free and Paid Finalists in 2018. The lists are different, and the Best in the World awards events will be at different times in 2019. The categories remain the same for both.
The Finalists all have the right to use the free red round Winner logo of the Gourmand Awards for their internet promotion. They can order the printed individual Winner certificate.

 

  • 10: 2018: Publication of the Finalists Free Food Culture List
  • 11: 2018: Announcement of date and location of Best in the World 2019 event
  • 12: 2018: Publication of the Finalists Paid Food Culture List
  • 12-2018: Registration starts for the Best in the World event
  • Spring 2019 Best in the World event

Drink Finalists 14-12-2018: 18% all finalists
Total 343 = 216 Print/Paid + 127 Digital/Free
Last year Total 242 = 215 Print/Paid + 27 Digital/Free

  

W1 WORLD OF WINE

 

 

W1-1 Hall of Fame: Drinks

To be confirmed

 

 

 

W1-2 Wine Publisher of the Year

France: Epure, Le vin en question, Hans-Ulrich Kesselring, Jules Chauvet
Germany: Tre Torri, Ralf Frenzel: Fritz Keller Wein
UK: Infinite Ideas, Richard Burton: Cognac, Nicholas Faith
USA: Ten Speed, The Sommeliers Atlas

 

 

 

W1-3 magazine

Australia: Repast, Jeremy & Heidi Holmes (D’or to Door)
Brazil: Revista Brasileira Viticultura e Enologia
Germany: Fine: Das Wein Weinmagazin, Ralf Frenzel (Tre Torri)
Scotland: Hot Rum Cow (White Light Media)
Sweden: Livets Goda
USA Professionals: Distiller Magazine ( American Distilling Institute)
USA Public: Imbibe

 

 

 

W1-4 Best Drink book of the year in all categories

Australia: Food, Wine and China, A Tourism Perspective, Christof Pforr, Ian Phau (Routledge)
Austria: Steienmark, Genesis of Terroir, Rudolf Lantschbauer (Vinothek)
China: Chinese wine market development, Report 2017-2018, Zhang Jian sheng, (NE Agriculture University) 9787568304443
Denmark: Coffee and Wine, Two Worlds Compared, Morten Scholer (Troubador)
France: La Cavale en Luberon, Paul Dubrule, Alexandre Lazareff (Glenat)
Italy: Poesia del Vino, Antonio Murcia (Aracne)
Spain: Memento Vino 2018-2019 (Lefebvre)
Sweden: Alkoholfritt till maten, Richard Man (Bonnier Fakta)
UK: The Home Bar, Henry Jeffreys, Foreword Alexandre Ricard (Jacqui Small)
USA: Flawless,Jamie Goode (University California)

 

 

 

W1-5 French Wine

France: Guide Hachette des Vins Coups de Coeur 2019 (Hachette Pratique)
Sweden: Champagne, 49 million bubbles in a bottle, Fredrik Schein (Lava)
Switzerland: Essen & Geniessen mit Champagner, Hans R. Amrein (Werd & Weber)
UK: Languedoc-Roussillon, Paul Strang (Jeanne & Paul Strang)

 

 

 

W1-6 European Wine, except France

Armenia: Armenian Vine and Wine (ICARE-GIZ) 9789939106281
Austria: BioWein im Eigenem Garten, Sonja & Toni Schmid (Lowenzahn)
Belgium: Vin de Liège au coeur des vignes (Éditions de la Province de Liège)
France: Sur la route des vins italiens, Scarlino Ettore (Apogee)
Germany: Reise zum Wein: Toskana, Markus del Monego (Süddeutsche)
Italy: Akinas, Uve di Sardegna (Ilisso)
Slovenia: THE Slovenia Wine 2018 (THE Slovenia)
Spain: Análisis de un sector: Rioja 4.0, Emilio Barco Royo (Instituto de Estudios Riojanos)
Sweden: Cava: Spaniens populäraste mousserande vin, Anna Wallner (Grenadine)
Switzerland: In Dubio Prosecco, Bernhard Grimm ( Werd & Weber)
UK: Eat, Drink, and be Sherry, Ben Howkins (Quiller)
USA: Rioja, Conversations with Winemakers, Christopher Barnes (Grape Collective)

 

 

 

W1-7 World Wine

Australia: Wine Globalisation, Kym Anderson (Cambridge University Press)
China: Chinese Wine Market Development Report 2017-2018, Zhang Jian Sheng (NorthEast Agricultural S & T University) 9787568304443
France: Bodegas Mendoza, Eric Corbeyran (Glénat)
India: Wine World Nashik, Vijay Nepanekar (Garti)
Mexico: 102 Vinos Mexicanos (Robb Report)
New Zealand: Michael Cooper New Zealand Wines 2019 (Upstart Press)
Sweden: Chateau Vadå, Matts-Eric Nilsson (Ordfront)
Uruguay: Guía Racimos del Uruguay 2018 (Grupo Razimo)
USA: Amber Revolution: How the World Learned to Love Orange Wine, Simon J Woolf (Interlink)

 

 

 

W1-8 Wine and Spirits Tourism

Austria: Österreichische Weingeschichte, Rudolf Lantschbauer (Vinothek)
Brazil: Viagens Vinhos e Historia, Milton Assumpção (M Books)
Canada: Lake Ontario Uncorked, Erin & Courtney Henderson (Farm Fresh Books)
France: Les 100 chateaux qu’il faut connaitre a Bordeaux, Isabelle Spaak, JF Chaigneau (Le Figaro)
Germany: Reise zur Wein: Toskana, Markus del Monego (Süddeutsche)
Spain: Una Historia de toma pan y moja,Juan Eslava Galan (Planeta)
UK: Where to Drink Wine, Chris Losh (Quadrille)
USA: The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste, Rajat Parr, Jordan Mackay (Ten Speed)

 

 

 

W1-9 Digital drinks book

Argentina: Al Rojo Vino, Tamara Herraiz (TH)
Brazil: A Embriaguez de Beaudelaire, Camila Pereira, Daniel Faria
France: Strategies & Marketing du Champagne, Martin Cubertafond, (Eyrolles)
Georgia: Making wine in Qvevri, (Elkana)
Mexico: Mezcalaria, Ulises Torrentera (Farolito)
Peru: Confesiones de un bartender desconocido, Alexander Valencia (Saxo.com)
Slovenia: Zdravljica- I produttori del Collio (Brda), Lorenza Pravato, Alessio Rozzi
USA: Is there apple juice in my wine ? Heather & Jordan Lipp

 

 

 

W1-10 wine Professionals

Australia: Management & Marketing of Wine Tourism Business, Mariana Sigala, Richard Robinson (Palgrave Macmillan)
France: Le Gout des Pesticides dans le vin, Gilles: Eric Seralini, Jerome Douzelet (Actes Sud)
Italy: Etichettatura dei Vini, Alberto Sabellico, Giuseppe Martelli (Assoenologi)
Japan: Sommeliers, Exams Guide, Asuka Sugiyama 9784898154755
Spain: Luis Cañas, Labrador de un sueño, Javier Pascual (Prensa del Rioja)
UK: Vines & Vinification, Sally Easton, NW (WSET)
USA: The nano distillery, American Distilling Institute (White Mule Press)

 

 

 

W1-11 Translation

Austria: Georgische Wein, Anna Saldadze, Claudia Tancsits (Leopold Stocker)
China: Dictionary for wine lovers, Bernard Pivot (East China Normal University) 9787567575172
France: L'anglais commercial du vin, Laetitia Perraut (Cafe Anglais)
Italy: Viaggio in Anfora, Kato Keiko. Masuko Maika, P.Bellomo (Velier)
Macedonia: Xinómavro, Stravroula Kourakou, Translation Alexandra Doumas (Foinikas)
Netherlands: Beer, Tadeáš Hájek, Translation Lander Meeusen (Createspace)
Portugal: Glossário Ilustrado do Vinho, Jorge Böhm (Dinalivro)
Romania: Razbomiele Vinulu, Mike Veseth (Aser- Vinul.ro)
Russia: Madeira o vinho des czares, Siiri & Jose Milhazes
Sweden: Cava, Spain’s Premium Sparkling Wine, Anna Wallner (Grenadine)

 

 

W2 THE DRINKS

 

 

W2-1 Non Alcoholic & Other Drinks

Canada: Taxing soda for public health, Philippe de Wals, Marie-Claude Paquette, Yann Le Bodo (Springer)
China: The Different Drinks, Hua Xiang Yu (CHLIP) 9787518418664
Italy: Low Alcohol Cocktails, Diego Ferrari (Bibliotheca Culinaria)
Japan: Vegefuru, Manami Iwata (Tatsumi) 9784528022102
Luxembourg: Smoothies for Toddlers, Vesela Savova
Poland: Moje spektakularne soki i koktajle, Karolina Szostak (Edipresse)
Sweden: Smoothie Bibeln, Eliq Maranik (Grenadine)
Thailand: Lamai Healthy Fresh Coconuts Water (Karb Studio)
Turkey: Fit Smoothie, Gamze Şanlı Ak (Alfa)
UK: Seedlip, The cocktail book, Ben Branson, Rob Lawson (Robinson: Little Brown)
USA: The Faygo Book, Joe Grimm (Wayne State University)

 

 

 

W2-2 Coffee

Brazil: Pesquisas em Cafe, Universita del Caffe Brasil (Pensa-UDC-Illy: Editora Pasavento)
China: Walking Coffee Map in Beijing (CITIC) 9787508694856
Czech: Velka Kniha o Kave, Petra Davies Vesela (Smart Press)
Denmark: Coffee & Wine, Morten Scholer (Troubador)
Ethiopia: Coffee Atlas of Ethiopia, Aaron Davis (Royal Botanic Gardens)
France: Culture Cafe, Christophe Servell, Fabrice Leseigneur (La Martiniere)
Germany: Kaffeeliebe, Britta Heithoff (Franzis)
Ireland: Ireland Independent Coffee Guide (Salt Media)
Italy: Caffè Sommelier, Luigi Odelli, Giovanni Ruggieri (White Star)
Puerto Rico: Te Invito a una taza, Erica Reyes (Arbola)
Scotland: Scottish Independent Coffee Guide (Salt Media)
Thailand: Kwan Cafe (Karb Studio)
Turkey: Kahve, Cenk Remzi Girginol (Oglak Yayinlari)
USA: The new rules of coffee, Jordan Michelman, Zachary Carlsson (Ten Speed)

 

 

 

W2-3 Tea

Austria: Das große Teebuch, Rainer Schmidt (Braumueller)
China: Tea History: Lao Qiao (CIP) 9787122319766
France: A la Recherche des Meilleurs Thes de Chine, Robert Fortune (Espaces & Signes)
Indonesia: Leaf it to tea, Santhi Serad (Afterhours Books)
Italy: Manuale per la preparazione del Te, Davide Pellegrino (Giunti)
Japan: Make your own Kaiseki style meal for the tea ceremony, Ryoko Irie, Soju Sato (Sekai Bunka) 9784418183012
Portugal: Receitas a volta de Cha, Maria Ana Silva Vieira (Oficina do Livro)
UK: Jane Pettigrew's World of Tea,(Hoffman Media)
USA: A Little Tea Book, Sebastian Beckwith, Caroline Paul (Bloomsbury)

 

 

 

W2-4 Spirits

Australia: The big book of Gin, Dan Jones (Hardie Grant)
Austria: Gin, Bitter, Wermut, Alois Golles (Leopold Stocker)
Brazil: Os Segredos da Cachaça, Joao Almeida, Leandro Dias (Alaude)
France: Le guide du Sake en France, Adrienne Saulnier-Blache, Ryoko Sekiguchi (Keribus)
Germany: 99 x Craft Spirits, Theo Ligthart, Thomas Kochan (Christian)
Italy: Cynar e i suoi Fratelli, Antonio Dalle Molle, Marco Bertoli, Giustina Porcelli (Morelli)
Japan: Japanese Whisky, Brian Ashcraft, Idzuhiko Ueda, Yuji Kawasaki (Tuttle) 9784805314098
Netherlands: Distilleren, de kunst van het ruiken Fenny van Wees (Loopvis)
Peru: La Guia del Pisco, Lucero Villagarcia
Scotland: Gin Galore, Sean Murphy (Black & White)
Spain: El Sabor del Ron, Alfredo Martin
Sweden: Skottlands bästa whisky, Ingvar Ronde (Tukan)
UK: That’s the spirit, Jonathan Ray (Quadrille)
USA: Moonshine, John Schlimm (Citadel)

 

 

 

W2-5 Cocktails

Argentina: Cocteleria Clasica y Moderna, Andre Rolando, Pablo Fernandez (Sudamericana)
Australia: The Book of Vermouth, Shaun, Byrne (Hardie Grant)
Cuba: Mi Daiquiri en el Floridita, Fernando Fornet Piña (Artex)
France: Mon cours de cocktails, Yann Demeerseman (Dunod)
Germany: Cocktails, Frank Brandl (SuedWest)
Italy: Prosecco & Spritz, Elisa Giraud (Sime)
Peru: El Gran Chilcano, Manuel Cardenas Mugica
Sweden: Jakton pa en perfekt Gin & Tonic, Hans Olof Oberg (Louise Backelin Forlag)
UK: Homemade Cocktails, Helen McGinn (Robinson: Little Brown)
USA: I’ m just here for the drinks, Sother Teague (MediaLab Books)

 

 

 

W2-6 Matching Food and Drink

Australia: Barossa Journeys: Noris Ionnou (Wakefield)
Austria: Hirter Bier Kochbuch, (Dachbuch)
Canada: Le sommelier, c´est vous, Jacques Orhon (Sogides)
Belgium: Beerstronomics, Eric Verdonck /(Lannoo)
France: Entree, Plat ...et vin compris, Marie-Dominique Bradford, Quitoque (Dunod)
Japan: Japan: Hassun & Shizakaua made easy with sake, Ryoko Irie, (Sekai Bunka) 9784418183210
Portugal: Vinho a Mesa, Maria Jose Almeida (Desassossego)
Singapore: Top Chinese restaurants in the World, Ch’Ng Poh Tiong (The Wine Review)
Spain: Los Secretos de la Cocina del Cava, Rafael Anson (Planeta Gastro)
Sweden: Den Stora Makresan, Richard Bengtsson(LAVA)
Switzerland: Movenpick Kochbuch, Sabine Hauptmann (GU)
UK: The beer kitchen, Melissa Cole (Hardie Grant)
USA: The wine table, Vickie Reh (Skyhorse)
Venezuela: Cocina, Armonia, Vinos, Afrodisiacos, CAVA, Sonia Perez (Artmedia Studio)

 

 

 

W2-8 Beer

Argentina: Pasion por la cerveza, Ricardo Semilla Artyka (Grijalbo)
Austria: Hirter Bier Kochbuch (Dachbuch)
Belgium Flemish: Belgian Abbey Beers (Lannoo)
Belgium French: Culture de la Biere en Belgique, Gael van Ingelgen (Pierre Mardage)
Brazil: 1000 cervejas, Altair Nobre (Beer Art)
Canada: East Coast Crafted, Whitney Moran (Nimbus)
China: 11 types of Beer, Yin Yi, Zhao, Yun Zhi (CIP) 9787122323345
Czech: Kniha o Pivu, Pavel & Marcela Boroviec (Smart Press)
France: Brasseries de Flandres, Marie-Helene Chaplain (Chene)
Germany: Bier Brauen, Jan Bruckelmeier (Eugen Ulmer)
Italy: Libro della birra 1,2,3 Mirco Marcuni, Tullio Zangrano (Edagricole)
Netherlands: Bier & Kaas, Arvid Bergstrom, Annelies van den Ende (Koken met Krullen)
Sweden: Brygga Stilypskt Ol, Peter Eronson (Grenadine)
UK: CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2019 (CAMRA)
USA: Dark Lagers, Thomas Kraus-Weyermann, Horst Dornbusch (AACC)

 

 

 

 

 

W3 LIFESTYLE

 

 

W3-1 Drinks History

Australia: The Way it was, Margaret River, Peter Forrestal, Ray Jordan (Margaret River Press)
Brazil: Cachaca, Historia, Gastronomia Jiro Martin (Senac)
Canada: Eric Molson, Back to Beer & Hockey, Helen Antoniou (McGillUniversity)
France: Une autre histoire du vin, Sophie Brissaud, Pierre Guigui (Apogee)
Germany: Wein Karl Marx, Jens Baumeister
Italy: Storie regionale delle Vite i del Vino, a.Cala, c. Bertoldi Lenosi (Edizioni Pugliesi)
Martinique: Etiquettes du Rhum Racontent L’ Histoire, Andre Exbrayat (Harmattan)
Peru: Las Vinas de Lima, Guillermo Toro-Lira ((Universidad Ricardo Palma)
Spain: 100 figuras historicas del vino español, Proensa (Planeta Vino)
Sweden: Whisky, en god historia, Orjan Westerlund (Grenadine)
UK: 101 Award Winning Cocktails, Paul Martin (Robinson: Little Brown)
USA: Crush, California Wines Triumph, John Briscoe (University Nevada)

 

 

 

W3-2 Drinks Education

Argentina: El Vino en Zapatillas, Sabrina Cuculiansky (Albatros)
Belgium: L’ Anti Guide du Vin, Fabrizio Bucella (Dunod)
Canada: Le Sommelier, c´est vous, Jacques Orhon (Sogides)
China: Looking for Fabulous Tea, Yi Mei Sheng Huo, (CHLIP) 9787518415915
Dominican Republic: Degustar y Catar (Entretintos Placeres)
France: Grandeur Nature, Evelyne Malnic (Dunod)
Germany: Wein Geniessen, Paula Bosch (Callwey)
Mexico: Guia Vinos Mexicanos Artboden, Arturo Bodenstedt (Artbogden)
Peru - El Pisco y su vigencia, Cesibell Sanchez (Torre de Papel)
South Africa: The Story of Wine, Lynn Barnes (Made in South Africa)
Sweden: Prova Ol, Peter Eronson, Robert Andersson ( Grenadine)
UK: Red & White, Oz Clarke (Robinson: Little Brown)
USA: Wine Folly Magnum, Madeleine Puckette, Justin Hammack (Avery)

 

 

 

W3-3 Illustrations

Argentina: Tarot Mendoza, Ana Diaz Moyano, Angie Ville
Chile: Di Vin Sang, Mauro Ceballos
China: Tea History, Lao Qiao (CIP) 9787122319766
France: Dans les Coulisses du Champagne, Benoit Blary,(Jungle)
Indonesia: Leaf it to tea, Santhi Serad (After Hours Books)
Portugal: O Colheitas e Artistas 1985-2015 (Esforao)
Spain: Vinomics (Norma)
Sweden: Probiotiska Soothies, Eliq Maranik (Grenadine)
USA: Wine Food, Camille Shu (PRH)

 

 

 

W3-3 Photography

France: La Cavale en Luberon, Didier Germignani (Glenat)
Japan: Make your own Kaiseki-Style meal for the tea ceremony, Hoshito Omija, Ryoko Irie, Soju Sato (Sekai Bunka) 9784418183012
Peru: Pisco Patrimonio, Adam Louis Weintraub (Photo Experirnce)
Portugal: No reino do vinho dos homens, Sergio Jacques, Goncalo Maia Marques (Esencia de Lugar)
Sweden: Kakten pa en perfekt Gin & Tonic, Hans Olof Oberg (Louise Backelin Forlag)

 

 

 

W3-4 Drinks Writing

Austria: Der Wein des Vergessens, Robert Streibel (Residenz)
Brazil: A Embriaguez do Beaudelaire, Camila Pereira, Daniel Faria
France: Si le vin m’etait conte, Roland Lecarpentier, Nicolas Joly, Alain Dutournier (Libre & Solidaire)
Italy: Nuvola Lavazza, (Minimum Fax)
Spain: Reinas de Copas, Zoltan Nagy (Tolosa Wine Books)
Sweden: Svenska Drycker, Martin Ragnar (Carlsson)
Switzerland: Goldene Nase, Rene Gabriel (Werd Weber)
UK: Wine, A Way of Life, Steven Spurrier (Adelphi Press)
USA: The Joy of Tippling, Ray Oldenburg (Berkshire Publishing)

 

 

 

W3-6 DrinkS and Health

Canada: Taxing soda for public health,Philippe de Wals, Marie-Claude Paquette, Yann Le Bodo (Spreinger)
France: Alcool et Droit, Thibaut Leleu (Mare & Martin)
Italy: Consumo di Vino como Fatto Sociale, Stefania Tusini, Fabio Voller (Altravista)
Spain: Memento Vino, Jose Luis Palma (Lefebvre)
Sweden: Alkisbarn, Robert Laul (Norstedts)
USA: Supreme Court & Alcohol, Glass & Gavel, Nancy Maveety (Rowman Littlefield)

 

 

W4 SPECIAL AWARDS

 

 

W4-1 Drinks Special Awards

These most prestigious awards are final. They do not compete with each other. If present at the awards ceremony, each will be called to the stage.They have the right to Best in the World.

France: Vins Doux Naturels du Roussillon (Nez du Vin)
France: Enjeux & perspectives historiques d’un territoire, Serge Wolikow, Olivier Jacquet (Chaire UNESCO- Universite Dijon)
France: L’origine fait-elle vendre le vin ? Nadine Franjus-Adenis (Harmattan)
France: Une place sur terre, Catherine Bernard (Rouergue)
Italy: Lost in Abruzzo, Alessandro Bocchetti (Vandenberg)
Mexico: El Pulque, Lydia Patricia Martinez (CDI)
Spain: Antonio Larrea, el Atlas del Rioja, Jose Luis Gomez Urdanez, Cesar Luena Lopez (Fundacion Vivanco para la Cultura del Vino)
Spain: El Medoc Alaves, La Revolucion, Ludger Mees (La Fabrica- Cia de Vinhos Telmo Rodriguez)
Spain: Si mil hijos tuviera (Nido de Ratones)
Sweden: Form for alla sinnen, Erika Lagerbielke (Carlssons)
USA: 2018 Certified Specialist of Wine Study Guide, Jane Nickels (Createspace)
USA: 43 wine regions, Michael Riddick (Mascot Books)

 

 

 

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The Gourmand Awards in Macao - Registration & Facts

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The Gourmand Awards are the major Food Culture event in the world.

They started in 1995 for cookbooks and wine books, at Frankfurt Book Fair. They now include all Food Culture content. The Gourmand Awards are open to all, big or small, print or digital, for sale or for free, with or without ISBN, trade or self published, private or public, in any language. It is free to participate, anyone can send entries. There is no comparable international cultural event in the world, except the Olympics. We are inspired by the Olympic spirit.

1- The countries

This year we had entries from 215 countries and regions. There are 193 countries in the United Nations. For the Finalists, we have considerably reduced from the entries the number of countries, and entries. There are now Finalists for Food from a total of 134 countries (116 UN members) and regions. There are 40 countries and regions for Drinks.

2- Categories

There are 100 categories for Food, 30 for Drinks. This is necessary to reflect the wide diversity of world food culture. It gives a chance to many countries to win in a category. In the Olympic games, they have 303 competitions/categories for 202 countries. On our list our finalists, we have 130 categories for 134 countries and regions. In total, there are 1372 entries now finalist, 1144 for food, and 228 for drinks. This represents less than 3% of the total of similar books and other formats published and available every year. It is a major achievement to be on this list of Finalists. There are 67% of the categories with 12 or less finalists, 26% with 13 to 19 finalists, and 7% with 20 to 30 finalists.

3- Trends

Food Culture is now taken very seriously by most governments and individuals. Food is at the heart of the issues of our future, collectively and individually.Trends in Food and Drinks culture are now global, everywhere in the world, which this list of finalists makes very clear. We see six major trends, combining or competing at a different pace in different countries, with change accelerating:

  • Tourism is becoming the force driving food culture. Food is the first positive criteria and motivation generally, for 35%, up from 25% fifteen years ago. We have 160 entries for tourism (12%). See our categories B15, B17, B21, W1-8, W1-12.
  • Social media and television continue to expand the food culture market, helping print. See our categories A07, A08, A09, A13, B18, B19.
  • Health and Nutrition have joined with Ethics and Environmental concerns, spreading the same issues worldwide. For instance Vegan has become mainstream in very few years, everywhere. See our categories D01, D02, D08, D09, E06, E13.
  • Local has become the key word. There is a major effort everywhere to save local food culture, and transmit it. It is helped by tourism and the locavore trends. Slow Food has won. See our categories C01, D05, D07.
  • Quick and easy comfort food is still very important, especially in Asia. See our category E01. In 1995, when we started, this was the leading category.
  • Children and Family food books are rapidly expanding. See categories D03, D11.
  • There are minor new trends starting now Sports and Food, see D13.
  • Seniors and food, see D12 Breakfast, see E15.
  • Embassies and Gastro Diplomacy, see F08.

4- Digital

We have 19 categories (15%) exclusively for digital, with 195 digital entries now finalists (15%). You can find in the list of Finalists approximately 50 free Food and Wine PDF to download, selected for their quality, nearly all produced by public institutions. Unfortunately, they tend to disappear quickly, so do not be surprised if you cannot find them. We cannot help. See categories A06 for FAO, UN-IOM, UNDEP-Canada, UNESCO, UNWTO or B17, W1-12. For cookbook professional online newsletters, see B03.

5- The next step

The Best in the World will be announced in Yantai, China at the Gourmand Awards annual event May 25-28, 2018. The top 3 in each category will have the right to Best in the World. We do not announce results before the event. It is not necessary to attend to win. Apart from the honors at the event, the major opportunity is meeting the other participants, for business and pleasure. As previous participants have written, it may be the best four days of your life if you participate. Guests from over 60 countries had already indicated they wanted to come as of January 12, 2018. There are among them 81 guests who have already been at our events in Yantai. They come back even if they have no entry in the competition, it is so important for networking, business, and food culture.