THE BEST COOKBOOKS, DRINK
BOOKS AND FOOD TELEVISION
OF THE YEAR 2016
Pueden presentarse todos los libros de cocina y bebidas.
Tous les Livres sur la Cuisine et/ou les boissons peuvent participer.
La participación en el concurso es gratuita.
La participation au concours est gratuite.
Los libros tienen que estar publicados entre el 15 de Noviembre de 2015 y el 15 de Noviembre de 2016.
Les livres doivent être publiés entre le 15 Novembre 2015 et le 15 Novembre 2016.
La fecha límite para recibir libros es el 15 de Noviembre de 2016.
La date limite de reception des livres est le 16 Novembre 2016.
No se acceptarán recargos
Nous n' acceptons pas de payer des frais.
Concurso en tres etapas: Diciembre 2016 - Anuncio personal de los ganadores por país. Enero 2017 - Lista de los nominados. Primavera 2017 - Ceremonia de los Gourmand Cookbook Awards, anuncio de los galardonados “Best in the world”. Les trois étapes: Décembre 2016- Annonce personnel des gagnants par pays. Janvier 2017 - Liste des nominés. Printemps 2016 - Annonce du Meilleur du Monde par catégorie à la cérémonie de remise des prix Gourmand Cookbook Awards.
Deben enviarse dos ejemplares de cada libro con el boletín rellenado a las direcciones:
Deux exemplaires de chaque ouvrage présenté doivent être envoyés à l’adresse ci-dessous (avec le formulaire rempli).
Un exemplaire à l’adresse :
Gourmand International - Edouard Cointreau - 27 Rue d' Epinard 49460 Feneu - France Contact Patrick Zolnirczak Tel + 33 672709892
Y un ejemplar a la dirección
et un exemplaire à l’adresse :
Tianma Culture Development - 369 Huanghe Road - YEDA 264006 Yantai - PRC CHINA Contact Wang XiuXia Tel + 86 13705455665
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.