Now Accepting Award Submissions
The International Association of Culinary Professionals is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 IACP Awards for best Cookbook, Digital Media, Food Photography & Styling, and Food Writing. The entry period opens on February 6, 2025 and will close on March 20, 2025 for the Cookbook Awards, and close on April 17, 2025 for the Digital Media, Food Photography & Styling and Food Writing Awards. To stay up to date on IACP Awards and general news, sign up to receive updates via the IACP Newsletter.
Take Advantage of Early Bird Pricing and our Free Submission Period
As part of IACP’s efforts to provide equitable access and have your work recognized, we are pleased to offer discounted rates to the Cookbook Awards and continue to offer a free submission period into the Digital Media, Food Photography & Styling, and Food Writing Awards from February 6-20, 2025. All applicants will be able to submit an unlimited number of qualifying entries directly on the IACP Submittable Page. The early bird and free submission period closes at 9:00 PM EST on February 20, 2025.
COOKBOOK AWARDS
The IACP Cookbook Awards recognize the authors, publishers, and other contributors behind the best cookbooks published each year.
Both members and non-members are eligible to enter these awards.
Click here to see the list of Cookbook Awards categories and how to enter.
DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS
The Digital Media Awards are bestowed across six categories of digital contentincluding blogs, podcasts, video and other digital forms.
Both members and non-members are eligible to enter these awards.
Click here to see the Digital Media Awards categories and how to enter.
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY & STYLING AWARDS
IACP’s Food Photography and Styling Awards began in 2015 and honor the best in both editorial/personal work and commercial work.
Both members and non-members are eligible to enter these awards.
Click here to see the Food Photography Awards categories and how to enter.
FOOD WRITING AWARDS
The Food Writing Awards highlight the best in food journalism, both print and digital.
Both members and non-members are eligible to enter these awards.
Click here to see the Food Writing Awards categories and how to enter.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
The special recognition awards highlight food industry leaders who are shaping the culinary world.
The recipients are nominated by IACP members and non-members. The recipients are selected by the IACP board of directors.
CULINARY CLASSICS AWARDS
These awards honor works that have significantly altered the way we think about food and contributed to the field of culinary literature.
Any IACP member may nominate a book for inclusion in the culinary classics hall of fame.
Click here to see the list of Culinary Classics recipients.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The IACP Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual who has spent their career in service to enrich the culinary world.
Click here to see previous winners of special recognition awards.
MEMBER OF THE YEAR
The recipient of this award is recognized as an IACP member who has had an outsized impact within the organization.
Click here to see previous winners of special recognition awards.
TONI TIPTON-MARTIN AWARD
The IACP Toni Tipton-Martin Award uplifts an emerging food writer who demonstrates readiness to professionally transition their work into full-time Food Journalism in a specific print or digital media platform: cookbook; newspaper; magazine; broadcast journalism; website; or other venue. Candidates for this $5,000 award may be self-nominated or may be nominated by IACP Members, non-members, and any member of the culinary community.
The winner will be selected by the IACP Board and Toni Tipton-Martin.
Click here to see previous winners of special recognition awards.
