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.
The Digital Media Awards are bestowed across eight categories of digital content, including blogs, television, video, audio, and other digital forms.
Both members and non-members are eligible to enter these awards.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
The IACP Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual who has spent their career in service to enrich the culinary world.
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The recipient of this award is recognized as an IACP member who has had an outsized impact within the organization.
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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. Submit 2024 Nominations before July 15th.
The winner will be selected by the IACP Board and Toni Tipton-Martin.
Click here to see previous winners of special recognition awards.
The recipients of the trailblazer award are chosen for their passion and impact in the food community. This award is intended to acknowledge those individuals who have shaped the culinary world.
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