IACP 2021 AWARD WINNERS

Winners Were Announced on October 23, 2021 at the 43rd International Association of Culinary Professionals Annual Conference in Birmingham, Alabama

On Saturday October 23, 2021, the International Association of Culinary Professionals announced the winners of the prestigious IACP awards presented by Protective Insurance Company at its annual conference in Birmingham, AL. This year’s conference featured events and programming on the campus of Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark and The Market at Pepper Place.

The Executive Awards Committee and Subcommittees led by IACP’s former co-director, Paola Briseño-González, updated policies and procedures this year to continue to enhance the rigor of the awards program and maintain its position as one of the most prestigious in the industry. These changes included increasing transparent processes and stringent ethical rules. The organization also continued efforts to make the awards more accessible by offering a free entry period for digital categories, food writing, food photography and styling, as well as reduced entry fees in the cookbook award program.

The IACP Awards continued its partnership with The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts to provide free entries into the IACP Julia Child First Book Award and award $5,000 to the author of a first cookbook. Our hope is that these efforts make the awards more accessible, and increase the diversity of the pool of candidates.

This year, IACP launched a new award category: best newsletter in the digital media award program led by chair Meesha Halm. The organization also updated the Narrative Beverage and Narrative Food Writing categories in the food writing award program chaired by food critic Patric Kuh. The food photography and styling program was overseen by an impressive group of judges led by acclaimed food photographer Con Poulos. The cookbook category was chaired by Chandra Ram who oversaw submissions in fifteen different categories from an incredibly diverse group of cookbook authors. Chandra was helped by her dedicated team of Super Judges, Hal B. Klein, Jacqui Pressinger, Julia Skinner, Cheryl Slocum, and Stephanie Swane.

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2021 COOKBOOK AWARD WINNERS

American

Mosquito Supper Club

Melissa Martin, Author

Judy Pray, Editor

Artisan Books

Baking Sweet & Savory, Confections and Desserts

Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings

Yossy Arefi, Author

Jennifer Sit, Editor

Clarkson Potter

Chefs & Restaurants

Jikoni

Ravinder Bhogal, Author

Rowan Yapp, Editor

Bloomsbury Publishing

Children, Youth & Family

How to Cook: Building Blocks and 100 Simple Recipes for a Lifetime of Meals

Hugh Acheson, Author

Francis Lam, Editor

Clarkson Potter

Culinary Travel

Chaat: Recipes from the Kitchens, Markets, and Railways of India

Maneet Chauhan; Jody Eddy, Authors

Raquel Pelzel, Editor

Clarkson Potter

Food Issues & Matters

The Ethical Meat Handbook, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: From sourcing to butchery, mindful meat eating for the modern omnivore

Meredith Leigh, Author

New Society Publishers

Food Photography & Styling

Falastin

Sami Tamimi; Tara Wigley, Authors

Jenny Zarins, Photographer

Lorena Jones, Editor

Ten Speed Press

General

Meat Illustrated A Foolproof Guide to Understanding and Cooking with Cuts of All Kinds

America’s Test Kitchen, Authors

America’s Test Kitchen, Editors

America’s Test Kitchen

Health & Nutrition

The Complete Plant Based Cookbook- 500 Inspired, Flexible Recipes for Eating Well Without Meat

America’s Test Kitchen, Authors

The Editors at America’s Test Kitchen

America’s Test Kitchen

International

Kiin: Recipes and Stories from Northern Thailand

Nuit Regular, Author

Andrea Magyar, Editor

Penguin Canada

Literary or Historical Food Writing

The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolution

Stephen Heyman, Author

Alane Mason, Editor

W. Norton & Company

Self-Published

CO Specs: Recipes & Histories of Classic Cocktails

Cas Oh, Author

Sophie Cross, Editor

Cazerac Ltd

Single Subject

Foolproof Fish Modern Recipes for Everyone, Everywhere

America’s Test Kitchen, Authors

America’s Test Kitchen, Editors

America’s Test Kitchen

Wine, Beer or Spirits

Spirits of Latin America A Celebration of Culture & Cocktails, with 100 Recipes from Leyenda & Beyond

Ivy Mix, Author

Dervla Kelly, Editor

Ten Speed Press

The IACP Julia Child First Book Award, Presented By The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence

Claire Saffitz, Author

Raquel Pelzel, Editor

Clarkson Potter

Cookbook of The Year

Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou

Melissa Martin, Author

Judy Pray, Editor

Artisan Books

2021 DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD WINNERS

Corporate Instagram Account

Milk Street Kitchen

Christopher Kimball, Alison Spiegel

https://www.instagram.com/177milkstreet/

Individual Instagram Account

Anna Voloshyna

@annavoloshynacooks

Corporate Online Video Series

Food52 / Bake It Up a Notch with Erin McDowell

Erin Jeanne McDowell

Gabriella Mangino (Director / Executive Producer), Fakiri Malik (DP), Josh Dion (Editor)

Individual Online Video Series

Jacques Pépin Cooking at Home

Jacques Pépin / Jacques Pépin Foundation, Creator

Claudine Pépin, Producer

https://jp.foundation/video-series/jacques-at-home-2020

Individual Food Blog

Diversivore

Sean Bromilow

Diversivore.com

The Global Carinderia

Jennifer Fergesen

globalcarinderia.com

Newsletter* New award category

Voraciously’s Essential Cookbooks

Charlotte Druckman with Matt Brooks and Amanda Soto

The Washington Post

Podcast Series

Proof

Bridget Lancaster and Kaitlin Keleher

America’s Test Kitchen

Radio Show

The Splendid Table

Francis Lam, Host

Sally Swift, Managing Producer and Co-creator

American Public Media

Culinary Television Series

Food52 / Sweet Heat with Rick Martinez

Rick Martinez (Host), Gabriella Mangino (Director/EP), Wonbo Woo (Director), Faki Malik (DP), Josh Dion (Editor), Misael (Camera)

Culinary Recipe Website

King Arthur Baking Company Recipe Site

King Arthur Recipe Team

kingarthurbaking.com/recipes

2021 FOOD WRITING AWARD WINNERS

Beverage-Focused Column

Spirits

Carrie Allan

The Washington Post

Recipe-Focused Column

Know Your Chicken

Cathy Erway

TASTE

Culinary Travel Writing

Unearthing Oregon’s Hidden Bounty

Rowan Jacobsen

EatingWell

Food Section of a Magazine, Circulation Over 500,000

Mediterranean, Simplify Your Life, and 30th Anniversary

Jessie Price, Editor-in-Chief

Eating Well

Narrative Beverage Writing With Recipes

This cocktail can keep you warm around the fire pit — and you can make it there, too

M. Carrie Allan

The Washington Post

Narrative Beverage Writing Without Recipes