THE VIEWERS CHOICE CATEGORY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The 5th Annual TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood on January 16th were a huge success! Many award winners, honorees, and nominees attended, as well as scores of Hollywood celebrities for the Red Carpet.
The overall award winners list was released in December on this press release via PR Newswire.
The 9 Viewers Choice category winners announced on Jan. 16th are:
- BEST FOOD OR DRINK RADIO BROADCAST – Bite and Booze Radio Show
- BEST FASHION OR DESIGN: WEB PROGRAM OR VIDEO – Urban Hippie
- BEST COMEDY – The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker
- BEST FEATURE-LENGTH FILM OR DOCUMENTARY – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
- BEST SHORT FILM OR DOCUMENTARY – Sugar Shack (A Documentary)
- BEST MINI FILM OR DOCUMENTARY – “The Art & Science of Beer, with the Charlie “The Pope of Foam” Bamforth
- BEST FOOD PROGRAM: WEB – Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
- BEST FOOD TRAVEL SERIES: WEB – Without Borders
- BEST HOME CHEF IN A SERIES – Kimberly’s Simply Southern
TASTE HALL OF FAME Inductees Announced

We are pleased to announce the inductees in the first class of the TASTE HALL OF FAME.
First year Inductees were selected based on either having received numerous TASTE AWARDS and finalist nominations over the years, or having made a significant impact in the world of taste and broadcast entertainment.
The Inductees are:
New CHOCOLATE AWARDS Categories Added – International Chocolate Salon
TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon, producers of the Original and Premier Artisan Chocolate events and competitions in North America, are pleased to announce that based on Industry requests, we have added two additional Chocolate Awards categories for 2013.
· Best WHITE Chocolate
· Best Chocolate BEVERAGE
Registration ends on May 20th for the 2013 Chocolate Award Competitions for the following categories:
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· Best Chocolate BAR
· Best CARAMEL
· Top TOFFEE
· Best BRIDAL Chocolates
Chocolatiers and Confectioners can register or get more information for these juried product-submission competitions (not events) using the forms at www.InternationalChocolateSalon.com or at www.LuxuryChocolateAwards.com
TasteTV Events include:
- The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
- The Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon
- The Chicago Chocolate Salon
- The Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon
- The TASTE AWARDS
- Follow us on Facebook
San Francisco Chocolate Salon – Chocolate Design Winners
As a new part of the 7th Annual San Francisco Chocolate Salon on March 24th, the Original and Premier Artisan Chocolate show on the West Coast, there will be a gallery of chocolate-inspired art. The pieces range from paintings, to jewelry to ceramic (such as this ceramic chocolate cupcake by Sandra Cohen-Wynn, pictured).
Other displaying artists include: Carolyn Tillie, Melissa Rice, Kristin Stanchfield, Susanne Friedrich, Nikki Lau, Joan Pearson, Janet Lohr, and Bethany Garland
7th Annual San Francisco
INTERNATIONAL CHOCOLATE SALON
March 24, 2013
10am – 6pm
Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion
1 Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
www.SFChocolateSalon.com
TasteTV Events include:
- The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
- The Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon
- The Chicago Chocolate Salon
- The Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon
- The TASTE AWARDS
- Follow us on Facebook
Georgia Hardstark – TASTE AWARDS
Georgia of the Cooking Channel program “Classy Ladies with Alie and Georgia” shows off one of her two medals from the TASTE AWARDS in Los Angeles on January 17.