The TASTY AWARDS celebrate the year’s best achievements in artisan Food, Drink, and Fashion products, as well as honoring outstanding Restaurants and Chefs, including Popup Restaurants.

Annual TASTY AWARDS competition categories include awards for the best Healthy Gourmet Snacks, Jerky, Herbal Tea, Chocolates & Confections, Honey, New Release Wines, artisan Fragrances, Swimwear, and Cosmetics/Skincare.

The TASTY AWARDS were launched in 2008 to celebrate the best lifestyle film, television and online programs, and eventually incorporated lifestyle product brands. In 2011 the broadcast awards were renamed the TASTE AWARDS, and the product brand awards competitions were continued as part of the TASTY AWARDS.

The world is full of fantastic, delicious and innovative products and brands. That’s why our panel of experts tastes each year some of the best, and ranks and celebrates what they find.

The TASTY AWARDS are intended to recognize and support the creators of fantastic products, as well as help clients, customers and buyers identify some of the best choices on the market.

Products from across the country and globe are entered into these competitions, and are sent to a select jury panel of food & wine media and industry judges located throughout North America. The results are therefore arrived at independent of any input from the TASTY AWARDS committee, and reflect the culmination of a diversity of tastes, thus reflecting the actual customer market.

The judging panel is part of the Academy of Media Tastemakers.

The TASTE AWARDS are premier broadcast awards show celebrating the year’s best achievements in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, Sports and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, in Online Video, and in Apps, Radio, Podcasts and Photography.

In sum, the TASTE AWARDS are primarily broadcast and media focused, and the TASTY AWARDS are primarily product and brand focused.