12th Annual TASTE AWARDS Winners Announced

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The TASTE AWARDS announced this year’s Award Winners and additional Honorees for its 12th Anniversary Year during a stylish and exciting virtual broadcast that reached viewers across the globe, from Japan and England to Poland, Italy and South Africa, and from New Zealand to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.

Winners include the new ANDREW ZIMMERN DISCOVERY AWARD. This award honors the mission to discover new cultures, new flavors, or new talent. The inaugural honorees of this new award are Andrew Zimmern and Tyler Florence.

 

Other well known personalities who won or were honored include Ming Tsai, Selena Gomez, Idris Elba, Dylan Dreyer, Chef John Folse, and Lidi Bastianich, along with Bravo’s Top Chef, America’s Test Kitchen, NHK, the Africa Channel, and New Soul Kitchen. See all of the winners and additional honorees below.

 

Some participating Celebrity awards presenters include Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV), Kim Estes (Emmy nominated actor), Jernard Wells (Food Network, Cleo TV), Mickela Mallozzi (PBS, CreateTV), Danielle Nottingham (NBC), Margaret McSweeney (Kitchen Chat), Chris Knight (Gusto TV), Andrea Feczko, Joanne Weir, Jazz and Jake Smollett, the Food Nanny (IG).

The TASTE Awards have included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such as the Food Network, the Style Network, Bravo, the Cooking Channel, TLC, Discovery, Lifetime, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, Create TV, APT, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Dreamworks, Esquire Network, FYI Network, The History Channel, Bio, iHeart Radio, Sony Pictures, APT, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and more. See them at http://www.TheTasteAwards.com.

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12th ANNUAL TASTE AWARDS WINNERS

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Best Chef in a Series

• Bravo’s Top Chef: What Would Tom Do? [Tom Colicchio]”
• Confucius Was a Foodie”
• Cook Like a Chef
• Eating In with Lidia: Back to Basics”
• Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
• Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places, Season Three
• Lidia Celebrates America: Return of the Artisans
• New Soul Kitchen with Chef Jernard   (WINNER)
• A Taste of Ireland: Ballyknocken Cookery School Episode Title: “Barnyard Bash”
• Simply Ming: Ming Tsai with Andrew Zimmern   (WINNER)
• Wolf it Down, with Tyler Florence

Best Food Program – Television

• A Taste of Ireland: Ballyknocken Cookery School
• America’s Test Kitchen — “Childhood Favorites for Grown Ups”
• Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
• Confucius Was a Foodie   (WINNER)
• Flavor of Poland
• Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places, Season Three
• Lidia Celebrates America: Return of the Artisans
• Moveable Feast: On the Road in Cambridge, UK
• My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
• New Soul Kitchen with Chef Jernard
• Simply Ming: Ming Tsai with Andrew Zimmern

Best Food Program – Online and Streaming

• America’s Test Kitchen: Boot Camp   (WINNER)
• Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen   (WINNER)
• Cooks Thyme with Chef Tobias Cooks
• Eat Travel Rock Productions Reel Featuring Beatnik Chicago
• How To Cook That by Ann Reardon
• Lorna With A Pinch Of Salt
• New Soul Kitchen with Chef Jernard
• The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker
• The Wiseguy Kitchen – The Historic Kapok Tree
• The Worlds Oldest Restaurant: 300 Year Old Sobrino de Botín

Best Food Travel Series – Online & Streaming

• A Taste of Scotland
• Bad Ideas
• Cup of Joe
• Eat Travel Rock TV
• Kitchen Chat
• The Wiseguy Kitchen – The Historic Kapok Tree
• The Worlds Oldest Restaurant: 300 Year Old Sobrino de Botín   (WINNER)

Best Food Travel Series – Television

• A Taste of Ireland: Ballyknocken Cookery School
• A Taste of Scotland
• Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
• Confucius Was a Foodie
• Flavor of Poland
• Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
• Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places, Season Three
• Lens of Culture
• Lidia Celebrates America: Return of the Artisans   (WINNER)
• Moveable Feast: On the Road in Cambridge, UK
• My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Best Reality Series

• Cup of Joe   (WINNER)
• Family Style, Season 2
• I’ll Have What You’re Having   (WINNER)
• Just Eats with Chef JJ
• New Day New Chef : Support and Feed Edition
• Tastes Like Home – Bringing a recipe from Lusk in Ireland to Sydney Australia   (WINNER)
• The Wiseguy Kitchen – The Historic Kapok Tree
• What’s On the Menu with Michelle Ullmann

Best Drink or Beverage Program

• Agave Road Trip
• Beer Sessions Radio
• Dads Drinking Bourbon
• Eat Travel Rock TV
• Family Style, Season 2
• Hard Core
• Lorna With A Pinch Of Salt
• The 3 Julias on 30A Television
• The Speakeasy   (WINNER)
• Wine Soundtrack
• Wines To Find Podcast

Best Branded Program, Native Content, Video, or Advertisement
Presented by R&B Celllars

• BOSS EYEWEAR | Sharpen your focus |Starring Henry Cavill
• Eat Travel Rock TV   (WINNER)
• Exquisit Schnaps and fine Vinegar in Austria/Europe
• Family Style, Season 2
• Fresh Up Your Life
• Get Away for a Day with Allyshia Renay: International Edition!
• Kitchenside Talks
• The Wiseguy Kitchen: The Historic Kapok Tree
• Travelers by Nature

Best Green or Organic Program, Series or Film

• Fresh Up Your Life   (WINNER)
• MÁS Sano, MÁS Rico
• Nardelli al Natural (All natural Nardelli)
• New Day New Chef
• New Day New Chef : Support and Feed Edition

Best New Series

• Agave Road Trip   (WINNER)
• Catherine’s Farmhouse Kitchen: Quarantine Edition
• Chrissy’s Court
• Flavor of Poland
• Lens of Culture
• Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini   (WINNER)
• New Day New Chef
• Selena + Chef
• The Worlds Oldest Restaurant: 300 Year Old Sobrino de Botín
• Valcooks Kitchen
• Wines To Find Podcast

Best Single Topic Series, Presented by Gowan’s Cider

• Agave Road Trip
• America’s Test Kitchen — “Cooking For One” Series   (WINNER)
• Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
• Confucius Was a Foodie
• Dads Drinking Bourbon
• How To Cook That by Ann Reardon
• Opening Soon
• Pit Bulls & Parolees
• The Speakeasy
• Wines To Find Podcast

Best Nature or Science Program, Film or Documentary

• The Aquarium   (WINNER)
• Eick on a Hike: Best Day Hikes in Lassen Volcanic National Park
• NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope   (WINNER)

Best Health & Fitness Program, Film or Documentary

• Eick on a Hike: Best Day Hikes in Lassen Volcanic National Park   (WINNER)
• Iron Sharpens Iron
• New Day New Chef
• New Day New Chef : Support and Feed Edition
• The Art of Natural Healing

Best Food or Drink Podcast

• Afros and Knives Podcast   (WINNER)
• Agave Road Trip
• Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
• Cooks Thyme with Chef Tobias Cooks
• Dads Drinking Bourbon
• Meat and Three
• S.A.L.T. Lab Radio
• Sips, Suds, & Smokes
• The Bite Goes On
• The Grape Nation
• The Speakeasy   (WINNER)
• Wine Road Podcast
• Wine Soundtrack
• Wines To Find Podcast

Best Travel Program

• A Taste of Scotland
• Adventure Horizon (Gorizont Priklyucheniy)
• Confucius Was a Foodie
• Flavor of Poland
• Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
• Lens of Culture   (WINNER)
• Los favoritos de Margarita Carrillo
• Los Petersen en la Patagonia (Cooking the Patagonia with the Petersen’s)
• Moveable Feast: On the Road in Cambridge, UK
• Somebody Feed Phil
• Tastes Like Home – Bringing a recipe from Kildare, Ireland to Jeju in South Korea
• Weekends With Yankee: Deep Roots

Best City or Regional Program

• Weekends With Yankee: Deep Roots (WINNER)
• Whats On The Menu With Michelle Ullmann, Pierogies Factory
• Wine Road Podcast   

Best Ethnic Lifestyle Series, Program or Film

• Confucius Was a Foodie   (WINNER)
• Felicitas Parrillera (Felicitas’ BBQ)
• Get Away for a Day with Allyshia Renay: International Edition!
• Lens of Culture
• Los favoritos de Margarita Carrillo
• Los Fogones Tradicionales: MÉXICO (Ancient fires: Mexico)
• New Soul Kitchen with Chef Jernard
• Simply Ming: Ming Tsai with Andrew Zimmern   (WINNER)

Best International Program

• A Taste of Ireland: Ballyknocken Cookery School
• Christmas with Bonacini
• Confucius Was a Foodie   (WINNER)
• Cook Like a Chef
• Crikey! It’s the Irwins: Bindi’s Wedding
• Felicitas Parrillera (Felicitas’ BBQ)
• Flavor of Poland
• Great Getaways: Cologne, Germany
• Los Fogones Tradicionales: MÉXICO (Ancient fires: Mexico)
• Los Petersen en la Patagonia (Cooking the Patagonia with the Petersen’s)
• Maestros del Ceviche (Ceviche Masters)
• Parrilla a la mexicana
• Tastes Like Home – Bringing a recipe from Kildare, Ireland to Jeju in South Korea
• Watts on the Grill

Best Foreign Language Program, Series or Film

• Exquisit Schnaps and fine Vinegar in Austria/Europe
• Los favoritos de Margarita Carrillo
• Los Fogones Tradicionales: MÉXICO (Ancient fires: Mexico)
• Los Petersen en la Patagonia (Cooking the Patagonia with the Petersen’s)   (WINNER)
• MÁS Sano, MÁS Rico
• Nardelli al Natural (All natural Nardelli)
• Parrilla a la mexicana
• Supera Esto (Chef’s showdown)
• Wine Crush (Vas-y Coupe!)
• Wine Soundtrack

BEST MINI FILM OR DOCUMENTARY (5-10 MINUTES)

• 541: A Place For The Community
• Eat Travel Rock Productions Reel Featuring Beatnik Chicago
• Eick on a Hike: Best Day Hikes in Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Exquisit Schnaps and fine Vinegar in Austria/Europe
• Master Artcraft Perfumer
• The Biodynamical Way
• The Worlds Oldest Restaurant: 300 Year Old Sobrino de Botín   (WINNER)

BEST SHORT FILM OR DOCUMENTARY (10-40 MINUTES)

• Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story
• Get Away for a Day with Allyshia Renay: International Edition!
• In the Desert of Eternity
• Italy In Bocca   (WINNER)
• NO SINGLE ORIGIN
• QUẬN 13
• Russia through the Eyes of Foreigners. While Moscow was the Capital

BEST FEATURE-LENGTH FILM OR DOCUMENTARY

• Alaska Long Hunters
• Lidia Celebrates America: Return of the Artisans
• Weed & Wine   (WINNER)
• Wine Crush (Vas-y Coupe!)

BEST FASHION FILM

• Alex
• Behind the Curtain   (WINNER)
• fashion inspiration nature
• Human Library

BEST ACTION SPORTS, ADVENTURE, OR OUTDOORS FILM

• Eick on a Hike: Best Day Hikes in Lassen Volcanic National Park   
• Elba vs. Block (WINNER)
• Iron Sharpens Iron
• Life Size Toys
• SKRRT with Offset 

Best Social Media Short Video

• America’s Test Kitchen — “Cooking For One” Series   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Eat Travel Rock Productions Reel Featuring Beatnik Chicago
• Fresh Up Your Life
• Koo 80th Birthday Video Campaign
• The Food Nanny
• Valcooks Kitchen

Best Lifestyle Podcast

• S.A.L.T. Lab Radio
• Sips, Suds, & Smokes
• The Swirl Suite Podcast
• Wine Road Podcast   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)

Best Home Decor and Design Program

• Barkitecture
• Living By Design
• La recicladora de muebles   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Murder House Flip

Best Comedy or Humor

• Bad Ideas
• Chrissy’s Court
• Gayme Show
• Gone Mental with Lior
• Kirby Jenner
• Memory Hole
• Nice One!
• Nikki Fre$h
• Punk’d
• Somebody Feed Phil
• The 3 Julias on 30A Television
• The CORONA DIALOGUES
• The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• What’s On the Menu with Michelle Ullmann

Best Filmed at Home Episodes or Film

• America’s Test Kitchen: Boot Camp  
• Catherine’s Farmhouse Kitchen: Quarantine Edition
• Crikey! It’s the Irwins: Bindi’s Wedding
• Eat Travel Rock TV
• Family Style, Season 2
• Italy In Bocca
• Meat and Three
• Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini
• New Day New Chef : Support and Feed Edition   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Opening Soon
• Selena + Chef
• The Speakeasy

Best Series Pilot

• Catherine’s Farmhouse Kitchen: Quarantine Edition
• Cook Like a Chef
• Hard Core
• ILLVILLE
• Living By Design
• Mind Exchange Music Presents: Layne Marie Williams The Adventures of Ms Glitch Live Film Score
• Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini
• New Day New Chef   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Wolf it Down, with Tyler Florence

Best Instructional Web Series

• America’s Test Kitchen — “Cooking For One” Series
• America’s Test Kitchen: Boot Camp
• Chef Schulz’s “How To”    (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Cooking Issues
• Fresh Up Your Life
• The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker

Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast

• All in the Industry
• Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
• Sips, Suds, & Smokes   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Take Away Only
• The Grape Nation
• The Swirl Suite Podcast
• Wine Road Podcast

Best Home Chef in a Series

• Cooks Thyme with Chef Tobias Cooks
• Living By Design
• Selena + Chef   (VIEWERS CHOICE WINNER)
• Tastes Like Home – Bringing a recipe from Lusk in Ireland to Sydney Australia
• The 3 Julias on 30A Television
• The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker
• Valcooks Kitchen

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ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOREES ANNOUNCED

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BEST OF CANADA AWARD

• Cook Like a Chef

BEST OF EUROPE AWARD

• Flavor of Poland
• Great Getaways: Cologne, Germany 

BEST OF OCEANIA AWARD

• How To Cook That by Ann Reardon

BEST OF AFRICA AWARD

• Lorna With A Pinch Of Salt

OUTSTANDING ANIMATION

• Ryori  (Brian Yulo Ng, Director)

OUTSTANDING KIDS PROGRAMMING

• A Taste of Scotland (Twice as Good Show)

A FULL LIST OF ALL HONOREES AND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES CAN BE SEEN HERE

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TASTE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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• April McClure – Southern California Piers
• Bozena Garbinska – Grapes
• Devin DePamphilis – Jumping in Ice Cream
• Dilip Khatri – Cactus Lane
• Matt Armendariz – Abalone Carpaccio, Jordan Winery.jpg
• Michelle Ullmann – Girl and Her Wolf
• Peter Irgens, Charlotte Andersen – Nutcracker twenty20
• Wendy Bednarz – Surma, ARTifice Traces Suri in Present
• Xu Han – Food 

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