Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards

Adelaide, South Australia is home to this years' World Food Media Awards - the foodie equivalent of the movie Oscars. The awards acknowledges the work of food and drink professionals, writers, educators, TV presenters and producers across the world, recognising excellence across a broad range of publishing and broadcasting on food and drink, books, magazines, newspapers, television, internet websites, guide books and photography.

I am lucky enough to attend the awards this year and will be cheering Great Britain and Ireland on. Below is the list of UK and Irish shorlisted nominees.

BEST FOOD/DRINK GUIDE BOOK

• Collio Fine Wines & Foods From Italy's Northeast by Carla Capalbo

BEST DRINK BOOK

• Andrew Jefford's Wine Course by Andrew Jefford

BEST FOOD AND/OR DRINK WEBSITE

• Good Food Channel by UKTV
• BBC Good Food by BBC Worldwid

BEST DRINK PHOTOGRAPHY

• Avocado Lime by Patrice De Villiers

  BEST CHILDREN'S COOKBOOK

  • Mummy and Me Cookbook by Annabel Karmel, Published by Dorling Kindersley

    BEST HEALTH AND NUTRITION BOOK

    • The Essential Diabetes Cookbook by Antony Worrall Thompson, Published by Kyle Cathie

      BEST FOOD JOURNALIST

      • Guy Dimond
      • Katy Salter
      • Tim Atkin

      BEST RESTAURANT CRITIC

      • Guy Dimond

      BEST FOOD MAGAZINE

      • Jamie Magazine
      • Waitrose Food Illustrated

      BEST TELEVISION FOOD AND/OR DRINK SHOW

      • Nigella Express Produced by Pacific Productions
      • Catherine's Italian Kitchen Produced by RTE, IRELAND
      • India Produced by Plum Pictures
      • Trish's Paris Kitchen Produced by RTE, IRELAND
      • What To Eat Now Produced by Optomen

      BEST FOOD/DRINK RADIO PROGRAMME

      • Spices Presented by Caroline Hennessy and Kevin Thornton, Produced by Soundsdoable, IRELAND

      BEST SOFT COVER RECIPE BOOK

      • Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks by Rosemary Shrager, published by Dorling Kindersley
      • Paul Gayler's Sauce Book by Paul Gayler, published by Kyle Cathie

      BEST HARD COVER RECIPE BOOK (UNDER EURO 35)

      • Cuisinier Gascon by Pascal Aussignac, published by Absolute Press
      • Seasonal Spanish Food by Jose Pizarro, published by Kyle Cathie
      • Flavour: A World of Beautiful Food by Vicky Bhogal, published by Hodder and Stoughton
      • Flavours of Morocco by Ghillie Basan published by Ryland Peters and Small
      • Pepper by Christine McFadden, published by Absolute Press

      BEST HARD COVER RECIPE BOOK (OVER EURO 35)

      • Vefa's Kitchen by Vefa Alexiadou, published by Phaidon Press
      • The Italian Cookery Course by Katie Caldesi, published by Kyle Cathie
      • Forgotten Skills of Cooking by Darina Allen, published by Kyle Cathie

      BEST FOOD BOOK

      • Black Pudding and Foie Gras by Andrew Pern, published by Face
      • World Cheese Book by Juliet Harbutt, published by Dorling Kindersley