Friday, November 5, 2004

COOKBOOK PHOTOGRAPHY

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A LOOK BACK AT PAST WINNERS

There are now 24.000 new cookbook titles published every year. Sales growth has been steady since 1995 at 5% a year.

Food photography has been one of the major factors for the growth of the global cookbook market. Some of the best photographers in the world are now turning to food photography.

For seven years the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have rewarded food photographers for their cookbooks.

From 1998 to 2003 Gourmand has had awards for cookbook photographers cookbooks in 21 countries. The list of winners includes some of the top stars world. Very few are known world wide such as the late Bruno Hausch or Christian Teubner, many are only known locally or regionally, even if they are excellent, such as Francesc Guillamet for El Bulli, Denis Nidos of France or Thomas Ruhl of Germany.

The winners for the Gourmand Awards 2004 for the different countries will be known at the end of November in each country. The winner for Best in the World 2004 will be announced on February 11, 2005 at the Gourmand World Gala event in Grythyttan, Sweden. The host for the event will be television star Yvan Cadiou, a French Chef who speaks English and has had many shows on BBC, Carlton, Gourmet TV and many others in different countries.

This year Gourmand has received 20% more books than last year, well over 4.000 books to compete in the various categories.

It is the Tenth Year for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, created in 1994 to honour those who cook and drink with words.

For more information:

Edouard Cointreau

Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

President and Founder

Phone: +34 91 541 67 68

Fax:   +34 91 541 68 21

Email: edouard@gourmandbooks.com

COOKBOOKS PHOTOGRAPHY

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2003 Best in the World : - Tessa Traeger (USA)

 Belgium  - Tony le Duc (Lannoo)

 Brasil  - Romulo Faldini (DBA)

 Colombia  - Claudia Uribe Touri (Villegas Editores)

 Denmark  - Claes Bech-Poulsen (Nyholm)

 France  - Akiko Ida, Pierre Javelle (Marabout)

 Italy  - Carlo Rezzonico (Bibiotheca Culinaria)

 Japan  -  Tani Noboru (Shibata)

 Luxembourg       - Guy Hoffmann (Lea Linster)

 Malaysia  - Jenhor Siow (Times)

 Norway       - Christian Brun (Dinamo)

 Poland  -  Zenon Zyburtowicz (Proszynski I S-ka)

 Slovenia  -  Janez Puksic (Vale Novak)

 Spain  -  Fransesc Guillamet (El Bulli Book)

 Sweden  -  Per-Erik Berglund (Wahlström Widstrand)

 UK  -  Martin Brigdale (Aquamarine)

 US  -  Tessa Traeger (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)

 2002 Best in the World : - Patrick Rougereau (France)

 Belgium  -  Tony le Duc (Standaard)

 Colombia  -  Claudia Uribe Touri (Villegas Editores)

 France  -  Patrick Rougereau (Ouest-France)

 Germany  -  Thomas Ruhl (Dumont)

 Italy  -  Maurice Rougemont, Giovanni Gerardi (Giunti

 New Zealand  -  Ian Batchelor (New Holand)

 Norway  -  Christian Brun (Cappelen)

 Portugal  -  Lucia Jeronimo, Liliana Silva (Impala)

 Spain  -  Mikel Alonso (LUR)

 Sweden  -  Gediyon Kifle, Paul Brissman, Bruno Ehrs (TV4 Vision)

 UK  -  John Freeman (New Holland)

 US  - Derek Gaffney (Lindergraff Books)

 2001 Best in the World : - Christian Teubner (Germany)

 Belgium  -  Stephan Veheye (Stichting Kunstboek)

 France  -  Amos Schlack (Hachette)

 Germany  -  Christian Teubner (Teubner)

 Peru  -  Tony Custer (Corp. Custer)

 Singapore  -  Luca Invernizzi Tettoni (Periplus-Tuttle)

 Spain  -  Francesc Guillamet (Planeta)

 Switzerland  -  Dave Bill Mann (La Tavola)

 Sweden  -  B. Lindberg, P. Ptöninge (Prisma)

 2000 Best in the World :- Kieran Scott (New Zealand)

 Germany  -  Neuner Durrenhofer (Droemer)

 Italy  -  Carlo Pozzoni (Associazione Cuochi Di Como)

 New Zealand  -  Kieran Scott (International Culinary Institute)

 The Netherlands -  Harold Pereira, Christiaan van Mameren (Jose van Mil)

 1999 Best in the World :- Bruno Hausch (Switzerland)

 France  -  Pierre Hussenot (Hachette

 Germany  - Günter Beer (Könemann)

 Switzerland  -  Bruno Hausch (Culinary Chronicle)

 US  -  James Lambeth (Miami Dog Press

 1998 Best in the World :- J. B. Naudin (France)

 France -  J.B. Naudin (Le Chêne)

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