And the winner is

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Best Chef

Former press release and former Awards

1996-2000

1.-BEST CHEF

Secrets from my 3 Star Kitchen, by Dieter Müller (Dumont-Germany)

BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD :

2000

BEST CHEF

There are more and more star chefs spread across the culinary universe. Beyond excellent recipes and a high publishing quality, a good chef book has to show the personality and character which make the star.

Three chefs, Alain Dutournier, Andrés Madrigal and Kiyomi Mikuni showed real talent in writing personnally their texts. Madrigal also is the photographer for his book. Mikuni is in the Literary Food writing section as there are no recipes in his book, a key criteria for judging chefs books. Alain Dutournier won the French La Mazille Prize, and Dieter Müller the International La Mazille Prize, the two top prizes in this competition, for best in all categories.

BEST IN ALL CATEGORIES

PRIX LA MAZILLE – FRANCE

Ma Cuisine, by Alain Dutournier (Albin Michel)

BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD :

LA COCINA DE ANDRES MADRIGAL

RESTAURANTE BALZAC-MADRID

Text and photography by A.Madrigal 
(El Pais-Aguilar, Grupo Santillana)

PRIX LA MAZILLE – INTERNATIONAL 

BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD :

FINALISTS:

FRENCH

La Cuisine de nos Mères, by Georges Blanc and Coco Jobard (Hachette)

ENGLISH

A Chef for All Seasons, by Gordon Ramsay (Quadrille-UK and Ten Speed-USA)

GERMAN

Cooking for every day, Manfred Schwart (Zabert Sandmann)

SPANISH

La Cocina de Andrés Madrigal – Restaurante Balzac, text and photography by Andrés Madrigal (El Pais-Aguilar, Grupo Santillana)

PORTUGUESE

The Four Seasons, at Casa de Comida, by Jorge Vale (Everest Editora)

1999

In most years, the best books tower over the rest. It is the case in 1997 of the French Laundry, by Thomas Keller, where the chef and the publisher created a Masterpiece.

BEST IN ALL CATEGORIES

PRIX LA MAZILLE – FRANCE

Saveurs et Parfums de LHuile dOlive, Jacques Chibois, Olivier Baussan (Flammarion)

BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD

The French Laundry Cookbook,
 by Thomas Keller (Artisan-USA)

FINALISTS

ENGLISH

(Nº 2 after The French Laundry)

72 Market Street Dishes It Out, Roland Gilbert and Rober Lia (Ten Speed-USA)

SPANISH

La Cocina de Santi Santamaria, La Etica del Gusto (Everest)

SWEDISH

Rolands Gäster, The Guests of Roland, by Roland Persson (Prisma)

FRENCH

1998

The French Jury for French books gives awards only to books published in France.
The International Jury was very impressed by Roger Souvereyns from Belgium and gave him an award.
Finally it is a salute to the world success of Mexican cuisine that won the Best in The World.

BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD

Rick Baylesss Mexican Kitchen, by Rick Bayless (Scribner-USA)

FINALISTS

LAtelier dAlain Ducasse
(Hachette-France)

ENGLISH

Les Herbes Au Scholteshof ,
 Roger Souvereyns
(Lannoo-Belgium)

Rick Baylesss Mexican Kitchen, by Rick Bayless (Scribner-USA)

SWEDISH

Melkers Mat, by Melker Anderson (Prisma)

SPANISH

100 Recetas Para Quitarse El Sombrero, by Abraham Garcia, Viridiana-Madrid (Siruela)

ITALIAN

Carnia, La Mia Terra, by Fulvio de Santa (Controcampo)

1997

THE BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD

Asian Fusion, by Winni Brugger
 (Pacific Century Publishers-Hong Kong, Charles Tuttle-Japan)

1996

THE BEST CHEF BOOK IN THE WORLD

- The Cuisine of Hubert Keller (Ten Speed-USA)

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