2000 FOR HIS CARREER TO : 
| ORAZIO BAGNASCO FOUNDER OF THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERNATIONALE DE GASTRONOMIE (B.IN.G.) AUTHOR OF "THE BANQUET" AND "VETRO" |
|
HUMANITARIAN AWARD : 
| RICHARD GRAUSMAN AUTHOR OF COOKING AT HOME WITH THE FRENCH CLASSICS (WORKMAN) |
|
BEST PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR : GRUB STREET (UK) Four other special Awards were announced by the International Jury: Special Prize for his carreer: 
| a.. Chef Wan, The Culinary Ambassador of Malaysia, Author of "Simply Sedap" (Times) |
|
Special Prize of the International Jury: a.. Chef Jorge Vale, of the Restaurant Casa de Comida, Lisboa, Author of the Four Seasons at Casa Da Comida (Everest Editora) Special Prize for Best Culinary Business Professional: a.. Vefa Alexiadou, from Greece Special Publisher Award to : a.. Ediciones Gourmand (Chile) for La Mesa del Mar – The Seafood Table Editor:Alex Gonzalez Three other Special Awards were announced for books in French: Special Award for the town of Périgueux: a.. Cuisine En Duo, by Jacques and Laurent Pourcel (Hachette) Special Prize of the Jury: a.. Les Nouveaux Mangeurs, Physiologie Du Goût, Jean Didier Vincent, Jean-Marie Amat (Odile Jacob) Special Mention of the Jury: a.. La Cuisine de La Noix, by Jean Luc Toussaint (LHydre) 1999 a.. For her achievement in cookbook writing: 
| Claudia Roden, Born in Cairo, now in London and Paris, for her lifelong passion for Mediterranean cuisine, and her kindness, sense of humor and talent. |
|
a.. Special Prize of the International Jury: My Year of Meats, my American Wife, by Ruth L.Ozebi (published by Pan Books MacMillan, by Jean Claude Lattes in French , by Grijalbo in Spanish) French Jury: Rencontres Savoureuses, Alain Ducasse (Plon) a.. Prix de La Ville de Périgueux 
| Trois Etoiles au Michelin, by Jean François Mesplède (Grund) |
|
a.. Prix de La Ville de Versailles Saveurs du Japon, Hirohisa Koyoma (Albin Michel) a.. Publisher of the Year : Prisma (Sweden) 1998 a.. Achievement in Cookbook Writing : 
| b..Paula Wolfert (Haper Collins) for all her publications, from her Couscous Book in 1973, to "Cooking in South West France " in 1983, to "Mediterranean Grains and Greens" edited by Susan Friedland (1998). |
|
a.. The Best Culinary Journalist:  | Jeffrey Steingarten, for "The Man Who Ate Everything " (Random House) |
|
Best Book in French outside France :
| Esprit de Cuisine, by Irma Dütsch (At Verlag-Switzerland) |
|
a.. Publisher of the Year: Vefa Alexiadou (Greece) 1997 a.. Publisher of the Year – Europe : - Gräfe Und Unzer – Germany a.. Best Publisher – Global Market : Murdoch Books – Australia a.. The Best Cookbook Agent : Elizabeth Brayne Foreign Rights Agency | 
