2023 Ambassador and Miss TASTE AWARDS: Amanda Sophia Moran

Los Angeles student Amanda Sophia Moran has been named a TASTE AWARDS Ambassador and Miss TASTE AWARDS 2023 by the Awards Committee. Amanda will represent the awards in her community and generation, as well as assist the awards presenters in giving award medals onstage to the winners, honorees and inductees at the March 13th ceremony in Beverly Hills.

Amanda Sophia Moran attends a private high school on Los Angeles’ west side, where she maintains an honors-level GPA through hard work, discipline and proactive engagement with her peers, faculty and school administration. Not only is Amanda an active member of her school’s Black Student Union, she also leads as President of the school’s United Through Art club which utilizes art as a form of activism. Amanda’s other activities include Speech and Debate and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. where she serves as Editor and Historian of her Chapter’s teen group. The producers of the Taste Awards have selected Amanda as a TASTE AWARDS Ambassador and Miss TASTE AWARDS 2023 and proudly wish her a future full of continued success and achievement.

In addition, the awards announce that this year’s 14th Anniversary Red Carpet Awards Show, Reception and Ceremony will take place on March 13, 2023 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, the first in-person since 2020.

Portions of this event will be filmed for broadcast on various public television stations across the United States starting in April and May 2023.

Awards Show Tickets can be reserved here.

For over a decade, the TASTE AWARDS have been the premier awards celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs in Film, Television, Online & Streaming Video, Podcasts, Radio and Photography.

Winners, Honorees and Hall of Fame Inductees will receive their honors in person at the star-studded ceremony.

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, NETA, 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, HBO Max, Entertainment Studios’ Recipe.TV, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Tastemade, AMC International, the Africa Channel, Roku, Vimeo, Vice, Vox, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and more.

Bita and Beata among Award Presenters at the 14th Annual TASTE AWARDS

The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce that popular food and culture podcasters Bita Farvar Arabian and Beata Nazem Kelley (Bita and Beata) will be among the awards presenters at the in-person ceremony,

Bita Farvar Arabian and Beata Nazem Kelley are the voices behind Modern Persian Food, a podcast showcasing the best of Persian cuisine and culture. The show covers fresh ingredients, exotic dishes, cultural spotlights, holidays, and traditions. The co-hosts also feature expert special guests sharing stories and journeys connecting to an ancient culture full of rich history and royal flavors.

In addition, the awards announce that this year’s 14th Anniversary Red Carpet Awards Show, Reception and Ceremony will take place on March 13, 2023 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, the first in-person since 2020.

Portions of this event will be filmed for broadcast on various public television stations across the United States starting in April and May 2023.

Awards Show Tickets can be reserved here.

For over a decade, the TASTE AWARDS have been the premier awards celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs in Film, Television, Online & Streaming Video, Podcasts, Radio and Photography.

Winners, Honorees and Hall of Fame Inductees will receive their honors in person at the star-studded ceremony.

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, NETA, 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, HBO Max, Entertainment Studios’ Recipe.TV, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Tastemade, AMC International, the Africa Channel, Roku, Vimeo, Vice, Vox, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and more.

Lidia Bastianich to receive the Andrew Zimmern Discovery Awards at the TASTE AWARDS

The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the Andrew Zimmern Discovery Award.

THE ANDREW ZIMMERN DISCOVERY AWARD honors the mission to discover new cultures, new flavors, or new talent. The inaugural winners of this new award were Andrew Zimmern and Tyler Florence.

This year’s winner, based on years of contributions to culinary, television, and entrepreneurial talent is celebrity chef, TV host and producer, author, and founder of Eataly, Lidia Bastianich.

TASTE Hall of Fame Inductee Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Most importantly, she has accomplished all of this by marrying her two passions in life—her family and food—to create multiple culinary endeavors alongside her two children, Joseph and Tanya.

Lidia has published numerous cookbooks, co-authored with her daughter Tanya, and companion books to her Emmy-winning television series Lidia’s Kitchen, Lidia’s Italy in America, and Lidia’s Italy. Her most recent book is Lidia’s A Pot, A Pan, and a Bowl, a companion to her new 26-part public television series, Lidia’s Kitchen. She is also the author of the English and Italian version of her memoir: My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food. Lidia’s cooking shows air nationwide in the U.S. on public television and CREATE, internationally, and on various digital networks including Amazon Prime, Tubitv, and Xumo. Her cooking segments are also part of her TUTTOLIDIA YouTube channel.

Lidia is a celebrated chef and restaurateur and a partner in Eataly NYC, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Las Vegas, Toronto, and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Together with Tanya and son-in-law Corrado, she also developed a line of artisanal pastas and all-natural sauces called LIDIA’S.

Lidia is a member of Les Dames D’Escoffier and founding member of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, two non-profit organizations of women leaders in the food and hospitality industries. She is also a champion for the United Nations Association of the United States of America’s Adopt-A-Future program, in support of refugee education.

Among the numerous awards and accolades Lidia has earned are seven James Beard Awards (Outstanding Chef, Television Food Show, Best Chefs in America, Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America, Specials 2016, Special 2017 and 2018) and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Culinary Host (2013 and 2018). In 2022 Lidia received the Silver Award from APT for 25 years on Public Television

Photography Category Finalists Announced for 14th TASTE AWARDS

Read more

Tastemakers Summit Podcast: RecipeTV on Creating Unstoppable Broadcast Food Content

LISTEN TO THIS GREAT AUDIO PODCAST FROM the Media Tastemakers Summit on

CREATING UNSTOPPABLE BROADCAST FOOD CONTENT

They talk about Creating and Programming Outstanding and Viewer-Focused Food Content for Television Networks and other Broadcast Platforms.

Featuring Lisa‑Renee Ramirez, Executive Vice President / Executive Producer of Recipe.TV and Entertainment Studios; Moderated by Margaret McSweeney, Kitchen Chat

 

Honoree Award: Experimental Perfume as a Tool of Art

The TASTE AWARDS have awarded the short film , “Experimental Perfume as a Tool of Art” by Andrea Rigalós for the Special Achievement Honoree Award for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY.