The TASTE AWARDS Announce Final Nominees for Film, TV, Video, Radio and Podcasts

The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to announce the Finalists Nominees and selected Special Achievement Award Honorees for its 14th Anniversary Year.

Among the Nominees and Inductees are well known celebrity and program names such as Padma Lakshmi, Selena Gomez, Andrew Zimmern, Gordon Ramsay, Christopher Kimball, Lidia Bastianich, Chef JJ Johnson, Chef Jernard Wells, Joy Bauer, Byron Allen, Nyesha Arrington, Kevin Belton, Molly Yeh, Ted Allen, and Edward Delling-Williams.

 

Notable Special Achievement Award Winners (Honorees) include The Bear (Hulu), The Menu (film), Baking It (Peacock / Hulu), Great Chocolate Showdown (CW / Hulu / Food Network Canada), and Selling Sunset (Netflix). Additional Award Honorees will be announced soon.

SEE THE FULL NOMINEE LIST HERE

Viewer’s Choice Voting for selected categories is open now through February 17th 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 on March 13, 2023 in Beverly Hills at the WGA Theater, the first since 2020. Portions of this event will be filmed for broadcast on various public television stations across the United States starting in April 2023. Tickets now available.

Winners of various selected award categories will also be pre-announced in mid-February 2023.
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.

Watch the 2021 TASTE AWARDS Show HERE

WATCH THE 2021 TASTE AWARDS ON APRIL 12TH

The TASTE AWARDS Show is coming to a screen near you on, and viewable on Facebook and on the TASTE AWARDS website**.

Come watch it and see who wins, celebrate some of the most exciting and creative food, fashion and lifestyle programs, videos, films, series, podcasts and radio.

This year’s TASTE AWARDS all digital and all virtual awards show features a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV, Film and Video celebrities, including winners, nominees and presenters. Some participating Celebrity awards presenters include Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV), Kim Estes (Emmy nominated actor), Jernard Wells (Food Network, Cleo TV), Mickela Mallozzi (PBS, CreateTV), Danielle Nottingham (NBC), Margaret McSweeney (Kitchen Chat), Chris Knight (Gusto TV), Andrea Feczko, Joanne Weir, Jazz and Jake Smollett, the Food Nanny (IG). More to be announced shortly.

WHEN: April 12, 5:30 PM Pacific Time (LA/SF Time Zone)
WHERE: On the Awards Site and Facebook
HOW: Go to www.TheTasteAwards.com and www.facebook.com/tastyawards

** As with most awards shows this year (Critics Choice, SAG, WGA, the Gothams, Emmys, Grammys, BET, Music Video Awards, etc), the 2021 TASTE AWARDS in Beverly Hills will also be virtual this year.

The TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood & Beverly Hills are 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.

TASTE AWARDS Extended Submissions Open thru October 8th

 

Extended Nomination submissions for the 12th Annual Awards are open thru October 8, 2020 for content first released between October 2019 and October 2020.

Nominations can be submitted via the ENTRY PAGE,

www.TheTasteAwards.com in any of the following categories:

CONTENT TOPICS

  • Food & Drink
  • Fashion & Design
  • Home Decor & Renov.
  • Travel & Adventure
  • Health & Fitness
  • Lifestyle
  • Outdoor Sports and Activity
  • Dance (New)
  • Nature or Science (New)

CONTENT PLATFORMS

  • Television
  • Film
  • Online Video & Streaming
  • Radio
  • Live Events
  • Photography
  • Podcasts
  • VR

 

The TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood/Beverly Hills are 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...

New awards category this year:

  • Best FILMED-AT-HOME AWARD CATEGORY – Out of appreciation for the creativity and genius, and need to improvise that this year’s works face, this year’s awards will also include a new award category for programs & series’ episodes that are normally produced in studio or on location and have segments now produced at home specifically due to COVID-19. (please note, programs that are normally produced in home studios and kitchens do not qualify for this category)

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The 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, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, TLC, Discovery, Lifetime, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, APT, Create TV, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Vimeo, Vice, LiveWell Network, Esquire Network, Bio/FYI Channel, iHeart Radio, HBO, MyxTV, Small Screen Network, StyleHaul, PTA, Zagat, Mode Media, WatchMojo, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Lifetime Network, Buzzed, Vox Media, and more.

 

12th Annual TASTE AWARDS Nominations Include New Filmed-At-Home Award Category

NEW FILMED-AT-HOME AWARD CATEGORY:

 

Out of appreciation for the creativity and genius, and need to improvise that this year’s works face, this year’s awards will also include a new award category for programs & series’ episodes that are normally produced in studio or on location and have segments now produced at home specifically due to COVID-19. (please note, programs that are normally produced in home studios and kitchens do not qualify for this category)

SUBMIT ENTRIES AT HERE

Tasty Food & Drink Sampled at the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet in Beverly Hills

TASTING THE BEST

VIP Guests had great wine, sparkling cider, and other gourmet items to sample at the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet reception in Beverly Hills.

Gowan’s Heirloom Cider

The red carpet reception included sparkling cider from Gowan’s Heirloom Cider and R&B Cellars 2012 “Lyric of the Vine” Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet

Tastings were served by ChocoMe chocolates and Prosciutto di Carpegna, who served freshly carved prosciutto at a tasting station during the reception portion of the TASTE AWARDS event in Beverly Hills.


Prosciutto di Carpegna

Prosciutto di Carpegna carving station

ChocoMe

In addition, guests were able to snack on healthy gourmet selections from Regenie’s Natural Snacks, Snackin Free, and Saffron Road

Regenie’s All Natural Snacks, Snackin Free, and Saffron Road Chickpea Snacks

Regenie’s All Natural Snacks

Celebrity Presenters Announced for 11th Annual TASTE AWARDS

Chef Joe Sasto (Bravo’s Top Chef)

This year’s Celebrity Award Presenters include Chef Joe Sasto (Top Chef), hosts Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV, syndicated nationwide) and Emmy nominated actor Kim Estes, Stuart Brazell (TV Host, Actress), Nyesha Arrington (Bravo’sTop Chef and LA Restaurateur), Jolene Sugarbaker (YouTube), and more to be announced.

Radio and TV Host Susan Irby is again one of this year’s Taste Awards Ambassadors.

The Hosts from California Life (NBC) and Courtney Rich

Other celebrities scheduled to appear include Bridget Lancaster (America’s Test Kitchen), Jernard Wells (Cooking Channel, Best Thing I Ever Ate), Paula Brancati (Actor/Producer), Jon Kroll (Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted – Producers/Showrunner), Andrea Feczko (ABC’s Vacation Creation Series, 1st Look TV on NBC), Isaac Lappert (Vice TV, The Ice Cream Show), Courtney Rich (Instagram’s “Cake by Courtney”), Lisa-Renee Ramirez (Entertainment Studios / Recipe.TV),  The Ford Sisters (Instagram), Denise Vivaldo (Women Beyond A Certain Age podcast), Jessica Vilchis and Danielle Nottingham (California Live on NBC), AMC Networks International – Latin America, Discovery Channel, Gusto Worldwide Media, National Geographic television, REBBL, and many more.

Michelle Harris of Alive + Well