Red Carpet Photos and Fashion from the 15th Annual TASTE AWARDS

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The 15th annual TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet was the epitome of style and pizazz in Beverly Hills!

Award winners who accepted their awards in person included well-known celebrities and TV hosts such as Steve Raichlen, Maria Loi, Esteban Mercer, and Catherine Fulvio, authors and broadcasters such as Shari Bayer, fashionistas and foodies such as NIZIE, FNL Network, Nadia Mejia, and the Dining Divas, personalities such at NatGeo’s Christian Cooper, as well as network and studio executives and producers such as Lisa-Renee Ramirez(Recipe.TV/Allen Media) and Chris Knight (Gusto TV).

This season’s ceremony included host Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV, syndicated nationwide), plus Award Presenters Margaret McSweeney (host and producer, Kitchen Chat), Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef, restaurateur, TV host), and Bita and Beata (Modern Persian Food). The 2024 Ambassadors and Miss TASTE AWARDS were Angie de Togni (from Queen in the Kitchen) and Katie McSweeney (from Kitchen Chat).

Take a look at the entire Photo Gallery from that night HERE!

Nadia Mejia of Kitchen Crafted

 

TASTE AWARDS Announce Viewers Choice and Best Producer, Cinematographer Award Winners



The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to announce Award Winners in the Viewers Choice Award Categories, as decided by votes from thousands of followers and fans. In addition, awards were announced for Best Studio, Best Producer, Best Cinematographer, and Best Director.

SEE THE FULL AWARDS LIST

These award winners were announced at the 15th Anniversary Red Carpet Awards Show, Reception and Ceremony on March 11, 2024 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.

Portions of this event were filmed for broadcast on various public television stations across the United States starting in Spring 2024.

VIEWERS CHOICE WINNERS AND SELECTED CRAFT AWARDS

Best City or Regional Program (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Check, Please! Bay Area

Best Multi Camera Production (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Comfort Food with Spencer Watts

Best Food or Drink Podcast (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Wine We Drink

Best Studio or Production Company (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: AMC International

Best Social Media Short Video: Facebook/Instagram/TikTok (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Lidia Bastianich: Making Eggs Jeannette with Jacques Pepin

Best Lifestyle Podcast (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Wine We Drink

Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

WINNER: Wine Soundtrack Italia Podcast

Best Stylist: Food or Fashion (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Dining Divas

The Ale Gambini Award for Best Filmed at Home Episode or Film (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Baking With The Reys

Best Instructional Web Series (Viewers Choice)

WINNER: Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors That Define Us

Best Producer

WINNER: Lisa-Renee Ramirez, Recipe.TV/Allen Media

Best Director

WINNER: Apolonia, Apolonia

Best Single Topic SeriesPresented by Gowan’s Cider (Viewers Choice)

Maestros de la Pizza, AMC International

Best Cinematographer

WINNER: Restaurant Burgstrasse 9

FULL LIST OF AWARD WINNERS

The full list of all award winners for television, video, streaming, radio, podcasts, films and photography can be seen here.

www.TheTasteAwards.com

For over a decade and a half, 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.

The TASTE AWARDS have included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such asthe  Food Network, the Style Network, Bravo, the Cooking Channel, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, TLC, Discovery Communications, Lifetime Network, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, APT, Create TV, NBC, ABC, BBC, 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, Netflix, Amazon Prime, AMC International, Lifetime Network, Buzzed, Vox Media, Gusto TV, MyCleo TV, Recipe.TV, FNL, the Africa Channel, Tastemade, BuzzFeed, Allen Media, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and more.

 

Eleni Saltas, Michael Saltas and Kristen Dorsey

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Lisa-Renee Ramirez and Catherine Fulvio, Recipe.TV

Watch the TASTE AWARDS 2023 Television Broadcast on PBS on Demand

Award winners from the “Love Charlie” film

Now in its 14th year, the annual TASTE AWARDS is televised across the United States in 2023.

This star-studded television special is broadcast exclusively on select public television stations nationwide, and is also viewable on the PBS Video on Demand app.

Award winners who accepted their awards in person included well-known celebrities Al Roker and Lidia Bastianich. In addition Kathy Fang (House of Fang/Food Network), and network executives such as Chris Knight (CEO, Gusto TV), and Lisa-Renee Ramirez (President, Lifestyle Networks & Executive Producer, Allen Media Group / Entertainment Studios) were attendance, along with producers and representatives from Nat Geo/Disney, Turner Classic Movies, and more such as Edward Delling-Williams, Zahirah Marty, Jenny Buckley, and Zarela, as well as the the winner of this year’s inaugural Bob Saget Award for Best Comedy or Humor.

This season’s ceremony included hosts Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV, syndicated nationwide), Emmy-award winning actor Kim Estes, Stuart Brazell (TV + Digital Host, Actor, Creator), plus Award Presenters Margaret McSweeney (host and producer, Kitchen Chat), Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef, restaurateur, TV host), and Bita and Beata (Modern Persian Food). The 2023 Ambassador and Miss TASTE AWARDS was Amanda Sophia Moran.

WATCH ON THE PBS APP

 

Al Roker to Receive Honors for 3 Award Wins at the TASTE AWARDS

NBC NEWS ANCHORS AND CORRESPONDENTS — Pictured: Al Roker, Weather and Feature Anchor “TODAY” and Co-Host “3rd Hour of TODAY” — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)

The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce that Al Roker will receive three awards this season. His award wins are for Best Food Program – Online or Streaming, Best Food Travel Series – Online and Streaming, and Best New Series.

Al Roker is the weather and feature anchor of NBC News’ “TODAY,” co-host of the”3rd Hour of TODAY” and a bestselling author. Roker co-hosts Sirius XM’s “Off the Rails” with Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones and hosts “Family Style with Al Roker” on TODAY All Day. Since 1985, Roker has co-hosted the annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. He also co-hosts the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Rose Bowl Parade. Roker is the founder of Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. (ARE), a thriving multimedia company involved in the development and production of network, cable, home video, and public television projects.

Raised in Queens, New York, Roker received his B.A. in Communications from the State University at Oswego in 1976, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the school in 1998. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts. Roker has two daughters and one son.

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.

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 AN EPISODE OF FAMILY STYLE WITH AL ROKER

TASTE AWARDS Pre-Announce Selected Winners and March 13 Date in Beverly Hills

 

The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to pre-announce Award Winners in selected categories, as well as various Special Achievement Award Honorees, and final nominees in the Craft Award Categories for its 14th Anniversary Year.

The winners also include those chosen to receive the Andrew Zimmern Discovery Award and the inaugural BOB SAGET Award for Best Comedy or Humor.

Says an Awards Committee spokesperson, “This has been a fantastic year. We are amazed by the level of quality in this year’s entries, as well as the scope and range of the diversity of the award winners in terms of gender, ethnicity, geography, organization size, and topics, more so than any current awards organization.”

SEE THE FULL AWARDS LIST

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.

Viewer’s Choice Voting for selected categories is open now through February 17th here.

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.

Nominees Announced on January 5th for 14th Annual TASTE AWARDS

The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce that Finalist Nominees for the 14th Annual TASTE AWARDS will be announced on Thursday, January 5, 2023.  This announcement will also include the first round of Honorees, as well as the finalists for Viewers Choice Awards.

The TASTE AWARDS final awards will be presented in the first in-person awards ceremony since March 2020, scheduled to take place March 13, 2023 in Beverly Hills. Limited Early Bird Tickets for the event are now available.

Now in its 14th year, the annual TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood/Beverly Hills are the premier and original awards celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, Travel, Health and Lifestyle programming on Television, in Film, in Online & Streaming Video, and in Apps, Radio, Podcasts and Photography.

Portions of the live ceremony will be recorded for later broadcast in the televised awards show on select public television stations throughout the United States.

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 Communications, Lifetime Network, 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, Netflix, Amazon Prime, AMC International, Instagram/IGTV, Facebook, TikTok, and more.

More about the TASTE AWARDS can be seen on the site, www.TheTasteAwards.com. Get updates on Instagram at www.Instagram.com/TasteAwards , Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TasteAwards and on www.Facebook.com/TastyAwards