Watch a video selection from Award Winner, Gringolandia, a winner of the 7th Annual Honoree TASTE AWARD for BREAKOUT STORYTELLERS OF THE YEAR
The comedy Gringolandia was recently picked up for distribution on Netflix.
The stars and celebrities of food and fashion television, video, film and radio are preparing to revel in San Francisco on February 11th at their own one-of-a-kind awards show, the 7th Annual TASTE AWARDS.
The TASTE AWARDS is the premier awards show celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, in Apps and on Radio.
Fans, networks, producers and sponsors could not be more excited. The Awards Show features a star-studded lineup, including Celebrity Presenters Brian Boitano (Food Network, HGTV), Bobby Bognar (History Channel, Bio Channel), Jolene Sugarbaker (YouTube), Marisa Churchill (Bravo’s Top Chef, Author), Liam Mayclem (Food Chap, CBS), Bret Harris (Indiegogo), Jake Wall (Project Runway), Carolyn Scott-Hamilton (The Healthy Voyager), Alyssia Sheikh (Mind Over Munch), Phillip Gums (Food Network), and more. Celebrity attendees also include stars from Television, YouTube, Radio and Film.
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At the historic Castro Theatre, attendees will taste after-party delights from San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant and Wine partners joining the celebration such as Scotland Yard, the Lunchpad, Sol Food, Teleferic Barcelona, Two Jack’s Seafood, Sauce Restaurant,Twisted Roots, Rosa d’Oro Vineyards, R&B Cellars, Sonoma Cider, and others.
Major sponsors for the TASTE AWARDS are Kikkoman and Ferrara Flame, with other culinary and lifestyle partners such as Schiltz Foods, Hotel G, Clubcard Printing, PR Newswire, Intermezzo Magazine, Sip for the love of drink magazine, San Francisco Travel, BlueCart, FilmFreeway, KRCB TV, Withoutabox, R&J Toffee, Patagonia Provisions, En Voyage perfumes, La Fleur by Livvy, Granny Pearl’s Kitchen, and Jim’s Jarhead Jerky.
The TASTE AWARDS are for food, fashion, and home lifestyle programming what the Grammys are for music and the Oscars are for Film. The Awards have included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such as the 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, Zagat and more.
More information or tickets at www.TheTasteAwards.com
THE TASTE AWARDS
February 11, 2016
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street
San Francisco, California 94114
www.TheTasteAwards.com
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The TASTE AWARDS have always had personalities, stars and leaders as part of the event. This includes not just winners and nominees, but also the Presenters.
When Justin Kan presented this award he was famous for Justin.TV, which chronicled in a streaming feed every moment of his life.
Now he is known for selling his firm, Twitch, to Amazon for over $1 Billion, an example of a real life unicorn.
Below, The Billionaire founder of Twitch and Justin.TV, Justin Kan presents the Best Film or Documentary award at the very TASTE AWARDS. Justin is joined in this video by food and TV host Leslie Sbrocco.
The TASTE AWARDS celebrate the year’s best in food, fashion, and lifestyle programs on television, in film, online and on radio.
Marisa Churchill, a long-time celebrity awards presenter for the TASTE AWARDS, as well as food television star from shows like “Top Chef”, is starring in a new baking series with Fage Greek yogurt.
The series is called “MY SWEEΤ & SKINNY LIFE.”
Says Marisa, “We filmed 20 episodes geared towards the Greek-American market in the US and also the Greek market,. The show as the show played in Greece too.”
Marisa has also been quite busy in the US, where she appears on The Talk on CBS and also Home & Family on the Hallmark channel
Episode one of here Greek baking series can be seen here: