The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to pre-announce the Special Category Award Winner Honorees for its 12th Anniversary Year.
The Honoree Winners for the Special Achievement Award categories are below. They include the new ANDREW ZIMMERN DISCOVERY AWARD. This award honors the mission to discover new cultures, new flavors, or new talent. The inaugural honorees of this new award are Andrew Zimmern and Tyler Florence.
In addition, the awards announce that this year’s 12th Anniversary Red Carpet Awards Show will take place virtually on April 12th.
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, 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, APT, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and more. See them at http://www.TheTasteAwards.com.
PIONEER AWARD
Presented by Intermezzo
The Menu Podcast (Monocle)
BREAKOUT FOODIES OF THE YEAR
Amy Schumer Learns to Cook (Food Network), Cooking with Cal: Dylan Dreyer (The Today Show), Gabrielle Reyes @onegreatvegan (IG), Cook Like a Chef (Gusto TV)
BREAKOUT STORYTELLERS OF THE YEAR
QUẬN 13 (film), Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas (PBS)
OUTSTANDING PASSION
The Taco Chronicles (Netflix), Lorna Maseko (The Hostess with Lorna Maseko / Lorna With A Pinch Of Salt)
STYLEMAKER AWARD
Business of Fashion Podcast, In Vogue: The 1990’s Podcast, Colette mon amour (Directed by hugues lawson-body)
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Nayna Florence (YouTube), Iron Sharpens Iron (Roku TV)
OUTSTANDING CULINARY & TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
Viva Tequila Festival Mexican Experience, Napa Valley Film Festival
INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA AWARD
Make Me Smart (NPR)
THE ANDREW ZIMMERN DISCOVERY AWARD
Andrew Zimmern, Tyler Florence
BREAKOUT FASHIONISTAS OF THE YEAR
Dandy Wellington (YouTube), TBA
OUTSTANDING VISION
Somebody Feed Phil,
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
OUTSTANDING INSPIRATION
Restaurant Hustle 2020 (Food Network),
Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet)
OUTSTANDING ANIMATION IN STORYTELLING
TBA
GUILTY ADDICTION OF THE YEAR
Chrissy’s Court (Roku TV), Nikki Fresh (Roku TV), SKRRT with Offset
FOOD CHAMPION AWARD
On the Fly by tablehopper Podcast, My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
JOIE DE VIVRE AWARD
Wedding Bashers (The Africa Channel), The Other Side (YouTube)
BEST OF CANADA
TBA
BEST OF LATIN/SOUTH AMERICA
TBA
BEST OF EUROPE
TBA
BEST OF OCEANIA
TBA
The viewer appetite and response to food and style programs has surged over the last decade, making them some of the highest watched and sponsored broadcast and broadband content. The TASTE AWARDS spotlight the year’s best achievements in food, fashion, and lifestyle programs on television, in film, online, in podcasts and on radio.
As an awards show and as an industry networking and validation event, the TASTE Awards have launched scores of notable business partnerships and projects for nominees, winners, presenters, and sponsors.
Along with the Viewers Choice announcement, several association partnerships and sponsorships for the upcoming TASTE Awards include TasteTV, Intermezzo Magazine, SIP For the Love of Drink Magazine, Schiltz Farm’s Roast Goose, PRWeb, SIXTY Beverly Hills, Clubcard Printing, BridalChocolate.com, KRCB, and FilmFreeway. Selections for the Celebrity and VIP Gift Boxes will include artisan items such as CocoTutti Chocolates, DGZ Chocolates’ Toffarazzi, Toni’s Toffee, Mels Toffee, Luxx Chocolat, Panache Chocolatier, Regenie’s All Natural Snacks, and Hazelnut Hill. In honor of this year’s TASTE AWARDS, a collab with R&B Cellars has also released an ultra-limited edition fine wine of only 100 bottles called “Domaine de Taste: The Gift”.
