TASTE AWARDS Add New Award Categories, including Best VR

The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce new award categories have been added, including for Best Virtual Reality Film or Documentary.

The addition of the VR Category comes after last year’s awards for best Technological Innovation went to three VR companies, as well as the growing amount of VR content being created across genres.

 

Best Virtual Reality Film or Documentary (VR)

Best VR. Any Length. Entry should be about or noticeably include visuals, topic, or content that spotlights either food, fashion, design, action sports, exercise or travel.

Other categories that have been added or revised include:

  • Best Kids Programs, Films or Documentaries
  • Best Action Sports, Adventure, or Outdoors Film
  • Best Ethnic Lifestyle Films or Documentaries (Black/Latino/Asian)
  • Music Video of the Year

Watch the TASTE AWARDS Screeners from Awards Ceremony in Beverly Hills

What did attendees see at the TASTE AWARDS Ceremony in Beverly Hills? They saw a great selection of award nominated and award winning content screeners.

Two Honorees announced as Recipients of new Evangelist Awards

The TASTE AWARDS Committee is pleased to announce the first two Honorees for the new Evangelist Awards.

TASTE AWARDS Viewers Choice Winners announced in Beverly Hills

­The TASTE AWARDS Committee, the Academy of Media Tastemakers, the Advisory Board, Ambassadors, and Partners and Sponsors are pleased to announce the VIEWERS CHOICE Winners for the 8th Annual TASTE AWARDS

Award Winners of the General Award categories as well as Award Honorees have been announced, and along with the remaining award winners including Viewers Choice categories  received their honors on February 21, 2017 at a star-studded Red Carpet Awards Reception of food and fashion TV celebrities, including winners, nominees and presenters in Beverly Hills.

 


VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD WINNERS

BEST FOOD PROGRAM – ONLINE/STREAMING
Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube Channel

BEST HOME CHEF IN A SERIES
The Trailer Park Cooking Show with Jolene Sugarbaker

BEST CRITIC OR REVIEW SERIES
The Chew

BEST FOOD TRAVEL SERIES
Italy Unexplored

BEST RADIO BROADCAST
Living Homegrown Podcast

BEST PODCAST
Wine for Normal People Podcast

BEST COMEDY
The Trailer Park Cooking Show with Jolene Sugarbaker

BEST FASHION OR DESIGN PROGRAM
Fashion News Live

BEST INSTRUCTIONAL WEB SERIES
Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube Channel

BEST INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Eat Like a Local with Kelley Ferro

BEST HEALTH & FITNESS PROGRAM (Food & Diet)
Super Food

OFFICIAL SELECTION”: BEST FEATURE-LENGTH FILM OR DOCUMENTARY
Tables of Istanbul

OFFICIAL SELECTION”: BEST SHORT FILM OR DOCUMENTARY
The Way of the Cocktail

OFFICIAL SELECTION”: BEST MINI FILM OR DOCUMENTARY
West Coast Sea Salt

SEIJI HORIBUCHI AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION EFFECTS IN A SERIES OR VIDEO
Victoria TV spot (Director’s cut, full version)

 

 


The TASTE AWARDS are the premier awards celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, in Apps, and on Radio & Podcasts.

The Annual 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, and more.

TASTE AWARDS Viewers Choice Winners to be Announced on February 21st

The TASTE AWARDS Committee, the Academy of Media Tastemakers, the Advisory Board, Ambassadors, and Partners and Sponsors are announce that all Viewers Choice Winners will be announced and livestreamed on February 21st, direct from California.

All other Winners, Honorees and Inductees have been announced and can be viewed here.

Winners of the Photography Category Awards, Craft Award Winners and Best of Region Winners (Canada, Europe, Australia/NZ, etc.) will be pre-announced in late January 2017.

General Category TASTE AWARD Winners Announced for 8th Year