The 17th TASTE AWARDS Announce Nominees for Film, TV, Streaming, Radio and Podcasts Categories

The TASTE AWARDS proudly announce the nominees for the 17th Annual Honors, as selected by the Academy of Media Tastemakers — a global body of creators, producers, and industry leaders recognizing excellence in lifestyle media.

Each year, the TASTE AWARDS honor outstanding work across Television, Film, Online & Streaming Video, Podcasts, Radio, and Photography, spotlighting creators whose stories shape how we eat, live, dress, explore, move, and feel.

In addition to celebrating nominees and winners, the TASTE AWARDS also recognize Special Honorees, Celebrity Honorary Award recipients, and Hall of Fame Inductees — individuals whose work and careers have made a lasting cultural impact and helped define the evolving language of taste.

Among the Nominees and Honorees are well known celebrity and program names such as Christopher Kimball, Maria Loi, Harry Hamlin, Diane Kochilas, Joseph Rosendo, and Edward Delling-Williams.  

Additional Special Achievement Award Winners (Honorees) will be announced shortly, including for the Anthony Bourdain Lifetime Achievement Award, The Andrew Zimmern Discovery Award, and the Bob Saget Award for Best Comedy or Humor.

Often called “The Oscars of Food, Fashion and Lifestyle Media,” the TASTE AWARDS are not just an event — they are the global benchmark for excellence in food, fashion, travel, health, and culture storytelling. Like a Michelin Star, a Grammy, or an Emmy, they signal work that sets the standard rather than follows it.

SEE THE FULL NOMINEE LIST HERE

 

Viewer’s Choice Voting for selected categories is open now through February 7th here.

The 17th Annual TASTE AWARDS Ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills, where nominees, winners, honorees, and industry leaders will gather for the annual presentation of honors. Portions of this event will be filmed for later broadcast. Tickets now available.

Beyond the ceremony, the TASTE AWARDS serve as a year-round platform for recognition, visibility, and cultural influence, elevating creators and programs that move culture forward.

Winners of various selected award categories will also be pre-announced in mid-February 2026.

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, 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.

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The TASTE AWARDS Announce Nominees for Film, TV, Streaming, Radio and Podcasts Categories

The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to announce the Finalists Nominees and selected Special Achievement Award Honorees for its 16th Anniversary Year.

Among the Nominees and Honorees are well known celebrity and program names such as Andrew Zimmern, Christopher Kimball, Lidia Bastianich, Maria Loi, Harry Hamlin, Diane Kochilas, Joseph Rosendo, Lorna Maseko, and Edward Delling-Williams.  Also included are new Hall of Fame Inductees Alfonso Ribeiro, Benny Blanco, Debbie Harry, Esteban Mercer, George Clinton, Jackie Alpers, Joy Bauer, Lisa-Renee Ramirez, Marga Reyes – Sopitas de mi Ecuador, Maria Lawton, Matty Matheson, Olivier Rousteing / Pierre Balmain (France), Rita Lobo (Brazil), Roy Yamaguchi, Tellus Works, Tia Lowry, To Dine For with Kate Sullivan, Toni Tipton-Martin, Valerie Bertinelli and Zarela Martínez. 

Additional Special Achievement Award Winners (Honorees) will be announced shortly, including for the Anthony Bourdain Lifetime Achievement Award, The Andrew Zimmern Discovery Award, and the Bob Saget Award for Best Comedy or Humor.

SEE THE FULL NOMINEE LIST HERE

 

Viewer’s Choice Voting for selected categories is open now through February 7th here.

Now in its sixteenth year, 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 10, 2025 in Beverly Hills at the WGA Theater.

Portions of this event will be filmed for broadcast on various PBS-affiliate public television stations across the United States starting in spring 2025. Tickets now available.

Winners of various selected award categories will also be pre-announced in mid-February 2025.

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, 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.

 

 

 

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Watch the TASTE AWARDS 2024 Television Broadcast on PBS on Demand

Now in its 15th year, the annual TASTE AWARDS is televised across the United States in 2024.

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 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).

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