WINNER FLASHBACK: Dandy Wellington Accepts Honoree Taste Award

Dandy Wellington Accepts Honoree Taste Award presented for the 12th Annual TASTE AWARDS.

Often called “The Oscars of Food, Fashion and Lifestyle Media,” the TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood/Beverly Hills are 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 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, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Lifetime Network, Buzzed, Vox Media, and more.

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WINNER FLASHBACK: Wedding Bashers on the Africa Channel Accepts Honoree Taste Award

Wedding Bashers on the Africa Channel Accepts Honoree Taste Award, presented for the 12th Annual TASTE AWARDS.

Often called “The Oscars of Food, Fashion and Lifestyle Media,” the TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood/Beverly Hills are 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 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, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Lifetime Network, Buzzed, Vox Media, and more.

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What Luxury Celebrity Swag was in the TASTE AWARDS VIP Gift Bags this Year

Every year the TASTE AWARDS event includes a fantastic feature called the VIP & Celebrity Gift Bag, also known as the Swag Bag. Even though the 12th Annual TASTE AWARDS were presented virtually due to the Pandemic, this tradition continued with “bags” becoming “boxes” that were shipped directly to select award winners, honorees, inductees, and nominees.

They included a selection of luxury chocolates and confections, as well as other unique surprises from partners such as Panache Chocolatier, CocoTutti,  Toni’s Toffee, DGZ Chocolates (Toffarazzi), Hazelnut Hill, Mel’s Toffee, Luxx Chocolat, and Regenie’s.

Award winning filmmaker Rob Serrini produced a short and humorous video about what several award winners received in the 12th annual TASTE AWARDS VIP Gift Bag, which was shipped to them directly in that unique year for awards events during the pandemic.

 

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R&B Cellars Honors TASTE AWARDS with new Ultra-Limited Edition Wine

In honor of the TASTE AWARDS, TasteTV, TCB Cafe Publishing and Media, and R&B Cellars have collaborated on a new Ultra-Limited Edition California Vintner’s Blend, “DOMAINE DE TASTE: The Gift.”

Luxurious, delicious, and hard to get, only 100 bottles produced of this premium cult wine made of Zinfandel/Petite Sirah/Mourvèdre.

Readers and followers can Reserve bottles now for December 2020 delivery and register to attend a virtual tasting on December 16th.

Even if you cannot attend the tasting, you can still enjoy your bottle (or a special friend can). Only 100 bottles produced

RESERVE YOUR BOTTLE HERE

 

ABOUT DOMAINE DE TASTE: THE GIFT

This boutique wine was developed by R&B Cellars for TasteTV and the Awards for food, wine & chocolate lovers.

The wine is a reflection of America’s heritage grape; the base of this blend is Zinfandel from the Del Barba and Favalora Vineyards in Contra Costa county. Both vineyards are over 25 years old and are a combination of trellised and head trained vines. Contra Costa fruit often yields one of the most classic expressions of Zinfandel: red cherries, hints of plum, and a little spiciness. Married together with Petite Sirah from both Napa Valley and Lake County and a touch of Lake County Mourvedre, it was aged in a combination of French and American oak. This ‘Zin’ blend is luscious and mouth filling. It can be perfectly matched with a myriad of dishes such as roasts, burgers, lamb, goose, dark chocolate, or even Portabella mushrooms. This blend was lovingly made by R&B Cellars for TasteTV.

TasteTV Networks produces the TASTE AWARDS, the International Chocolate Salons, wineFLIGHT, and more.

Tastemakers Summit Video: My Big Break

WATCH THIS GREAT VIDEO FROM the Media Tastemakers Summit on

MY BIG BREAK

In conversation with Food TV Celebs on How they Got, or Made, their Big Break, and strategies to Keep It. My Road to Celebrity and Success

Featuring Chef Jernard Wells, Host and Celebrity Chef, Food Network and Cleo TV; Danielle Chang, Executive Producer and Host, Lucky Chow television series; Moderated by Amy Sherman, Cooking with Amy

ABOUT DANIELLE CHANG

A cultural entrepreneur who builds brands across creative industries, Danielle is the founder and CEO of LUCKYRICE, a lifestyle brand that has been shining a spotlight on Asian culture through food and drink for the past decade. Under Danielle’s leadership, LUCKYRICE and its signature Festival series has expanded to eight key markets in the United States and has become the definitive voice for Asian culture today.

LUCKYRICE has also birthed two additional projects: Danielle’s first book Lucky Rice: Stories and Recipes from Night Markets, Feasts and Family Tables (Clarkson Potter) and the nationally broadcast TV show Lucky Chow, now in its fourth season, in which Danielle is the program creator and host.

Tastemakers Summit Video: Why Both Food and Travel Series are Hotter than Ever

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WHY FOOD SERIES & TRAVEL SERIES ARE HOT PROPERTIES

 

A Panel discussion featuring Joanne Weir, Host, Cookbook Author, Restaurateur & Celebrity Chef, “Plates & Places (National Television Series)”. Mickela Mallozzi, Host & Executive Producer, “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi” (National Television Series)

Theme: Why Both Food and Travel Series are Hotter than Ever, and How We Succeeded with Ours.

Joanne Weir: A 4th-generation professional cook and James Beard award-winning cookbook author, Joanne Weir spent 5 years cooking at Chez Panisse after receiving a Master Chef Diploma with Madeleine Kamman.
Joanne is a James Beard award-winning cookbook author, cooking teacher, and host and Executive Producer for several award-winning PBS Television series. Her newest 26-part TV series filmed in Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco and France is called PLATES & PLACES and airs on Public Television and CREATE TV nationwide.

Joanne has written 17 cookbooks. Her most recent is a food memoir “Kitchen Gypsy:Recipes and Storiesfrom a Lifelong Romance with Food”, and features aforeword by Alice Waters. She is co-owner of Copita, a tequileria & restaurant in Sausalito, California.
Joanne writes for several national publications and travels and teaches extensively around the world as well as in her San Francisco studio kitchen.
Web: www.joanneweir.com, Social Media: @ChefJoanneWeir

Mickela Mallozzi: Mickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance which airs on PBS member stations nationwide and on Amazon Prime Video globally. A professional dancer and trained musician, Mickela decided to start a journey around the world, taking her camera with her to follow dance in the lives of everyday people wherever she went. From re-discovering her family’s heritage in Southern Italy to dancing tango on the main stage in Buenos Aires, the series covers Mickela’s adventures as she experiences the world, one dance at a time. She has been featured in The New York Times, O Magazine, AFAR, Travel Channel, Dance Magazine, Forbes, Condé Nast Traveler, and more, and she has performed on various television shows including Sesame Street and The Doctor Oz Show. Since the global pandemic, Mickela has been hosting a weekly #BareFeetLIVE series on Facebook and Instagram to stay connected with the world through dance and music. And stay tuned for a 2-part special of Bare Feetcoming to PBS stations in February, featuring Carnival in the Guadeloupe Islands!
Website: http://travelbarefeet.com, Facebook: Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi
Instagram: @travelbarefeet