TASTE AWARDS Winner GREAT CHEFS Television Series Celebrates 40 Years

At the 5th Annual TASTE AWARDS, “Great Chefs” received the PIONEER AWARD. Recently Great Chefs announced the launch of its new website, www.greatchefs.com, coinciding with its 40th anniversary.

The website is a priceless archive of cooking technique videos from classically-trained chefs, their biographies, streaming video on demand cooking lessons and over 800 dishes and recipes. Unlike cooking competition shows, Great Chefs provides free video on demand cooking techniques that can be watched indefinitely. In addition, for those travelling around the world, the new Great Chefs website provides direction to the finest restaurants in 51 countries and 347 cities.

“We are thrilled to celebrate our 40th anniversary along with the launch of our website,” said John Shoup, Co-founder and CEO of Great Chefs. “We’ve come a long way since we taped our first show Hot Stuff in 1979 in New Orleans, which was the beginning of the Great Chefs series for PBS. Our new site serves as a hub for all of our content from over the years and provides a plethora of phenomenal resources for the next generation of culinary professionals and aspiring home cooks.”

Highlights of the new Great Chefs website include:

  • Over 1,000 famous chefs from all over the world
  • Free video on demand cooking lessons
  • Over 600 episodes and 800 dishes
  • Free printable recipes
  • Chef and restaurant recommendations from around the world
  • 14 half hour television series and 21 hour-long television specials
  • Updated regularly

Launched in New Orleans, the original Great Chefs television series had a 40-plus-year successful run on television, including PBS, Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel. It featured hundreds of prominent chefs from around the world, introducing them and their kitchens to a hungry television audience.

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In addition to enjoying a great evening and awards ceremony at the TASTE AWARDS in Beverly Hills, attendees at this red carpet event also received VIP Gift Bags. These bags presented products and services from a variety of upscale brands. Several of these brands were officially introduced by the Organizers at the beginning of the awards ceremony.

Below are a sample of what was in the bags

 

PICKETT BROTHERS GINGER BEER

Any fans of ginger beer will find that Brooklyn-based Pickett Brothers Ginger Beer concentrated syrup is a win-win. A few drops in a bottle of sparkling water can transform the entire beverage into a fresh and refreshing ginger beer. The syrup can also be used in drinks, cocktails, and lemonades.

MOLA FOODS SPICES

New Hampshire-based Mola Foods authentic ethnic recipes to create unique and flavorful spice blends. Depending on your tastes their brand allows you to cook cuisine that ranges from New Orleans and the Caribbean, to Cameroon and Central or Northern Africa. Very useful all-purposes spices for fish, poultry, vegetables, and stews.

LITTLE T COUTURE TEA AND TISANE

New York-based Little T specialized in couture teas with unique flavors. The teas are also organic, antioxidant rich, and caffeine free.

DEFONCE CHOCOLATIER

Defonce creates hand-crafted artisan chocolates using the highest quality of cocoa and techniques, combined with legal levels of premium California cannabis. They taste like award-winning chocolate, with benefits.

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GOWAN’S HEIRLOOM CIDER

Award-winning Gowan’s Heirloom Cider was served to all attendees as part of the evening’s experience, and was also the branded sponsor for the Best Beverage and Drink Program Award.