'Gourmand' is referred to a lover of good food. These awards begun by the brilliant Edouard Cointreau identifies and rewards the best cookbooks and wine-books in the world. To quote Julie Biuso – "These awards are amazing things. When you win, you really believe in them …"
To say a little more about these cookbook and wine-book awards we quote adverbatim the following:
GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS - for, THE BEST IN THE WORLD:
The Objectives
The Jury
The international jury for all languages and the 'Best in the World' is composed of :
"Viji Varadarajan wins World Gourmand award for 5 of her cookbooks in 6 different categories":
In order to fully represent the diversity of food and drink publishing around the world, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards has 36 categories for cookbooks and 14 for wine books. The nominees and the winners are posted on the www.cookbookfair.com internet website.