Fortnum & Mason food and drink awards: the winners

Tonight’s second edition of the annual Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards celebrated the best writing and broadcasting on the subjects of food and drink. The Awards – including the TV Personality of the Year – were presented by Claudia Winkleman at the flagship store on Piccadilly. Judges include Matthew Fort of Great British Menu, Valentine Warner and Sheila Dillon of the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

The categories include the best of Food Book, Food Writer, Online Food Writer, Restaurant Writer, TV and Visual to name a few. Ewan Venters, CEO Fortnum & Mason and Panel Chairman says, “The Awards are already established as the most prestigious in the food and drink calendar. Whilst there has been much speculation as to who the winners might be I, along with the judging panel, am sworn to secrecy until the night of the awards presentation!”

Fortnum & Mason Food Awards: The Winners

FOOD BOOK The Modern Peasant by Jojo Tulloh (Chatto & Windus)

DRINK BOOK World’s Best Cider by Pete Brown & Bill Bradshaw (Jacqui Small)

FOOD WRITER Tim Hayward for work in FT Weekend Magazine

DRINK WRITER Nina Caplan for work in the New Statesman

ONLINE FOOD WRITER Kerstin Rodgers for work on msmarmitelover.com

ONLINE DRINK WRITER Tim Atkin for work on timatkin.com

COOKERY WRITER Rose Prince for work in the Telegraph Magazine

RESTAURANT WRITER Marina O’Loughlin for work in the Guardian Weekend Magazine

ONLINE RESTAURANT WRITER Chris Pople for work on cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com

RADIO BBC Radio 4, The Food Programme, Sheila Dillon

TV Victoria Wood’s A Nice Cup Of Tea (Keo Films)

VISUAL Romas Foord for work in Historic Heston (Bloomsbury)

JUDGES CHOICE Claudia Roden

TV PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR Si King and Dave Myers of The Hairy Bikers

For a full list of the winners and more information visit here.

Tara Sura