The International Association of Culinary Professionals Unveils 2017 Award Winners At Annual Conference in Louisville, KY
NEW YORK, March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) unveiled the winners of its prestigious awards on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at The Louisville Palace Theater in Louisville, KY. The awards ceremony concluded IACP's 39th annual conference and were co-hosted by chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and television personality Carla Hall and Joe Yonan, The Washington Post's Food and Dining Editor. Award categories include Cookbooks (presented by Cuisinart), Digital Media, Food Photography & Styling, and Food Writing. The IACP awards program has been in place for more than three decades to recognize original creative work conducted by leaders in the global culinary field.
IACP award recipients are chosen through an intense judging process. This year's winners include cookbook authors Vivian Howard (Cookbook of the Year, Presented by Cuisinart; Julia Child First Book, Presented by KitchenAid; General; and Chefs and Restaurants), Molly Yeh (Judge's Choice), Cara Mangini (People's Choice, Presented by Meredith) and popular print publications and websites such as The New York Times, Cooking Light, Epicurious, Lucky Peach and Fine Cooking. For a complete listing of all award winners, click here.
Chef José Andrés received the 2017 IACP Lifetime Achievement award that recognizes a culinary professional who has made noteworthy and lasting contributions to the culinary industry and who has demonstrated a continuing commitment to the culinary arts as a lifetime career.
This year's Trailblazer recipients include Wendell Berry, Kathy Cary, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, Edward Lee and Ronni Lundy. Trailblazer honorees are chosen for their passion and impact in the food community and acknowledge those individuals or institutions that have shaped the culinary scene in the city or region that hosts each IACP conference.
The Culinary Classics honor books that have been published at least five years ago, but no earlier than 1945, that have significantly altered the way we think about food and contributed to the field of culinary literature. The 2017 Culinary Classics recipients include Authentic Mexican by Rick Bayless, Jewish Cooking in America by Joan Nathan, The Cake Bible, by Rose Levy Beranbaum, How America Eats, by Clementine Paddleford, and Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine by Norma Jean and Carole Darden.
Winners were announced on Twitter by @iacpculinary with the hashtag #IACPAwards.
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