On behalf of the trustees of the award I would like to welcome you and say that we are looking forward to receiving your entries for 2017. Submissions can now be forwarded and the criteria, rules and application form can be found under 2017 awards. All the information on where to send the books can be found under entry details. The closing date is 24 November 2017 and the shortlist will be announced in early December.
This year we are delighted to welcome Rachel Cooke as the assessor for the food books. Rachel is an award winning journalist. She is a writer and columnist at the Observer, and is the television critic of the New Statesman. Her essays have been broadcast on Radio 3. Her book, Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties, is published by Virago.
Joe Fattorini will be judging the drink books this year. Joe has been in the wine trade for 20 years selling wine to restaurants, hotels and bars. He was the wine correspondent for The Herald for 14 years and today he is best known as the wine specialist on The Wine Show on ITV.
Publishers are invited to submit books as they are published which enables the trustees and assessors to have more time to read and consider the books. Do try to get your entries in as soon as possible.
If you have any queries please contact Katie Lander, the Fund's organiser, at katie@andresimon.co.uk who will be able to help you.
We look forward to receiving the books for the 2017 awards.
NICHOLAS LANDER
CHAIRMAN
"Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized."
PAST AWARD WINNERS
2016 Award Winners
Food:
Land of Fish and Rice
by Fuchsia Dunlop
Drink:
Volcanic Wines
by John Szabo MS
The John Avery award:
Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds
by Yemisi Aribisala
Special Commendation:
Flavour: Eat What You Love
by Ruby Tandoh
