Winners of the Australian Food Media Awards 2008
Dairy Australia Award for Best Food Article on an Australian Product or Australian Culinary Tourism
Winner: Matthew Evans for "Bush Band", published in Travel + Leisure
Highly Commended: Barbara Sweeney for "Well Grounded", published in Country Style magazine
Huon Aquaculture Group Award for Best Food-based Website
Winner: Melissa Kolc, Sydney Markets Limited, for www.freshforkids.com.au
Highly Commended: Elizabeth Argain and Naomi Crisante, for www.cheesematters.com.au
Australian Mushroom Growers Award for Best Food Article
Winner: Fenella Souter for "A Voyage Round My Kitchen", published in Good Weekend
Highly Commended: Richard Cornish for " Going the Extra Mile", published in Epicure, The Age
Northern Prawn Award for Best Food and Wine Writing
Winner: Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer for "Food & Wine Combinations", published in "Taste Food & Wine 2008"
Highly Commended: Andy Harris & Peter Bourne for Greek BBQ, published in Gourmet Traveller WINE
Speech on the Awards
Australian Egg Corporation Award for Best Mass Market Weekly Magazine Recipe Features
Winner: Take 5
Australian Egg Corporation Award for Best Home And Lifestyle or General Interest Magazine Recipe Features
Winner: Country Style
Australian Egg Corporation Award for Best Food, Food & Wine or Travel Magazine Recipe Features
Winners: Vogue Entertaining + Travel
Australian Egg Corporation Award for Best Mass Market Food Magazine Recipe Features
Winner: Australian Good Taste
Australian Chicken Meat Federation Award for Best Recipe Book over $36
Winner: Greg and Lucy Malouf for "Turquoise", published by Hardie Grant Books
Highly Commended: Belinda Jeffery for "Mix & Bake", published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Füri Knives Award for Best Recipe Book under $36
Winner: Jared Ingersoll for "Sharing Plates", published by Murdoch Books
Highly Commended: Kim Terakes for "The Great Aussie Barbie Cookbook", published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Australian Pork Award for Best Health, Nutrition or Specific Diet Book
Winner: Karen Fischer for "The Healthy Skin Diet", published by Exisle Publishing
Highly Commended: Prof. Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, Prof. Stephen Colagiuri and Alan Barclay for "The New Glucose Revolution Diabetes & Pre-diabetes Handbook", published by Hachette Australia
Lion Nathan Award for Best Recipe Feature in a Newspaper or Newspaper Magazine
Winner: The food editorial team of Good Weekend - Terry Durack, Cath Claringbold, Andew McConnell, Guillaume Brahini and Huon Hooke - for "Easy Pickings"
Highly Commended: Kate McGhie for " 50 Fast Flash Meals", published in Herald Sun
The Judy Hirst Memorial Award for Best New Writer - supported by Meat & Livestock Australia
Winner: Hugh Wennerbom for articles published in Australian Gourmet Traveller
Highly Commended: John Wilson for articles published in Wish magazine, The Australian
Nuts for Life Award for Best Food Section in a Metropolitan Newspaper
Winner: Epicure, published in The Age , Melbourne
Highly Commended: Good Living, published in The Sydney Morning Herald
Nuts for Life Award for Best Food Section in a Regional Newspaper
Winner: GT, published in Geelong Advertiser
Highly Commended: Bite, published in The Gold Coast Bulletin
Le Cordon Bleu Award for Best Investigative Food Journalism
Winner: Veronica Ridge for "The New Land Army", published in Epicure, The Age
Highly Commended: Anthony Huckstep for "Foreclosure on a Dream", published in foodService magazine
Le Cordon Bleu & FMCA Scholarship Winner
Winner: Amelia Hanslow
Ocean Spray Award for Best Nutrition Writing
Winner: Melissa Sweet for "Meal or Medicine?", published in Good Weekend
Highly Commended: Rosemary Stanton for "Spread the good word on nuts", published in Australian Doctor magazine
Good Food & Wine Show Award for Best Recipe Writing in Advertising
Winner: Sally Webb for Green & Black's Organic - Good All Over, published in Travel + Leisure
Highly Commended: Annette Forrest for Sydney Markets Seasonal Recipe Card Collection
Food Media Club Australia Award for Best Print Food Advertisement
Winner: Meat & Livestock Australia for Mother's Day point-of-sale posters, 2007
Highly Commended: Rebecca Carrick for Domayne Coffee Booklet, published in Donna Hay magazine
Alfa One Rice Bran Oil Award for Best Radio Food Segment
Winner: Murray Wilton and Lyndey Milan for "Lyndey Milan on The Good Life with Murray Wilton", broadcast on Radio 2GB, Sydney
Highly Commended: Lynne Mullins for "Cooking with Lynne Mullins", broadcast on Radio 2UE, Sydney
Sizzler Award for Best Television Food Segment - the Bernard King Award
Winner: Margot Phillipson, producer, and Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant, presenters, of "The Cook and the Chef", ABC TV
Highly Commended: Will Studd for "Cheese Slices" DVD Series Volume 3
Kenwood Award for Best Food Stylist/Best Food Photographer
Winner: Steve Pearce and Chris Court for images published in Donna Hay magazine
Highly Commended: Sophia Young, Margot Braddon and Brett Stevens, for images published in Vogue Entertaining + Travel /td>
PorkStar Award for Best Cookery Book by a Chef or Restaurant
Winner: Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish for "Movida", published by Murdoch Books
Highly Commended: Justin North for "French Lessons", published by Hardie Grant Books
The Margaret Fulton Award - Recognising Potential in an Emerging Recipe Author - supported by Food Media Club Australia and Sofitel Wentworth Sydney
Winner: Adelaide Lucas for recipes published in Australian Gourmet Traveller
Highly Commended: Mara Zalums for recipes created for Kitchen Jazz
Simon Johnson Award for Best Food-related Book
Winner: Lucio Galletto and David Dale for "Soffritto", published by Allen & Unwin
Highly Commended: Maggie Beer for "Maggie's Harvest", published by Penguin Group (Australia)
Thank the Judges
Thank the Sponsors
Thank Detlef Haupt
Food Media Club Australia Award for Best Overall Contribution to the Communication of Food
Winner: Lyndey Milan
The LifeStyle FOOD Channel People's Choice Award
Winner: Maggie Beer
