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The stars and celebrities of food and fashion television and film are preparing to revel in Hollywood on January 12th at their own one-of-a-kind awards show, the 3rd Annual TASTE AWARDS. The TASTE AWARDS (also known as the TASTY Awards) is the premier awards show honoring the year’s best in Food, Fashion, and Home Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio.
Fans, networks, producers and sponsors could not be more excited. The Awards Show features a star-studded lineup, including presenters and attendees such as Joanne Weir (PBS), Robert Irvine (Food Network), Tanya Holland (Cooking Channel, Food Network), Nathan Lyon (Fit TV, Discovery Health, PBS, Food Network), Bobby Bognar (History Channel), Austin Lau (YouTube), Danielle Keene (Bravo), Amy Paffrath (MTV, G4, E!), Ludo Lefebvre (Sundance Channel), Ashley James (Public Television), Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos (Cooking Channel), and more.
Jamie Oliver, Average Betty, Anthony Bourdain, Top Chef: Just Desserts, Project Runway, What Not to Wear, and Rick Bayless lead the awards finalists with several nominations each. Special Achievement Honors have been announced for Ming Tsai, Lidia Bastianich, The Chew, Steve Jobs, Taste Buds, Kung Fu Panda 2, Stanley Tucci, All on the Line (Sundance Channel), Mad Fashion (Bravo), Kaitlyn’s Beauty Journal, Nail Files (TV Guide), Beverly Hills Fabulous (VH1), Famous Foods (VH1), LX TV, Debi Mazar, and Tabatha’s Salon Takeover.
VIEWERS CHOICE voting took place through December 8th for Best Food Travel Series: Web, Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast, Best Home Chef in a Series, Best Fashion or Design Program: Web, Best Comedy Series, and Best Film or Documentary. To vote or for limited availability show tickets, go to www.TastyAwards.com, as well as get updates on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TastyAwards. The Official Hotel of the 2012 TASTE AWARDS is the Thompson Beverly Hills.
Selected TASTE AWARD winners will be featured in the Summer 2012 edition of Intermezzo Magazine. In addition, TASTE AWARD winners of the Best Food Travel Series: Web will receive a Foodie Trip to Estonia, compliments of the Estonian Consulate.
Award Winners will be announced at the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet event and reception at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on January 12th, as well as filmed for later broadcast. The full list of nominees and categories for the 2012 TASTE AWARDS, including Best Food Program, Best Drink Program, Best Film, Best Fashion Program, and Best Organic Program can be seen on www.TheTasteAwards.com, or www.TastyAwards.com.
The TASTE AWARDS are for food, fashion, and home lifestyle programming what the Grammys are for music and the Oscars are for Film.
ABOUT THE TASTE AWARDS
The Annual TASTE AWARDS (also known as the TASTY Awards) in Hollywood celebrate the year’s best in food, fashion, and home lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio.
It has included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such as the Food Network, the Style Network, Bravo, the Cooking Channel, TLC, Discovery, Lifetime, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Sony Pictures, and more.
Official Partners for the 3rd Annual TASTE AWARDS include Kikkoman, the AmericaOne television network, PR Newswire, TasteTV, Intermezzo Magazine, Cuisine Noir Magazine, Drink Me Magazine, Ferrara Flame, SummerJasmines, Schiltz Foods, Peju Winery, Raymond Vineyards, R&B Cellars, Ecogenics, Jenuinely Pure, Sella All Natural Skincare, Deep River Snacks, Food Should Taste Good, Mediterranean Snacks, Cinda’s Toffee, Toffee Break, Toffee Talk, the Estonian Consulate, thinkThin,Tequila Alquimia, the Thompson Beverly Hills, Yelp, and Eventbrite.
The viewer appetite and response to food and style programs has surged over the last decade, making them some of the highest watched and sponsored video content. The TASTE AWARDS spotlight the year’s best achievements in food, fashion, and home lifestyle programs on television, in film, and on the web.
A limited quantity of TASTE AWARDS event tickets are available on a first come basis. For details, go to www.TheTasteAwards.com, or www.TastyAwards.com
TasteTV Events include:
Viewer’s Choice Nominees are: Average Betty, Beer Sessions Radio, Beneath the Surface: Gulf Seafood’s Fight for Survival, Bikini Lifestyles, Bitchin’ Kitchen, Chiara Marandellas – FashionPaparazzis.com, Come Dine With Me – BBC America (UK), Daily Front Row Chic Report, Deconstructing Dinner, Dining Around with Gene Burns, Dressed, Drinking Made Easy, Drinks with Alie & Georgia, Eat Yourself Sexy Australia, EatDrink on Sirius XM, Euromaxx (Germany), Extra Virgin, Fashion Network, Fashion TV , Fashion’s Night Out (CBS), Food Wishes, FoodCrafters, Fridays with Fabio!, GastroLab, Globe Cooker (France), God Save My Shoes, Good Food, Hungry Girl, ILoveFlavor, iWineRadio.com, Jolene Sugarbaker the Trailer Park Queen, Kitchen Boss, Maangchi (Korea), Magnum Ice Cream Original Short Film Series by Karl Lagerfeld, My Drunk Kitchen, My Life as a Foodie, Quickies In My Kitchen (Australia), Slow Living Radio, Style.com , The Fire House Chef, The Food Maven Arthur Schwartz, The Handy Goddess Show, The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis, The Trip, Toast, Tokyo Fashion Express (Japan), Vogue TV , What would Brian Boitano Make?, Without Borders, and WTF (What’s This Food).
To vote for Viewers Choice categories go here
3rd Annual TASTE AWARDS Juried nominees are: A Taste of New York, Aarti Party, Al sabor del chef, America’s Next Top Model, Andrea Wine, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen, Average Betty, B.Y.O.B. TV, Barefoot Contessa (Ina Garten, Food Network), Beneath the Surface: Gulf Seafood’s Fight for Survival, Bitchin Kitchen, Bizarre Foods (Travel Channel), Bon Appetit, Cake Boss (Buddy Valastro, TLC), Carson Nation, Check Please, Bay Area, Check Please, Chicago, Chef Tips with Jason Hill, Chefs A’Field, Cook’s Country, Cooking.com, Cuisinart, Cupcake Wars (Food Network), Delicioso, dineLA, Divine Design, Drinking Made Easy with Zane Lamprey (HDNet), Drinks with Alie & Georgia, Easy Chinese San Francisco, Eat Street, En La Cocina Para Mi Amor, Extra Virgin, Fashion Police, Food and Wine Magazine, Food Wishes, Foodcrafters (Cooking Channel), Foodies: California, GastroLab, Good Eats (Food Network), Grape Notes, Hell’s Kitchen, HGTV Design Star, HGTV Green Home 2011, Home Made Simple, Home Takeover, How Do I Look?, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Jolene Sugarbaker The Trailer Park Queen, Kaitlyn’s Beauty Journal, Kitchen Nightmares, Kraft Cooking School, LA Times, Lanvin Fall 2011 Campaign Movie, Ludo Bites America, Magnum Ice Cream Original Short Film Series by Karl Lagerfeld, Man v. Food, Mexico – One Plate at a Time, Mutineer Magazine’s Cognac Conversations, Naked Wine Show, New York Magazine Food, No Reservations, Nylon Magazine TV, Off the Beaten Palate, Off The Beaten Path, Originals with Emeril, Passport Hawaii, PlumTV, Project Runway, Raising the Bar with Jamie Boudreau, Reservations Required, Restaurant Impossible, RV Cooking Show, SAY YES TO THE DRESS: ATLANTA, Simply Ming, Spice Goddess, The Cooking Odyssey, The Fire House Chef, The Great Food Truck Race, The Next Food Network Star, The Rachel Zoe Project, The Science & Art of Cheese, The Winemakers, Thirsty Girl TV, Throwdown With Bobby Flay, Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back, Top Chef, Top Chef: Just Desserts, What Not To Wear, Wine & Dine with Mastro, Wine Spectactor Magazine, Without Borders, and WTF (What’s This Food).
The categories for all nominations can be seen here
Chocolate lovers, en garde! The premier major chocolate show in the Los Angeles area this millenium takes place at the 5th Annual Los Angeles CHOCOLATE SALON on Sunday, September 25th, 2011.
Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world’s great culinary metropolitan areas.
This year’s event will take place in the new and beautiful Ballroom at the Pasadena Center, in the center of old town, surrounded by restaurants, lounges and upscale boutiques.
Celebrating its anniversary, the 2011 Fifth Annual Los Angeles Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON participants include chocolatiers, confectioners, and other culinary artisans, such as Choclatique, Amano Artisan Chocolate, Mignon Chocolate, Nicole Lee Fine Chocolates, Jer’s Chocolates, Chocoveda, David Bacco Chocolatier, Seattle Chocolate Company, Chava Vital Chocolate, Ciel Chocolatier, Amella, Monterey Chocolate Company, The Toffee Box, Butterfly Brittle, The TeaRoom Chocolate Company, Blissed Out Chocolates, Bootleg Chocolates, Farm Fresh To You, Gourmet Blends, Precept Wine, The New York Times, Shell Vacations, Yelp, Meetup.com, TasteTV, Chocolate Television, and more.
Salon highlights features chocolatiers, confectioners and other culinary artisans, with chocolate tasting, demonstrations, chef & author talks, wine tasting and ongoing interviews by TasteTV’s Chocolate Television program. (Salon Entry includes all chocolate & wine tastings, demos, etc.).
New this year: New Ballroom location. A celebrity tie-in with the 3rd Annual TASTY Awards, including an attendee Taste-Off for the People’s Choice picks in specific artisan food and wine categories.
EVENT SUMMARY
LOS ANGELES
5th Annual Luxury Chocolate Salon
Event: Sept. 25, 2011
Hours: 11am-5pm
Site: www.LAChocolateSalon.com
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TasteTV Events include:
We are pleased to announce the award winners of the
2nd Annual Napa Luxury Chocolate Salon
Reviewed by our talented judges (who included award winning chefs and food and travel media), winners have been selected for various categories, including Best Dark, Best Milk, Best Truffle, Best Caramels, and more.
To view the winners, please go to www.NapaChocolateSalon.com
The 2nd Annual Napa Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON is the most prestigious artisan and premium chocolate and confection event in Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world’s great culinary and wine areas. Participants include Amano Artisan Chocolate, The Tea Room Chocolate Company, Toffee Talk, Permano, Dove Chocolate Discoveries, TOFFEEOLOGY, Monterey Chocolate Company, Kollar Chocolates, Salt Side Down Chocolates, Nicole Lee Fine Chocolates, Jade Chocolates, Landru Chocolates, Seattle Chocolate Company, Sterling Confections, CHAVA Vital Chocolate, Extraordinary Blends, Farm Fresh To You, Honest Tea, TasteTV.
TasteTV Events include:
The 5th Annual Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon is scheduled for September 25, 2011.
Los Angeles Chocolate Salon: www.LAChocolateSalon.com
TasteTV Events include:
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