Nominations for 3rd Annual TASTY Awards Open July 17, 2011

Nominations for the 3rd Annual TASTY Awards Open July 17, 2011

Nominations can be made at www.TastyAwards.com

Two new media award categories will be announced this year!

Winners for the TASTY Awards will be announced in January 2012.

See:
The TASTY Awards
The New Media Tastemakers Summit

The NextGEN Science Fair – June 19th

TasteTV is pleased to announce the NextGen Science Fair 2011, the first and only event for Next-Generation Products, Technology, and Ideas, welcoming hundreds of consumers, thought-leaders, media outlets, buyers, speakers, partners, and more to San Francisco.

For professionals and family alike, the The NextGen Science Fair (tm) brings together under one roof 15-20 of the most exciting new and futuristic products, services, ideas, discoveries and content available now or very soon

Visit The NextGen Science Fair 2011 and discover the latest green, organic, biotech, artisan, design, app, gaming and technology consumer products that can improve your quality of life, your company’s success, or your future. Meet the movers, innovators, advocates, and creators of tomorrow’s products and sevices. Network, promote and partner with “Next-Gen Generators.” Don’t miss this unique opportunity. The future is coming today.

www.NextGenScienceFair.com

Viewers Choice Voting: The TASTY Awards

VIEWERS CHOICE VOTING in selected categories has begun and ends on January 5th for six specific TASTY Awards categories. See the site for the nominees.

The Viewers Choice Categories are:


Best Film or Documentary
Best Comedy Series
Best Home Chef in a Series
Best Chef in a Series
Best Male Host in a Series
Best Female Host in a Series

Nominees for the other categories can be seen on the site for the 2nd Annual TASTY Awards in Hollywood:

www.TastyAwards.com

Nominees Announced for 2nd Annual TASTY Awards



SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 9 –The 2nd Annual TASTY AWARDS, the premier awards show celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, and Home Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, and Online, is pleased to announce the Nominees for the upcoming awards show in Hollywood.

Jamie Oliver, Tyler Florence, Average Betty, Anthony Bourdain, Top Chef, Project Runway, Style.com and Guy Fieri lead the awards finalists with several nominations each. Hosted by food and travel television star Zane Lamprey of Travel Channel and HD Net fame, the two-hour red carpet event takes place at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on January 13th, as well as filmed for later broadcast.

The show features a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities, including Tanya Holland (Cooking Channel, Food Nework), Leslie Sbrocco (PBS), Nathan Lyon (Fit TV, Discovery Health, PBS, Food Network), and Bobby Bognar (History Channel), along with newcomers such as Candice Kumai (Lifetime, Bravo’s Top Chef), Brian Boitano (Food Network), Daniel Green (ShopNBC), Luciene Salomone (WE tv), Amy Paffrath (E! Entertainment Television), Jeannie Mai (Style Network), Kevin Roberts (TLC), Peter Ishkhans (Style Network), Aida Mollenkamp (Food Nework, Cooking Channel), and more.

Special Achievement Awards have been announced for Niecy Nash, Gordon Ramsay, Mario Batali, Joan Rivers, Tyra Banks, Ryan Seacrest, Cat Cora, Heidi Klum, Martha Stewart, and Gail Simmons, among others.

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 TASTY AWARDS spotlight the year’s best achievements in food, fashion, and home lifestyle programs on television, in film, and on the web.

The following are several of the nominees and categories for the 2011 TASTY Awards. To participate in the Viewers Choice voting starting November 15th, or for a full list of nominees, please go to www.TastyAwards.com, as well as get updates on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TastyAwards

Best Drink or Beverage Program: Television

Drink Up with Darryl Robinson
The Winemakers
Drinking Made Easy with Zane Lamprey
Wine & Dine with Mastro

Best Drink or Beverage Program: Web

12 Second Cocktails
Art of the Drink
Raising the Bar with Jamie Boudreau
Mixology
Thirsty Girl TV
Wine Library TV

Best Food Program: Television

America’s Test Kitchen
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Good Eats
No Reservations
Top Chef
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

Best Food Program: Web

Average Betty
CHOW.com
Aarti Parti
The Culinary Institute of America
Working Class Foodies
Jamie Oliver Recipes

Best Food Travel Series: Television

Avec Eric (Eric Ripert)
Bizarre Foods
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
The Great Food Truck Race
No Reservations
Throwdown With Bobby Flay

Best Food Travel Series: Web

CMN Travels-Culinary Media Network
Working Class Foodies
The Hungry Pedaler
Vegan Hotspot
Without Borders
Savoring the Best of World Flavors: World Culinary Arts Series

Best Reality Series: Food or Drink

The Great Food Truck Race
The Next Food Network Star
Top Chef
Iron Chef America
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Top Chef Masters

Best Food or Drink Video Podcast

Avec Eric (Eric Ripert)
Average Betty
Epicurious
Farmers’ Market Gourmet
Simply Ming
Working Class Foodies

Best Home Chef in a Series

Average Betty
Working Class Foodies
What Would Brian Boitano Make?
Food Wishes
Barefoot Contessa
Down Home with the Neelys

Best Chef in a Series

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Throwdown With Bobby Flay
Mexico – One Plate at a Time
Good Eats
Barefoot Contessa
Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef

Best Fashion or Design Program : Television

America’s Next Top Model
Kimora, Life in the Fab Lane
Project Runway
The Rachel Zoe Project
What Not To Wear

Best Fashion or Design Program : Web

Cool Hunting
Fashion TV
Ford Models TV
Style.com
Vogue TV
Fashion Network

Best Reality Series: Fashion or Design

America’s Next Top Model
What Not to Wear
Kimora, Life in the Fab Lane
Project Runway
The Rachel Zoe Project
Say Yes to the Dress

Best Fashion or Design Video Podcast

Ford Models TV
Style.com
ThreadBanger, D.I.Y. Fashion & Style
Vogue TV
Gucci
The Fashion Network

Best Home Decor and Design Program : Television

Home Made Simple
Curb Appeal: The Block
HGTV Green Home 2010
HGTV Design Star
Divine Design

Best Mobile / Apps / Out of Home Series

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Working Class Foodies
Top Chef
Food Network Nighttime iPad App
Gourmet Live iPad App
New York Times iPad App

Best City or Regional Program

A Taste of New York
About.com
Check Please, Bay Area
Check Please, Chicago
dineLA
Savory Cities

Best Branded Program

Cooking.com
Cuisinart
H&M Fashion Video
Kraft Cooking School
Luxury Explorer TV
Target Frugalista

Best Newspaper or Magazine Program

Bon Appetit
Cook’s Country
Food and Wine Magazine
LA Times
New York Times Food
New York Times the Minimalist with Mark Bittman

Best New Series

MasterChef with Gordon Ramsay
Top Chef: Just Desserts
FoodCrafters
The Great Food Truck Race
Cupcake Wars
Private Chefs of Beverly Hills

Best Single Topic Series

Cake Boss
Simply Ming
Mexico – One Plate at a Time
Cupcake Wars
Vegan a go-go
Top Chef: Just Desserts

Best Comedy Series

Bizarre Foods
The Dish
Jolene Sugarbaker: The Trailer Park Cooking Show
Tiki Bar TV
Drinking Made Easy
Average Betty

Best Critic or Review Series

Check Please, Bay Area
Savory Cities
The Naked Wine Show
The Cooks Plate
Average Betty
Wine Library TV

Best Green or Organic Program

Vegan Hotspot
Cooking Up a Story
HGTV Green Home 2010
Vegan a go-go
Chefs A’Field
Fresh Food Fast with Emeril Lagasse

Best Film or Documentary – Food or Fashion

Eat Pray Love
Soul Kitchen
Kings of Pastry
Beer Wars
Haute Couture: A Fashion Documentary
Fresh the Movie

A limited quantity of TASTY Awards event tickets are now available on a first come basis. For details, go to www.TastyAwards.com



TASTY AWARDS: Nominees to be Announced on November 9th

The TASTY Awards Committee is proud to announce that the final Nominees, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Honorees, for the 2nd Annual TASTY Awards will be announced in a livestreamed press conference on November 9th, 2010 in San Francisco.

The 2nd Annual TASTY Awards and Red Carpet, the premier awards show for food and fashion programs and films, will take place on January 13, 2011 at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, with television celebrity Zane Lamprey returning as the show’s host.


Other returning celebrity presenters include Tanya Holland (Cooking Channel, Food Nework), Leslie Sbrocco (PBS), Nathan Lyon (Fit TV, Discovery Health, PBS, Food Network), and Bobby Bognar (History Channel), along with newcomers such as Candice Kumai (Lifetime, Bravo’s Top Chef), Brian Boitano (Food Network), Daniel Green (ShopNBC), Luciene Salomone (WE tv), Amy Paffrath (E! Entertainment Television), Jeannie Mai (Style Network), Kevin Roberts (TLC), and Aida Mollenkamp (Food Nework, Cooking Channel). More presenters to be announced shortly.


JUDGES

The Judges Panel for 2011 has been expanded from 85 to over 200 industry experts, gurus, peers, and media.


Judges are from organizations such as 944 MAGAZINE, About.com, America One Television, Bel-Air MAGAZINE, Blogcritics.org, Bloomingdale’s, Chicagoist, Frommers.com, Los Angeles Downtown News, Plate MAGAZINE, San Francisco Professional Food Society, Scripps Networks, SF Station.com, SFist (Gothamist), Slow Food Seattle, Styleite.com, Technorati, The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), The Orange County Register., Variety MAGAZINE, and Yahoo! Inc.

To view a current list of judges, go to www.TastyAwards.com. (Photo Above: Awards Presenter Jeannie Mai (Style Network))


AWARDS AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD

The historic Egyptian Theatre was the first major deluxe movie palace in Hollywood (built in 1922, by Sid Grauman, also of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre). The theatre is home to the critically acclaimed American Cinematheque, which completed a major renovation of the property in 1998. The Egyptian Theatre is a state-of-the-art theatre within a historic shell, and features its original, ornate sunburst ceiling and other artwork; the Steven Spielberg theatre; and a stylish open-air, palm tree lined courtyard. Well-known to Red Carpet aficionados, it regularly hosts special events, screenings, Hollywood premieres, and annual film festivals. Located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, the Egyptian Theatre is near the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel and other historic theaters on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early Advance TASTY Awards Tickets are now available.


OTHER NEWS

In other news, the Committee has selected Qure, as the Official Water of the TASTY Awards, and Pure Dark ™ as the Official Premium Chocolate of the TASTY Awards.





The 2nd Annual TASTY AWARDS go HOLLYWOOD

 
The Tasty Awards Committee is proud to announce that the 2nd Annual TASTY Awards event on January 13, 2011 will take place in HOLLYWOOD.

The decision to hold the next event in Los Angeles represents an industry-wide acknowledgement of the importance and prestige of the TASTY Awards.

Says the Chairman of the Tasty Awards, “The Committee, Advisory Board, and Sponsors are all excited. The first year the event was in San Francisco, a city known for food, wine, technology and the Internet. The second year it will be in Los Angeles, a city known for food, fashion, entertainment and media. It fits.”

Events leading up to the Awards Show in Hollywood are planned across the country, including in San Francisco and New York, and include Nominee receptions, announcements, gifting suites, and more.

NOMINATIONS OPEN JULY 19, 2010

As a reminder, NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2011 TASTY AWARDS Open on July 19th.

Nominations can be submitted through August at www.TastyAwards.com. Food, beverage, fashion and design programs or films that air original broadcasts during 2010 are eligible

ABOUT THE TASTIES

The Annual TASTY AWARDS is the premier broadcast awards show to celebrate the best in food and fashion programs on TV, in Film, and Online. The 2010 Awards included appearances by Anthony Bourdain, Zane Lamprey, Joanne Weir, Leslie Sbrocco, Philip Gum, Debi Mazar, Nathan Lyon, Marisa Churchill, and more. More information atwww.TastyAwards.com. (Broadband video of the 2010 Awards can be seen on Hulu.com at Hulu.com/tasty-awards)