9th Annual TASTE Awards Special Achievement Honorees Announced
The 9th Annual TASTE AWARDS are proud to announce
The Special Achievement Award Winners (Honorees).
Award Winners will receive their honors in late March 2018 at a Red Carpet Awards celebration in Los Angeles.
The Red Carpet awards event featured a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities, including winners, nominees and presenters.
More details at www.TheTasteAwards.com
SEE BELOW THE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS (HONOREES),
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AND HONOREE AWARD WINNERS
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| LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | PIONEER AWARD |
| TBA | TBA |
| BREAKOUT FOODIES OF THE YEAR | BREAKOUT FASHIONISTAS OF THE YEAR |
| Chef Shock (Twitch), The Food Flirts (PBS), Donal Skehan, Byron Talbott, First We Feast, Brothers Green Eats | Shannon Barker, Sammi Maria, Kia Maria, Anastasjia Louise, Arika Sato, Paige Norri |
| BREAKOUT STORYTELLERS OF THE YEAR | OUTSTANDING VISION |
| Family Meal (feature film), Zest (short film), Swarovski – The Mask | TBA |
| OUTSTANDING PASSION | OUTSTANDING INSPIRATION |
| Action Bronson, Jet Tila | Tieghan Gerard (@halfbakedharvest), Sophie Roe (@sophiaroe) |
| STYLEMAKER AWARD | OUTSTANDING ANIMATION FILM |
| Proclamation Punctuation (short film), Bloomberg Pursuits (Bloomberg Television), Vanessa Ziletti, Jenn Im | Coco, Loving Vincent |
| SPOTLIGHT AWARD | GUILTY ADDICTION OF THE YEAR |
| The Chi (Showtime) | Bong Appetit (Viceland), Ella Woodward (@deliciouslyella), You Suck at Cooking |
| BEST INTERACTIVE E-BOOK | PERSON OF THE YEAR |
| Smartee Plate: Teddy Finds Her Balance | Kylie Jenner, Dua Lipa |
| BEST SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT |
SONG OF THE YEAR |
| Hobo Chefin (Good Catch Films) | Bon Appetit (Katy Perry) |
| BEST VIRTUAL REALITY FILM OR DOCUMENTARY |
FOOD TV CHAMPION AWARD, PRESENTED BY SCHILTZ GOOSE FARM |
| Praying from Afar | Howard Helmer |
| OUTSTANDING MOBILE APPS |
BEST ETHNIC LIFESTYLE FILM AND DOCUMENTARY (BLACK/LATINO/ASIAN) |
| TBA | Godspeed (Asian), Lucky Chow (Asian) Living with Phyllis “The Mo’ Jazz Fest” (Black), Craving Cuba (Latin), The Latin Kitchen |
| OUTSTANDING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION | BEST ACTION SPORTS, ADVENTURES, OR OUTDOORS FILM |
| TBA | Wherever the Wind Takes, Dedicate: Diving Free |
| GREAT TASTE PRIZE:Culinary Tastemakers | GREAT TASTE PRIZE:Hollywood Tastemakers |
| TBA George Chen (China Live), Cindy Chen (China Live), Additional TBA |
Marcel Vigneron, Additional TBA |
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Chef Adrianne’s Recipe for the Perfect Casserole
Brunch can satisfy many food cravings and is one of the most versatile meals of the day. Celebrity hef Adrianne has created a recipe for a delectably savory casserole that you can whip up this season.
Her sausage, egg and cheese casserole is topped with maple syrup, which adds a signature sweetness to the buttery spice that lies underneath. The casserole itself contains cheese, sausage, egg, onions, peppers, and, of course, bacon.
RECIPE:
Buttery, Sausage, Egg and Cheese, Casserole + Maple Syrup
Serves: 8-10
INGREDIENTS:
- 7 croissants, rough chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter, more for baking dish
- 1/4 cup green onions, choppef
- 1 lb andouille sausage, chopped
- 1/2 cup breakfast sausage, sliced
- 1/2 cup bacon, crisped, chopped
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely chopped
- 8 large eggs
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 cups pepperjack cheese, grated
- Kosher salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Heat a large skillet to medium high heat. Add butter and sauté green onion, sausages, and bacon for 3-4 minutes. Add bell peppers and onions. Cook for another 3-4 minutes. Set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and heavy cream. Add croissants and sautéed mixture. Add shredded cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper. Grease an 8×8 baking dish and pour mixture into it. Bake for 35-45 minutes. Allow to cool. To serve, drizzle with maple syrup.
ABOUT CHEF ADRIANNE CALVO:
Adrianne Calvo is the Executive Chef and owner of Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar, Host of Maximum Flavor Live on NBC’s 6 in the Mix, author of four cookbooks: Maximum Flavor (2005); Chef Adrianne: Driven by Flavor Fueled by Fire (2008); #MaximumFlavorSocial (2014); and Play with Fire (2015), and founder of the Make it Count Foundation. Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar opened in 2007 and offers a varied and rotating menu with something for everyone. Monthly, the restaurant holds its signature event, Dark Dining, where guests are blindfolded for a sensual
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The TASTE AWARDS have released the new trailer for the 9th Annual Awards. They feature many of the previous winners and nominees, plus several new additions. Take a look and see if you can spot a few.
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360 Degree Food Festival: Eat Drink SF
Going to a food festival is always a great opportunity. Being able to test a new type of camera while there is basically icing on the cake. In this case, it was the Insta360 Nano. The Insta360 shoots pictures and HD video in 360 degrees. The images can be used in Virtual Reality (VR) goggles, as well as on sites such as YouTube.
A food festival like Eat Drink SF is the perfect place, because you have a wide variety of food and drink, and lot of people and places to capture.
We set up our camera at various partner tables around the event, and produced short 30 second 360 degree videos from each. The quality of the initial videos were impressive, although we have to admit that after editing, export, and upload to YouTube they did lose a fair amount of resolution.
If you couldn’t go, or even if you could, take a look at what we saw.
In the spotlight:
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: REBBL
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Fine Cooking Magazine
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Blue Diamond, Almond Breeze
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Temple Rye
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: China Live and Lillet
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Don Julio
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: (name?)
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Tratto
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Lillet
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Mixologists
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: House Spirits Distillery
- 360 View of Eat Drink SF: Blue Stem Brasserie
ABOUT EAT DRINK SF:
San Francisco’s premier food, wine, beer, and spirits festival. Eat Drink SF (fka SF Chefs) returns for its 9th year to celebrate the Bay Area’s world-class culinary community. The festival is four days of delicious events featuring our four signature Grand Tasting experiences that highlight 160+ restaurants and 70+ breweries, wineries, and distilleries throughout the weekend. Guests meet the area’s top chefs, taste their way through more than 35 creative bites from restaurants around the Bay Area (each Grand Tasting features different restaurants), enjoy unlimited pours of wine, beer, and cocktails, learn about wine in the SF Wine School’s classroom, watch demonstrations on the main stage, play giant lawn games in our Backyard Bites zone, and be part of this quintessentially San Francisco celebration of flavor.