Watch the 2021 TASTE AWARDS Show HERE

WATCH THE 2021 TASTE AWARDS

The TASTE AWARDS Show is coming to a screen near you, and viewable on Facebook and on the TASTE AWARDS website**.

Come watch it and see who wins, celebrate some of the most exciting and creative food, fashion and lifestyle programs, videos, films, series, podcasts and radio.

This year’s TASTE AWARDS all digital and all virtual awards show features a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV, Film and Video celebrities, including winners, nominees and presenters. Some participating Celebrity awards presenters include Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV), Kim Estes (Emmy nominated actor), Jernard Wells (Food Network, Cleo TV), Mickela Mallozzi (PBS, CreateTV), Danielle Nottingham (NBC), Margaret McSweeney (Kitchen Chat), Chris Knight (Gusto TV), Andrea Feczko, Joanne Weir, Jazz and Jake Smollett, the Food Nanny (IG).

WHEN: April 12, 5:30 PM Pacific Time (LA/SF Time Zone)
WHERE: On the Awards Site and Facebook
HOW: Go to www.TheTasteAwards.com and www.facebook.com/tastyawards

** As with most awards shows this year (Critics Choice, SAG, WGA, the Gothams, Emmys, Grammys, BET, Music Video Awards, etc), the 2021 TASTE AWARDS in Beverly Hills will also be virtual this year.

The TASTE AWARDS in Hollywood & Beverly Hills are the premier awards celebrating the year’s best in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs in Film, Television, Online & Streaming Video, Podcasts, Radio and Photography.

 

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Tastemakers Summit Video: My Big Break, with Chef Jernard Wells and Danielle Chang

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MY BIG BREAK

In conversation with Food TV Celebs on How they Got, or Made, their Big Break, and strategies to Keep It. My Road to Celebrity and Success

Featuring Chef Jernard Wells, Host and Celebrity Chef, Food Network and Cleo TV; Danielle Chang, Executive Producer and Host, Lucky Chow television series; Moderated by Amy Sherman, Cooking with Amy

ABOUT DANIELLE CHANG

A cultural entrepreneur who builds brands across creative industries, Danielle is the founder and CEO of LUCKYRICE, a lifestyle brand that has been shining a spotlight on Asian culture through food and drink for the past decade. Under Danielle’s leadership, LUCKYRICE and its signature Festival series has expanded to eight key markets in the United States and has become the definitive voice for Asian culture today.

LUCKYRICE has also birthed two additional projects: Danielle’s first book Lucky Rice: Stories and Recipes from Night Markets, Feasts and Family Tables (Clarkson Potter) and the nationally broadcast TV show Lucky Chow, now in its fourth season, in which Danielle is the program creator and host.

Tastemakers Summit Video: Why Both Food and Travel Series are Hotter than Ever

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WHY FOOD SERIES & TRAVEL SERIES ARE HOT PROPERTIES

 

A Panel disucssion featuring Joanne Weir, Host, Cookbook Author, Restaurateur & Celebrity Chef, “Plates & Places (National Television Series)”. Mickela Mallozzi, Host & Executive Producer, “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi” (National Television Series)

Theme: Why Both Food and Travel Series are Hotter than Ever, and How We Succeeded with Ours.

Joanne Weir: A 4th-generation professional cook and James Beard award-winning cookbook author, Joanne Weir spent 5 years cooking at Chez Panisse after receiving a Master Chef Diploma with Madeleine Kamman.
Joanne is a James Beard award-winning cookbook author, cooking teacher, and host and Executive Producer for several award-winning PBS Television series. Her newest 26-part TV series filmed in Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco and France is called PLATES & PLACES and airs on Public Television and CREATE TV nationwide.

Joanne has written 17 cookbooks. Her most recent is a food memoir “Kitchen Gypsy:Recipes and Storiesfrom a Lifelong Romance with Food”, and features aforeword by Alice Waters. She is co-owner of Copita, a tequileria & restaurant in Sausalito, California.
Joanne writes for several national publications and travels and teaches extensively around the world as well as in her San Francisco studio kitchen.
Web: www.joanneweir.com, Social Media: @ChefJoanneWeir

Mickela Mallozzi: Mickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance which airs on PBS member stations nationwide and on Amazon Prime Video globally. A professional dancer and trained musician, Mickela decided to start a journey around the world, taking her camera with her to follow dance in the lives of everyday people wherever she went. From re-discovering her family’s heritage in Southern Italy to dancing tango on the main stage in Buenos Aires, the series covers Mickela’s adventures as she experiences the world, one dance at a time. She has been featured in The New York Times, O Magazine, AFAR, Travel Channel, Dance Magazine, Forbes, Condé Nast Traveler, and more, and she has performed on various television shows including Sesame Street and The Doctor Oz Show. Since the global pandemic, Mickela has been hosting a weekly #BareFeetLIVE series on Facebook and Instagram to stay connected with the world through dance and music. And stay tuned for a 2-part special of Bare Feetcoming to PBS stations in February, featuring Carnival in the Guadeloupe Islands!
Website: http://travelbarefeet.com, Facebook: Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi
Instagram: @travelbarefeet

Tastemakers Summit Video: Building a Media Tastemaker Empire

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BUILDING A MEDIA TASTEMAKER EMPIRE

They talk about how Gusto TV created its network of food-centric programming, how it stands out, and the keys to its success.

Featuring Chris Knight, President & CEO, Gusto TV / Gusto Worldwide Media. Moderated by Margaret McSweeney of Kitchen Chat.

https://youtu.be/y2CZwEOLu94

ABOUT CHRIS KNIGHT: Television industry veteran and epicurean Chris Knight, is the President and CEO of Gusto Worldwide Media — an innovative media company that produces, distributes, and broadcasts inspiring culinary programming. In 2013, Knight independently launched the food and lifestyle channel Gusto TV in Canada. After three short years on air, Bell Media licensed the Canadian Gusto TV brand in a ground-breaking partnership. Since then, Knight has launched Gusto TV on multiple international streaming platforms throughout the globe and has won several awards.
Accolades include International Gourmand World Cookbook awards, several prestigious James Beard awards, Taste Awards and a 2020 induction into the Taste Awards Hall of Fame. Knight continues to deliver a diverse mix of engaging and inspiring cooking programming that resonates globally.