5TH ANNUAL

TASTE AWARDS Finalists are selected from nomination submissions by the ACADEMY OF MEDIA TASTEMAKERS, a diverse and respected association of food & wine editors, writers and bloggers, chefs, fashion journalists, television producers and stations, online video platforms, mobile device providers, retail and technology enterprises, and others.

See Official Award Winners, Nominees & Honorees below.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT & HONOREE AWARD WINNERS

Lifetime Achievement Award	Emeril Lagasse
Pioneer Award	Great Chefs, Oishinbo
Kikkoman Breakout Foodies of the Year	The Mind of a Chef (Public Television), Dark Rye (Whole Foods), YumSugar/PopSugar, Zagat on YouTube, Chat Chow TV
Breakout Fashionistas of the Year	The Fashion Fund (Ovation), House of Curves (We TV), “This Must Be The Only Fantasy” Rodarte & Todd Cole (the Creators Project), TBA
Breakout Storytellers of the Year	The Getaway (Esquire Network), Parts Unknown (CNN)
Outstanding Vision	Tanya Holland, Nathan Lyon
Outstanding Passion	Elettra’s GOODNESS (Vogue), Jazzy Vegetarian (Public Television)
Outstanding Inspiration	Food & Spirituality Series (KQED), Live Big with Ali Vincent (Live Well)
Entertainer of the Year	James Cunningham, Martha Stewart
Guilty Addiction of the Year	Michelle Phan (YouTube), The Braiser, Liquid Alchemy (The Art of Baileys Chocolat Luxe)
Spotlight Award	Mariel Hemingway’s ‘Running from Crazy’ by Barbara Kopple, ‘Best Fish Tacos in Ensenada’ by Director Gabriel Taraboulsy (Delicious Cinema), ‘Miu Miu – Mistress of all She Surveys’ (Dazed Digital), ‘Fresh Fruit’ by Diane Busuttil, Soul of a Banquet (Wayne Wang), Caesars Palace Bacchanal Buffet – Travis Wall
Outstanding Mobile Apps	Every Day is a Food Holiday (Food Network), Tastemade (Tastemade)
Outstanding Kids Award	Cool Kids Cook (VoiceAmerica Kids), MasterChef Junior (Fox), La Cuoca Girovaga by Chef Rosanna Marziale, Edible Animations by Children’s Museum of the Art
Person of the Year	To Be Announced Dec. 3rd
Outstanding Animated Feature	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sony)
Outstanding Animated Short	Mademoiselle – Inside CHANEL
Outstanding Technology Innovation	Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, The Sugar Lab
Hall of Fame Inductees	Previously Announced
Great Taste Prize: Hollywood Tastemakers (f)	Ashley Greene, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Bosworth, Mindy Kaling, Elizabeth Banks, Naomie Harris, Naya Rivera, Kat Graham, Lea Michele, Elisabeth Moss, Shaun Robinson, Alice Eve, Christiane Seidel, Krysten Ritter, Becca Tobin, Brenda Song
Great Taste Prize: Hollywood Tastemakers (m)	Ian Somerhalder, Andy Samberg, Don Cheadle, Zachary Quinto, Daymond John, Tom Bergeron, RuPaul, Alex O’Loughlin, Jon Favreau, Dwayne Johnson, Harry Lennix, Fabio Viviani, Idris Elba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Cho
Great Taste Prize: Young Tastemakers	Jaden Smith, Chloé Grace Moretz, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Hyland, Maia Mitchell, Olivia Holt, Peyton List, Bella Thorne, India Eisley, Hailee Steinfeld, Victoria Justice, Karan Bar, Rico Rodriguez, Debby Ryan
Great Taste Prize: Kikkoman Culinary Tastemakers	SF Bay Area: Artesano, Bluestem Brasserie LA Area: The Bossy Wife & Co., Citron Catering

GENERAL AWARD CATEGORY

BEST DRINK OR BEVERAGE PROGRAM: WEB

Balcones Distilling	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
Bartending Basics	View	Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Better Cocktails at Home	View	Better Cocktails at Home
Kathy Casey’s Liquid Kitchen®	View	Small Screen, Inc.
Raising the Bar with Jamie Boudreau	View	Small Screen, Inc.
The Proper Pour with Charlotte Voisey	View	Small Screen, Inc.
Thirsty For…	Veiw	Tastemade

BEST DRINK OR BEVERAGE PROGRAM: TELEVISION

Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia	View	Cooking Channel
Moonshiners	View	Discovery Channel
How Booze Built America	View	Discovery Channel

BEST FOOD PROGRAM: TELEVISION

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics	View	Food Network
Chopped	View	Food Network
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives	View	Food Network
Iron Chef America	View	Food Network
Top Chef	View	Bravo
Top Chef Masters	View	Bravo

BEST FOOD TRAVEL SERIES: TELEVISION

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives	View	Food Network
Food Markets	View	Stefilm
Giada in Paradise	View	Linguine Pictures
Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless	View	Mint Media Works
New Scandinavian Cooking	View	Tellus Works
The Great Food Truck Race	View	Food Network

THE KIKKOMAN AWARD FOR BEST REALITY SERIES: FOOD OR DRINK

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics	View	Food Network
Chopped	View	Food Network
Food Network Star	View	Food Network
Iron Chef America	View	Food Network
Top Chef	View	Bravo
Without Borders	View	Without Borders

BEST FASHION OR DESIGN PROGRAM: TELEVISION

Dukes of Melrose	View	Bravo
Fashion News Live	View	RLG Productions, Corp.
Flipping Out	View	Bravo
Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis	View	Bravo
It’s Brad, Brad World	View	Bravo
Knock It Off!	View	Live Well Network
Mirror/Mirror	View	Live Well Network
Say Yes to the Dress	View	TLC
The Rachel Zoe Project	View	Bravo
What Not to Wear	View	TLC

BEST REALITY SERIES: FASHION, DESIGN OR HOME DECOR

Dukes of Melrose	View	Bravo
Flipping Out	View	Bravo
Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis	View	Bravo
It’s Brad, Brad World	View	Bravo
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta	View	TLC
Tanked	View	Animal Planet
The Rachel Zoe Project	View	Bravo
What Not to Wear	View	TLC

BEST HOME DECOR AND DESIGN PROGRAM, presented by Ferrara Flame

Four Houses	View	TLC
Harpoon House	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
Knock It Off!	View	Live Well Network
P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home	View	P. Allen Smith / Hortus, LTD
Tanked	View	Animal Planet
Treehouse Masters	View	Animal Planet

BEST GREEN OR ORGANIC PROGRAM

Gas Rush Stories: An Organic Farmer	View	Kirsi Jansa Productions LLC
Gotham Greens	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
Jazzy Vegetarian	View	Jazzy Vegetarian LLC
P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home	View	P. Allen Smith / Hortus, LTD
The Better Show /earth Day 2013	View	Meredith Corp.
The Healthy Voyager	View	The Healthy Voyager

BEST CITY OR REGIONAL PROGRAM

Cake Boss	View	TLC
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles	View	Bravo
Million Dollar Listing New York	View	Bravo
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta	View	TLC
Without Borders	View	Without Borders
Zagat on YouTube	View	Zagat / Google

BEST BRANDED PROGRAM

Average Betty	View	Average Betty
Jazzy Vegetarian	View	Jazzy Vegetarian LLC
Life & Thyme, an online magazine about food culture.	View	Life & Thyme
P. Allen Smith’s Garden To Table	View	P. Allen Smith / Hortus, LTD
Sweet Retreats	View	Live Well Network
Zagat on YouTube	View	Zagat / Google

BEST NEW SERIES

Bizarre Bites	View	Zagat / Google
Cutthroat Kitchen	View	Food Network
Eat Pack Go talks food with Chef Mario Batali	View	Producergirl Productions
Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking	View	Fine Cooking Magazine/WGBH
Sweet Retreats	View	Live Well Network
Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia	View	Cooking Channel

BEST SINGLE TOPIC SERIES

Bizarre Bites	View	Zagat / Google
How Booze Built America	View	Discovery Channel
Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless	View	Mint Media Works
P. Allen Smith’s Garden To Table	View	P. Allen Smith / Hortus, LTD
Raising the Bar with Jamie Boudreau	View	Small Screen, Inc.
The Proper Pour with Charlotte Voisey	View	Small Screen, Inc.

BEST CHEF IN A SERIES

Brunch @ Bobby’s	View	Cooking Channel
Giada at Home	View	Linguine Pictures, Food Network
Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence	View	Joanne Weir, LLC
Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless	View	Mint Media Works
New Scandinavian Cooking	View	Tellus Works
Top Chef Masters episode “Grand Canyon Cookout”	View	Bravo

BEST TRAVEL PROGRAM

Eat Pack Go talks food with Chef Mario Batali	View	Producergirl Productions
Giada in Paradise: Thailand	View	Linguine Pictures
Taste Tour	View	Zagat / Google
The Healthy Voyager	View	The Healthy Voyager
The Perennial Plate’s Real Food World Tour	View	Tastemade
Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia	View	Linguine Pictures

BEST NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE PROGRAM

Life & Thyme, an online magazine about food culture.	View	Life & Thyme
Life Reimagined TODAY w/ Jane Pauley: Aged to Perfection	View	AARP

BEST ETHNIC PROGRAM

A World of Sweets	View	Bread Love And Dreams
Azalina	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless	View	Mint Media Works
Pati’s Mexican Table	View	Mexican Table, LLC
Spanglish Cooking with Wanda Colon	View	Franceschi Entertainment
Without Borders	View	Without Borders / frogwater media

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

FOOD MARKETS	View	Stefilm
Miss and Mister Deaf International Miss Deaf International Documentary	View	Miss and Mister Deaf International

BEST HEALTH & FITNESS PROGRAM

Bobby Flay Fit	View	Food Network
Live Big with Ali Vincent	View	Live Well Network
Ninja Flex & Control #5 by Angelo Dela Cruz	View	Grokker – Expert Video Network
The Bikini Lifestyles Show	Listen	The Bikini Chef
The Healthy Voyager	View	The Healthy Voyager

BEST BRANDED VIDEO PROMOTION OR CAMPAIGN

Bruichladdich 2013	View	Crows Nest Films
First Drink of the Night: Jennifer Colliau”Client: Tanqueray Gin, as part of the ongoing “First Drink of the Night” web series.	View	Lush Life Productions
How to survive a Zombie Apocalypse P. Allen Smith style.	View	P. Allen Smith / Hortus, LTD
The Old Fashioned, by Ryan Maybee”.Client: Johnnie Walker	View	Lush Life Productions
The Old Pueblo: Tucson, AZ”Client: Tanqueray Gin, as part of the ‘First Drink of the Night’ series.	View	Lush Life Productions
The Pope of Foam starring Charlie Bamforth, for the University of California “Onward California” Series	View	Department of the 4th Dimension

BEST BEAUTY PROGRAM

Fashion News Live	View	RLG Productions, Corp.
Mirror/Mirror	View	Live Well Network
My Awesome Empire” Radio broadcast segment	Listen	PK Perfumes
What Not to Wear	View	TLC

BEST INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

FOOD MARKETS	View	Stefilm
MyCupcakeAddiction	View	Cupcake Addiction
New Scandinavian Cooking	View	Tellus Works
Off the Beaten Palate	View	Michael-Ann Rowe Co.
Street Food Around the World	View	Ananey Communications
Wedding Island	View	TLC

VIEWER CHOICE AWARD CATEGORY NOMINEES

BEST FOOD PROGRAM: WEB

Average Betty	View	Average Betty
Bobby Flay Fit	View	Food Network
Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen	View	Bravo Media
Chopped After Hours	View	Food Network
Chow Ciao	View	Fabio Viviani
Laura in the Kitchen	View	Vitale Productions LLC
Next Iron Chef: Road to Redemption	View	Food Network
The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker	View	The Trailer Park Cooking Show

BEST FOOD TRAVEL SERIES: WEB

A World of Sweets	View	Bread Love And Dreams
Eat Pack Go talks food with Chef Mario Batali	View	Producergirl Productions
Life & Thyme, an online magazine about food culture.	View	Life & Thyme
Off the Beaten Palate	View	Michael-Ann Rowe Co.
Taste Tour	View	Zagat / Google
The Healthy Voyager	View	The Healthy Voyager
The Perennial Plate’s Real Food World Tour	View	Tastemade
Without Borders	View	Without Borders / frogwater media

BEST HOME CHEF IN A SERIES

A World of Sweets	View	Bread Love And Dreams
Anna O’Steen in Lovely Lady Cakes TV	View	Lovely Lady Cakes
Average Betty	View	Average Betty
Baba Ghanoush by Sage Russell	View	Grokker – Expert Video Network
Dish It Out!	View	Dish It Out! TV
FudeHouse	View	FudeHouse
Hilah’s Texas Kitchen	View	Tastemade
Jazzy Vegetarian	View	Jazzy Vegetarian LLC
Kimberly’s Simply Southern	View	Al Roker Entertainment
Kin Entertaining	View	DECA/Kin Community
Laura in the Kitchen	View	Vitale Productions LLC
Pati’s Mexican Table	View	Mexican Table, LLC
The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker	View	The Trailer Park Cooking Show

“OFFICIAL SELECTION”: BEST FEATURE-LENGTH FILM OR DOCUMENTARY

40+ MINUTES

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	View Trailer	Sony Pictures
Final Recipe	View Trailer	CJ Entertainment, Bang Singapore, A Grand Elephant Production
Mademoiselle C.	View Trailer	Cohen Media Group
More than Honey	View Trailer	Thelma Film, Ormenis Film, zero one film, Allegro Film
SOMM	View Trailer	Forgotten Man Films
Spinning Plates	View Trailer	Chaos Theory / Ambush Entertainment
Tasting Menu	View Trailer	Zentropa Spain, Subotica

“OFFICIAL SELECTION”: BEST SHORT FILM OR DOCUMENTARY

10-40 MINUTES

Bettina Rheims	View	Sofia Tchkonia
Fäviken	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story	View	Funstertainment Productions
Miss and Mister Deaf International Miss Deaf International Documentary	View	Miss and Mister Deaf International
Once Upon a Time	View	Karl Lagerfeld / Chanel
Sugar Shack (A Documentary)	View	James Boo and Ian Parker

“OFFICIAL SELECTION”: BEST MINI FILM OR DOCUMENTARY

5-10 MINUTES

A Bout De Vin	View	Whole Foods Market/ Dark Rye
Balcones Distilling	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
Bicycle Bread Company	View	Delicious Cinema
Electric Coffee Company	View	Edmond Terakopian
Gas Rush Stories: An Organic Farmer	View	Kirsi Jansa Productions LLC
Gotham Greens	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye
How to Zest Citrus	View	Dear Martini, LLC
The Art & Science of Beer, with the Charlie “The Pope of Foam” Bamforth	View	Department of the 4th Dimension
The Perennial Plate’s Real Food World Tour	View	Tastemade
Tomorrow Somewhere New	View	Whole Foods Market/Dark Rye

BEST FOOD OR DRINK RADIO BROADCAST

Bite and Booze Radio Show	Listen	Bite and Booze, LLC
Cool Kids Cook	Listen	VoiceAmerica Kids
Food & Wine with Chef Jamie Gwen	Listen to MP3	Tastebud Entertainment, Inc.
Good Food with Evan Kleiman	Listen	KCRW
Dining Around with Joel Riddell	Listen	Clear Channel Media and Entertainment
Slow Living Radio	Listen	Slow Living Radio
The Bikini Lifestyles Show	Listen	The Bikini Chef
The Drive with Steve Jaxon’s “Wine Wednesday”	Listen	Vicario Productions
What’s Cookin’ Today	Listen	CRN Digital Talk Radio

BEST FASHION OR DESIGN: WEB PROGRAM OR VIDEO

“My Awesome Empire” radio feature	View	PK Perfumes
Cool Hunting	View	Cool Hunting
Fashion News Live	View	RLG Productions
Fashion TV	View	Fashion TV
The Sartorialist – AOL On	View	AOL
Urban Hippie	View	Eclumes

BEST COMEDY

By the Fireside with Larry	View	Paulyphonic productions
Cooking with Bee	View	Match Point Productions
Dish It Out!	View	Dish It Out! TV
Eat Now, Cry Later	View	Eat Now, Cry Later
Served with a Twist	View	Small Screen, Inc.
The 3 Julias on 30a Television	View	30a Media Inc
The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker	View	The Trailer Park Cooking Show
Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia	View	Alie & Georgia / Cooking Channel

CRAFT AWARD CATEGORY

CRAFT: Best Producer

Betsy Carson	Delicious TV
Rocco Leo Gaglioti	RLG Productions, Corp.
Dave Shelton	Funstertainment Productions
Colin Kimball	Small Screen, Inc.
Paul Swensen	Joanne Weir, LLC
Ryan French	Lush Life Productions
Anne Fox & Giada De Laurentiis	Alie & Georgia

CRAFT: Best Director

Brooke Johnson	Better Cocktails at Home
Celia Sin-Tien Cheng	Cravings
Sara Bravo	Funstertainment Productions
Colin Kimball	Small Screen, Inc.
Jan-Erik Lustig	Tellus Works
Dan Fox	Alie & Georgia