TASTE AWARDS Viewers Choice Voting open thru March 11th 

The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to announce that VIEWERS CHOICE Voting is now open through March 11th for the following categories:Fans, studios, hosts and more are encouraged to vote for their favorites on the TASTE AWARDS site or at www.TastingDark.com

In addition, all Finalists Nominees and selected Special Achievement Award Honorees have been announced for this 13th Anniversary Year.

Among the nominees, well known celebrity and program names include Selena Gomez, Andrew Zimmern, G. Garvin, Lidia BastianichGordon Ramsay, Ming Tsai, Christopher Kimball, Tyler Florence, Chef JJ Johnson, Chef Jernard Wells, Joy Bauer, and Edward Delling-WilliamsFor over a decade, the TASTE AWARDS have been 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.

Winners, Honorees and Hall of Fame Inductees will receive their honors at star-studded ceremony in April 2022 (format to be announced).Winners of selected award categories will be pre-announced in mid-March 2022. See the full Nominee list Below.

Viewer’s Choice Voting for selected categories is open now through March 11th here.The TASTE AWARDS have 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, Create TV, APT, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Dreamworks, Esquire Network, FYI Network, The History Channel, Bio, iHeart Radio, Sony Pictures, HBO Max, Entertainment Studios’ Recipe.TV, NETA, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Tastemade, the Africa Channel, Roku, and more.

The TASTE AWARDS are the highest awards for creators, producers, hosts, and directors of Lifestyle Programs, Series, Shows & Cinema.

Often called “The Oscars of Food, Fashion and Lifestyle Media,” they are the premier broadcast awards show celebrating the year’s best achievements in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, in Online and Streaming Video, on Radio and in Podcasts, and Photography.

GENERAL CATEGORY TASTE AWARDS NOMINEES


The Academy of Media Tastemakers has selected the following nominees in each awards category.

Best Chef in a Series

AZ Cooks Live
Bake It Up a Notch with Erin McDowell (Food52)
Cooks Thyme with Chef Tobias Cooks
G. Garvin Live!
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Just Eats with Chef JJ
Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
Paris Bistro Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams
Simply Ming: Season 18
The TODAY SHOW: Joy’s Superfood Friday
What’s Eating Dan? — America’s Test Kitchen, Dan Souza

Best Food Program – Television

A Taste of Key West
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Cook’s Country
Eatup! New York
Fast Foodies
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Just Eats with Chef JJ
Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
New Soul Kitchen Remix
Paris Bistro Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams
Selena + Chef Season 2
Tastes Like Home Series Four and Five

Best Food Program – Online and Streaming

AZ Cooks Live
Bake It Up a Notch with Erin McDowell (Food52)
Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
Chef Jason Bunin Cooking Show
Cutting the Curd
Feast.Network
Gear Heads — America’s Test Kitchen
Let’s Make Dessert — America’s Test Kitchen
Meat and Three
Sweet Heat with Rick Martinez (Food52)
The Butter Book
The Extra Mile
The Wild Harvest
What’s Eating Dan? — America’s Test Kitchen, Dan Souza

Best Food Travel Series

A Parisian Food Affair with Julie Neis
A Queen In The Kitchen-Estate Italiana
A Taste of Key West
Australia’s Food Bowl with Stefano de Pieri
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
French Country Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders
Maria’s Portuguese Table , 8 part Series
Tastes Like Home Series Four And Five
The Extra Mile
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Weekends with Yankee

Best Reality Series

Backyard Bar Wars
Culture Kitchen
Fast Foodies
G. Garvin Live!
Just Eats with Chef JJ
New Soul Kitchen Remix
Selena + Chef Season 2
Simply Ming: Season 18
The Event

Best Drink or Beverage Program

Back Bar
Backyard Bar Wars
Dads Drinking Bourbon
Feast.Network
Muddled Up!
Proof
The 3 Julias on 30A Television
The Grape Nation
The Speakeasy
Wine First
Wine Soundtrack

Best Branded Program, Native Content, Video, or Advertisement
Presented by R&B Cellars

Clovia – Women’s Day
Get Away for a Day with Allyshia Renay!
Nadia Mejia’s (2016 Miss USA Runner-Up) AI Driven Interactive Food Film
Non So Dove, Ma Insieme
The Superiore of Prosecco in Venice

Best Green or Organic Program, Series or Film

Building Tomorrow
French Country Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams
New Day New Chef : LIVE
Paris Bistro Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams
The Green Wave – Tahiti
The Soul of A Farmer

Best New Series

Backyard Bar Wars
Counterjam
Culture Kitchen
Fast Foodies
Let’s Make Dessert — America’s Test Kitchen
The Sandwich Universe

Best Single Topic Series
Presented by Gowan’s Cider

All in the Industry
Back Bar
Cutting the Curd
Dads Drinking Bourbon
Extreme Cuisine – Sea Urchin
Fields
Let’s Make Dessert — America’s Test Kitchen
Pizza Quest
Sip Sip Hooray! wine podcast
The Event
The Sandwich Universe
The Speakeasy
The Wild Harvest

Best Series Pilot

Backyard Bar Wars
Cooking in Mexican from A To Z
Dear Mama
Fast Foodies
Fields
Muddled Up!
One BIG Recipe
Pizza Quest
The SloFunkPump Show

Best Home Chef in a Series

Eat, Drink, and Handle Your Business
Let’s Make Food From Food with Michelle Ullmann
Living By Design
Selena + Chef Season 2
The 3 Julias on 30A Television
The Trailer Park Cooking Show With Jolene Sugarbaker
Valcooks Kitchen

Best Food or Drink Podcast

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Counterjam
Item 13: An African Foods Podcast
The Black Kitchen Initiative by Heinz
The Sandwich Universe
The Speakeasy

Best Travel Program

A Parisian Food Affair with Julie Neis
A Pilgrimage to Tibet
Dear Mama
Get Away for a Day with Allyshia Renay!
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Great Getaways: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Passion Italy
SOS
Tastes Like Home
Travels with Darley

Best City or Regional Program

Amah Knows Best
Australia’s Food Bowl with Stefano de Pieri
Back At The Table
Eatup! New York
Get Away for a Day with Allyshia Renay!
Persimmons, Prosciutto & Friends
Wine Road Podcast

Best Ethnic Lifestyle Series, Program or Film

54 Years Late
A Queen In The Kitchen-Estate Italiana
CombiNation Plates
Culture Kitchen
Friday Night Vibes
G. Garvin Live!
Just Eats with Chef JJ
New Soul Kitchen Remix
The Black Kitchen Initiative by Heinz
Valcooks Kitchen

Best International Program

Amah Knows Best
Australia’s Food Bowl with Stefano de Pieri
Extreme Cuisine – Sea Urchin
French Country Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams
Nordic by Nature – Michelin Stars
Passion Italy
Sopitas de mi Ecuador
Tastes Like Home
The Green Wave – Tahiti

Best Multi Camera Production

Backyard Bar Wars
Fast Foodies
French Country Cooking with Edward Delling-Williams: Foraging By The Sea
Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
Persimmons, Prosciutto & Friends
Tastes Like Home