2011 Food and Drink Book Awards shortlist

The Chairman and trustees of the André Simon Food and Drink book awards are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2011 awards.

Many thanks to all the publishers who entered books and congratulations to all the short listed authors.

The awards will be presented at a reception on 15 March 2012. The winners in each category will receive £2,000 and each shortlisted author receives £200.

• The shortlisted books in the food category are:
• BOCCA
  by Jacob Kenedy
  Published by Bloomsbury
• COUTURE CHOCOLATE
  by William Curley
  Published by Jacqui Small
• SCOTTISH SEAFOOD
  by Catherine Brown
  Published by Birlinn
• SHORT AND SWEET
  by Dan Lepard
  Published by Fourth Estate
• TASTING INDIA
  by Christine Manfield
  Published by Octopus Books
• THE GOOD COOK
  by Simon Hopkinson
  Published by BBC Books
• TRIPE
  by Marjorie Houlihan
  Published by Prospect Books

• The shortlisted books in the drink category are:
• AUTHENTIC WINE
  by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop MW
  Published by University of California Press
• IN SEARCH OF PINOT NOIR
  by Benjamin Lewin MW
  Published by Vendange Press
• THE OXFORD COMPANION TO BEER
  by Garrett Oliver
  Published by Oxford University Press
• THE FINEST WINES OF RIOJA AND NORTHWEST SPAIN
  by Jesus Barquin, Luis Gutierrez and Victor de la Serna
  Published by Aurum Press

For further information contact Katie Lander on katie@andresimon.co.uk or 0780 131 0973