Past Winners
- 2011
- Dan Lepard - Short and Sweet
- Garrett Oliver (editor) - The Oxford Companion to Beer
- Jesus Barquin, Luis Gutierrez, Victor de la Serna (Special Commendation) - Finest Wines of Rioja
- 2010
- Niki Segnit - The Flavour Thesaurus
- Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy
- The Edible Series (Special Commendation) - Reaktion Books
- 2009
- Darina Allen - The Forgotten Skills of Cooking
- Carla Capalbo - Collio
- Richard Wrangham (Special Commendation) - Catching Fire
- 2008
- Peter Brears - Cooking and Dining in Medieval England
- James Crowden - Ciderland
- Michel Roux (Special Commendation) - Pastry
- 2007
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nick Fisher - The River Cottage Fish Book
- John Dickie (special commendation) - Delizia
- Philip Williamson and David Moore - Wine Behind the Label
- Charles Metcalfe and Kathryn McWhirter (special commendation) - The Wine and Food Lovers Guide to Portugal
- 2006
- Andrew Whitley - Bread Matters
- Stephen Brook - Bordeaux - Medoc and Graves
- Mark Hix (special commendation) - British Regional Food
- 2005
- Claudia Roden - Arabesque
- Hugh Johnson - Wine: A Life Uncorked
- Katherine Hughes (special commendation) - The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton
- John Livingstone-Learmonth (special commendation) - The Wines of Northern Rhone
- 2004
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - The River Cottage Meat Book
- Nicholas Faith - Cognac
- Felicity Lawrence (Special Commendation) - Not On the Label
- Charles Clover (Special Commendation) - The End of the Line
- 2003
- Erik Millstone and Tim Lang - Atlas of Food
- Richard Mayson - The Wines and Vineyards of Portugal
- Nigel Slater (Special Commendation) - Toast
- 2002
- David Thompson - Thai Food
- Andrew Jefford - The New France
- Colin Spencer (Special Commendation) - British Food
- 2001
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - The River Cottage Cookbook
- Stephen Skelton - The Wines of Britain and Ireland
- Bennett Alan Weinber and Bonnie K Bealer - The World of Caffeine
- Tom Jaine (Special Award)
- 2000
- Nigel Slater - Appetite
- Michael Schuster - Essential Winetasting
- Sue Shepherd (Special Commendation) - Pickled, Potted and Canned
- 1999
- Fergus Henderson - Nose to Tail Eating
- John Burnett - Liquid Pleasures
- Mark Grant (Special Commendation) - Roman Cookery
- Larry Zuckerman (Special Commendation) - The Potato: How it Changed History
- Alan Davidson (Special Award) - The Oxford Companion to Food
- 1998
- Ken Hom - Easy Family Dishes
- Max Allen - Red & White
- Stephen Brook (Special Commendation) - Pauillac
- 1997
- Claudia Roden - The Book of Jewish Food
- Clive Coates - CÙte díOr
- Richard Hosking - A Dictionary of Japanese Food
- 1996
- Maria Kaneva-Johnson - The Melting Pot ñ Balkan Food and Cookery
- Janet Mendel - Traditional Spanish Cooking
- Sophie D Coe and Michael D Coe (Special Commendation) - The True History of Chocolate
- 1995
- Rick Stein - Taste of the Sea
- Anthony Hanson - Burgundy
- Remington Norman - Rhone Renaissance
- Robert Nield (Special Commendation) - The English, The French and The Oyster
- 1994
- Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham - Roast Chicken and Other Stories
- Jancis Robinson - The Oxford Companion to Wine
- Elizabeth David, Ed Jill Norman - Harvest of the Cold Months
- 1993
- Sri Owen - The Rice Book
- Michael Jackson - Beer Companion
- Henrietta Green (Special Commendation) - Food Lovers Guide to Britain
- 1992
- Pierre Koffman - La Tante Claire
- Remington Norman - Great Domaines of Burgundy
- Richard Mayson (Special Commendation) - Portugal's Wines and Winemakers
- 1991
- Arabella Boxer - A Visual Feast
- Oz Clarke - New Classic Wines
- John and Sally McKenna (Special Commendation) - The Bridgestone Irish food Guide
- 1990
- Jill Norman - The Complete Book of Spices
- Burton Anderson - The Wine Atlas of Italy
- 1989
- Patrick Rance - The French Cheese Book
- Hugh Johnson - The Story of Wine
- 1988
- Peter Graham - Classic Cheese Cookery
- Tom Stevenson - Sotheby's World Wine Encyclopaedia
- 1987
- Henrietta Green - British Food Finds
- Stephen Brook - Liquid Gold: Dessert Wines of the World
- 1986
- Harold McGee - On Food and Cooking
- Jancis Robinson - Vines, Grapes and Wines
- 1985
- Hannah Wright - Soups
- Nicholas Belfrage - Life Beyond Lambrusco
- 1984
- Yan-Kit So - Classic Chinese Cookbook
- Rosemary George - The Wines of Chablis
- 1983
- Roger Phillips - Wild Food
- Hugh Johnson - Wine Companion
- 1982
- Jane Grigson - Fruit Book
- Barbara Maher - Cakes
- David Peppercorn - Bordeaux
- 1981
- Anne Willan - French Regional Cooking
- John R Hume and Michael Moss - The Making of Scotch Whisky
- 1980
- Marcella Hazan - The Classic Italian Cookbook
- Marika Hanbury Tenison - Cooking with Vegetables
- Michael Broadbent - The Great Vintage Wine Book
- 1979
- Josceline Dimbleby - The Book of Puddings, Desserts and Savouries
- Joanna Smith - The New English Vineyard
- 1978
- Alan Davidson - North Atlantic Seafood
- Jane Grigson - Vegetable Book
- Nicholas Faith - The Winemasters