The 14th Annual TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet Awards Show, Reception Ceremony, and After Party took place on March 13th at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, and included well-known celebrities such as Al Roker and Lidia Bastianich. The TASTE AWARDS are the premier awards celebrating the year's best in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Streaming and Online, on Radio, in Podcasts, and Photography.
LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The 14th Annual TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet Awards Show, Reception Ceremony, and After Party took place on March 13th at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, and included well-known celebrities such as Al Roker and Lidia Bastianich. The TASTE AWARDS are the premier awards celebrating the year's best in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Streaming and Online, on Radio, in Podcasts, and Photography.
Award winners who accepted their awards in person included well-known celebrities Al Roker and Lidia Bastianich. In addition Kathy Fang (House of Fang/Food Network), and network executives such as Chris Knight (CEO, Gusto TV), and Lisa-Renee Ramirez (President, Lifestyle Networks & Executive Producer, Allen Media Group / Entertainment Studios) were in attendance, along with producers and representatives from Nat Geo/Disney, Turner Classic Movies, and more such as Edward Delling-Williams, Zahirah Marty, Jenny Buckley, and Zarela, as well as the the winner of this year's inaugural Bob Saget Award for Best Comedy or Humor, Roberto Serrini.
This season's ceremony included hosts Michelle Harris (Alive and Well TV, syndicated nationwide), Emmy-award winning actor Kim Estes, Stuart Brazell (TV + Digital Host, Actor, Creator), plus Award Presenters Margaret McSweeney (host and producer, Kitchen Chat), Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef, restaurateur, TV host), and Bita and Beata (Modern Persian Food). The 2023 Ambassador and Miss TASTE AWARDS was Amanda Sophia Moran.
Al Roker, weather and feature anchor of NBC News' "TODAY" and co-host of the "3rd Hour of TODAY," received three awards this season for "Family Style with Al Roker." His award wins were for Best Food Program – Online or Streaming, Best Food Travel Series – Online and Streaming, and Best New Series.
Emmy Award winning celebrity chef, TV host and producer, author, and founder of Eataly Lidia Bastianich won the ANDREW ZIMMERN DISCOVERY AWARD, which honors the mission to discover new cultures, new flavors, or new talent. The award was presented to Lidia based her years of contributions to culinary, television, and entrepreneurial talent. Previous winners of this award were Andrew Zimmern and Tyler Florence.
Selected event images and photos can be seen on the site as well as from wire service GETTY IMAGES. http://www.thetasteawards.com/14th-annual-awards-show-photo-gallery/
VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
- Best Filmed at Home Episodes or Film: Cooking with Cal
- Best Instructional Web Series: Knife Skills with Andrew Zimmern
- Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast: What's Cookin' Today
- Best City or Regional Program: Welcome to my Farm
- Best Food or Drink Podcast: Proof from America's Test Kitchen
- Best Green or Organic Program, Series or Film: Welcome to my Farm
- Best Branded Program, Native Content, Video, or Advertisement – Presented by R&B Cellars: Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
- Best Single Topic Series – Presented by Gowan's Cider: Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
The full list of all award winners for television, video, streaming, radio, podcasts, films and photography can be seen on the site at http://www.thetasteawards.com/.
With live violin music in the background, the red carpet and post awards reception included sparkling wine from Rescue Dog Wines, cider from Gowan's Heirloom Cider and red wine from R&B Cellars. Artisan chocolate tastings from Mignon Chocolate and Codinha Chocolate were served during the red carpet reception before the awards, and culinary small bites were served during the Reception immediately after the awards ceremony of the TASTE AWARDS event in Beverly Hills, organized by The Powerhouse Journey and Bison Roots Entertainment.
For 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.
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, NETA, 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, Myx TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Tastemade, AMC International, the Africa Channel, Roku, Vimeo, Vice, Vox, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, the FNL Network, and more.
Partners for this year's TASTE AWARDS include ATS Audiovisual, Schiltz Foods, Clubcard Printing, Gowan's Heirloom Ciders, R&B Cellars, Brigadeiro Sprinkles, coop & spree, Panache Chocolatier, Saluté, Suadella, Top Seedz, Stella's Confectionery, Rescue Dog Wines, Bay Area Specialty Jerky, Mignon Chocolate, Codinha Chocolate, Cision PRWeb, Comcast, Norcal Public Media, FilmFreeway, Hollywood Cosmetics, the Powerhouse Journey, Celebrity Red Carpets, and more.
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