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The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau. It is free competition and open to publishers in all languages and countries. The Gourmand Awards celebrate global cookbook and wine book publishing and feature many world-renowned chefs each year.〔(Random House )〕 There is also a focus on self-published books as founder, Edouard Cointreau sees this as the fastest growing segment in publishing. 〔(Publishing Perspectives )〕 In 2008, books from 102 countries participated in the competition. It is sometimes described as the "Oscars of food awards in Paris". 〔(Times of India )〕〔(Mridula Baljekar )〕 ==Awards== The objectives of the Awards are: * To reward and honour those who "cook with words".〔(Whitecap - Gourmand World Cookbook Award )〕 * To help readers find the best out of the 26,000 food and wine books produced every year. * To help publishers with international rights to translate and distribute food and wine books. * To help book retailers find the 50 food and wine books that each year should be offered to clients. * To create an opportunity to access the major markets in English, Chinese, German, Spanish or French for books originated in other languages. * To increase knowledge and respect for food and wine culture, which promotes peace. The winners in each language are announced in November, and compete for the Best in the World, announced in April of the following year at a gala dinner.〔(Gourmand World Cookbook Awards - History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gourmand World Cookbook Awards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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