The ‘Gourmand World Cookbook Awards’ were hosted in Paris this year at La Comédie rançaise. Established in 1995 and organised by the Cointreau family, the star-studied event honours the finest books produced in the gastronomic World. Over 7000 books were selected to compete in the Awards from 102 Countries.
‘Black Pudding and Foie Gras’ by Andrew Pern won the Silver Medal for ‘Best Chef Book in the World’.
‘Its an honour to walk away with this prestigious award amongst such world class competition. It just goes to show that our little part of Yorkshire is full of the most fantastic gastronomic subject matter on planet’ Andrew Pern
Andrew Pern is head chef at The Star Inn at Harome, one of a handful of pubs in the UK to achieve Michelin star status. ‘Black Pudding & Foie Gras’ is Andrew’s first major book and gives a gritty insight into how his
love for food has dominated his life. The 400 page cookbook shares Andrew’s unique approach to life, family, fabulous food and selected influential signature recipes.
The book has won huge critical acclaim: Winner of the ‘Best UK Chef Book’ and winner of the Silver Medal for ‘Best Chef Book in World 2009’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. It has also won 3 major Awards for the Book Design at The D&AD in London, The Art Directors Club in New York, & Fedrigoni in Italy.
“It really is a life’s work, a mixture of autobiography and a great reflection of the very best that
Yorkshire has to offer the world of gastronomy” Michel Roux
Black Pudding & Foie Gras by Andrew Pern is available from Amazon.co.uk for £25.99.
I ate at The Angel in Hetton recently and thoroughly enjoyed it. The Star at Harome is next on my gastropub list, so this post caught my eye. I think I’ll buy the book for Trig. Cheers for posting this.