Less than a year since it was
launched, food writer Julie Biuso’s Shared Kitchen blog has been named the Best
Food Website in New Zealand by the organisers of the Gourmand World Cookbook
Awards, a leading global culinary forum.
Shared Kitchen will now go on to
compete with just a dozen food websites from other countries shortlisted for
the Best in the World grand finals to be held in Yantai Wine Bay in China on 29
May 2016. The awards have attracted entries from 209 nations across all
categories this year.
In advising Julie that she was a
finalist, Gourmand founder and president, Edouard Cointreau said, “Shared
Kitchen stands out among the numerous food websites, thanks to the easy and
quick recipes that work, following the daily inspiration from the bounty of New
Zealand. Julie Biuso is one of the few food writers who always writes with the
reader in mind, and connects with others in the kitchen. She is very generous
and loves giving. She writes with her heart. The mother-daughter team works
well, with shared emotions, and adds a lot of love."
“There are thousands of food websites
across the world,” said Cointreau, “but only the very best qualify to compete
for the Best in the World.”
Websites were added just two years ago
to the Gourmand awards, which have a 20 year history, along with other digital
sections, such as food apps and ebooks.
According to Cointreau, digitisation
has accelerated the segmentation of the maturing food content market. “What is
interesting is that digital has broadened the number of readers and the market
for print. All digital writers dream of print. Publishers everywhere follow the
successful digital platforms. We probably should soon see a Shared Kitchen
printed cookbook!” he said.
Digital finalists have been announced
first, and print finalists will be known in December.
This is the second gong Julie has
received from Gourmand this year. In the Best of the Best awards announced at
Frankfurt Book Fair in October, Sizzle
was acknowledged as one of the top three barbecue cookbooks published in the
past 20 years. Her books have won eight other Gourmand awards over the years,
and in 2007 she was presented with a Special Prize for Career Achievements by
the jury.
Julie and daughter Ilaria Biuso
launched Shared Kitchen in December 2014 with the creative help of photographer
Aaron McLean, web designer Charlie McKay and developer Elspeth Dick.
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