Authors and publishers are invited to submit their books for the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2011 Cookbook Awards by October 29, 2010.IACPCBA

The IACP Cookbook Awards program has been applauding excellence and setting standards in cookbook publishing for the past 25 years. During this special anniversary year, over 500 culinary books are expected to be entered in 17 categories.

Cookbook publishing continues to advance in large part because IACP Cookbook Award winners like Rick Bayless, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Julia Child, CCP, Dorie Greenspan and Thomas Keller elevate professional standards year after year. IACP is proud to honor exceptional contributions to the cookbook arena through this annual awards program, which has been formally presented by IACP since 1986 when the association undertook the continuation of the Tastemaker Awards.

Throughout the years, IACP has remained committed to upholding a stringent, two-tiered judging procedure that includes recipe testing for most categories. Judging is accomplished through the Cookbook Awards Committee, by a jury of three food and beverage professionals for each category. Three finalists and ultimately one winner are chosen from the highest ranked books in each category.

The 2011 finalists will be announced in March, at which time IACP members and the general public will be invited to vote on their favorite book from the roster of category finalists for the People’s Choice award. Winners will honored at the Awards Gala during the IACP Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, June 1-4, 2011. Awards will be presented to the books judged as the best of the year, with only one selected as the Cookbook of the Year.

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