ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE WORLD FOOD 'LADLES' ADELAIDE, Australia, October 9 / MediaNet International-AsiaNet/-- Winners have been announced in the 1999 Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards - the equivalent of the Academy Awards of food and wine media - held tonight (Saturday, October 9) at the Hilton Adelaide as part of Tasting Australia. Forty winners of gold, silver and bronze 'Ladles' were chosen from 323 entries, representing the cream of the world's food and wine media on television, in newspapers and magazines, books, photography, CD-Roms and internet web sites. The Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards is the only international competition covering such a wide range of food and wine publishing, an industry that's now worth more than US$10 billion worldwide. ** Television Section ** Qantas Airways Best Television Food Show Gold Antonio Carluccio's Southern Italian Feast (United Kingdom) Silver Island Harvest with Nick Nairn (United Kingdom) Bronze Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey (United Kingdom) Bronze United Tastes of America (United Kingdom) Global Communication Strategists Best Television Food Segment within a Show Gold Food and Drink (United Kingdom) Silver Good Morning Australia (Australia) Bronze Better Homes and Gardens TV Show (Australia) Jacob's Creek Best Wine Show or Segment Gold Vintners' Tales with Jancis Robinson (United Kingdom) Silver Floyd Uncorked (United Kingdom) Bronze Wine Lovers Guide to Australia (Australia) ** Print, Photography and Interactive Section ** KitchenAid Best Hard Cover Recipe Book Gold In Nonna's Kitchen (United States) Silver Spice (Australia) Bronze Charlie Trotter's Desserts (United States) KitchenAid Best Soft Cover Recipe Book Gold marie claire Dining (Australia) Silver The Millennium Cookbook (United States) Bronze good food (Australia) Michelin Best Food Book Gold Culinaria - The United States (United States) Silver Chalk & Cheese (Australia) Bronze The Pudding That Took A Thousand Cooks (Australia) Bronze Banquet - Ten Courses to Harmony (Australia) South Australian Tourism Commission Best Wine Book Gold Wine Atlas of Australia and New Zealand (Australia) Silver Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne (United Kingdom) Bronze Red and White (Australia) by Max Allen International Cookbook Review Best Food Magazine Gold Eat It (United Kingdom) Silver Vogue Entertaining & Travel (Australia) Bronze Cuisine (New Zealand) Qantas Airways Best Wine Magazine Gold Der Feinschmecker Sonderheft Wein (Germany) Silver The Wine Magazine (Australia) Bronze Divine (Australia) IJF Australia Best Food and/or Beverage Section within a Newspaper or Magazine Gold Epicure - The Age (Australia) Silver Weekend FT (United Kingdom) Bronze marie claire Lifestyle (Australia) Vittoria Coffee Best Food and/or Beverage CD Rom or Internet Website Gold Australian Wine Online (Australia) Silver Oz Clarke's Wine Guide CD Rom (United Kingdom) Bronze Better Homes & Gardens Online (United States) Coopers Brewery Best Food and/or Beverage Photography Gold Pates Noires (Belgium) Silver Soused Sardines (Greece) Bronze Cocoa Powder (Australia) Full details and print quality images are available to download on the World Food Media Awards website. To arrange interviews with any of the recipients please call Michael Buffham. Broadcast quality Pal Beta footage is available to television media. Website : http://www.worldfoodmediaawards.com For further information on the Awards call : David Evans on +61 4 1210 9050 Marina Libia on +61 4 1239 4311 Michael Buffham on +61 4 1985 7009 Email : [email protected]