Chakall
The Gourmand TV Series "Food on the Silk Road" will have its tie-in book published in June 2011. It has 160 pages, the retail price will be 36 Yuan. It is a high quality book by Qingdao Publishing House, one of top 5 publishers of cookbooks in China. ISBN :978 7543640511. The book starts in Xi’An to finish in Kashgar, in Xinjiang. Included are numerous photos of the featured chefs, Chef Wan, Yvan Cadiou, Chakall (picture below), James McIntosh. The book is well designed in the Chinese style, with much information.
Coming soon: The Gourmand Cookbook
A cookbook with 1 to 3 recipes of each of the "Best in the World" winners of the last Gourmand Awards is being published. It will be launched on October 13, 2011 at the 10th Gourmand Annual party. For publishers and authors at Frankfurt Book Fair. The book will include photos of the winning authors, their biographies, and presentations of the winning book, The original book is in English, translation to German, French and Spanish are planned.
Edouard Cointreau
A series of 10 books will be published in China in 2012 and 2013 for the elite of Chinese wine tourists, with the 100 top destinations around the world in 10 countries/areas. Edouard Cointreau is the international coordinator of the series, for the selection of the destinations, the writers, the hosts of the television programs tied to the books, and all foreign rights. The Chinese partners are one of the three top publishers in China, CCTV, Wine Media, Print and Digital, the Beijing City of Wine, and top private wine corporations in China. The first 5 wine tourism books will be in 2012.
Yvette Hyman
„From Yvette´s Kitchen to Your Table - A Treasury of St. Martin’s Traditional & Contemporary Cuisine" by Yvette Hyman (picture) has been released in St. Martin (Carribean) by House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). Among the book’s 312 colorful pages, classic favorites such as souse, Johnny cake, Conch Yvette’s, lamb stew, coconut tart, guavaberry and soursop drink are just a few of the over 200 recipes à la Yvette to be found in this book. The posthumous title has been in the making since 1989. As HNP’s projects director Sekou had approached Hyman over 20 years ago about publishing her recipes as a unique book of St. Martin’s cuisine and an aspect of cultural heritage. The book’s beautiful design by Angelo and Gina Rombley include photographs of actual dishes and drinks, both traditional and those developed by Yvette.
Chef KC Wallberg
Chef KC Wallberg (picture) and Chef Görgen Tidén (both from Sweden) represented their country at the „Festival d‘Europa" in Florence last weekend. More than 200 visitors have been invited to a special culinary travel through the Swedish cuisine.
Patisserie International
Wolfgang Kießling has been one of the youngest pastry master chefs in Germany and worked on luxury cruiseliners such as "Queen Mary II" and "The World". The book "Patisserie International" ("International Pastry") is a collection of his best recipes and a perfect guide for other pastry chefs to study the pastry on a world class level. The book has been released by German publisher Matthaes.
You can have a close look inside the book by ticking on the cover of the book below.
If you are interested in buying the foreign rights of the book, please contact Matthaes director Ms. Bruni Thiemeyer:
Recettes universelles
Gourmand Award winning publishing house Universal Media & Video Press from Cameroon has published "Saveurs africaines à la dinde, au poulet et au canard" ("African flavors: Turkey, Chicken and Duck") in its cookbook edition "Recettes universelles" (picture above), which is also a popular DVD series. The cookbook presents traditional African poultry recipes, prepared in an easy way.
To find out more about the book and the DVD series, please contact author Florence-Liz Eyenegue:
October 27-30 the second edition of the World Food and Wine TV Festival will take place in Beijing (China). Dozens of food and wine TV stations and production companies, from the United States, Great Britain, France, Australia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan will gather in the Chines capital to enjoy the annual grand meeting for the food and wine television industry.
www.wfwf-tv.com
Datuk Chef Wan from Malaysia
Datuk Chef Wan came back to the world famous cookery school Le Cordon Bleu in Paris for a second demonstration after his masterclass in March during Paris Cookbook Fair. This time a group of Malaysian fans accompanied him for an instructive pastry demonstration on macaroons by Chef instructor Jean-Francois Deguignet. The demonstration was filmed and will be aired on a special program devoted to Chef Wan’s travels around the world to introduce Malaysians the culinary richness and specialties of each country.
Thomas Ruhl (Port Culinaire)
Gourmand World Cookbook Award winning German photographer Thomas Ruhl (picture below) is organizing the next issue of the symposium Chef-Sache ("Chef-Issue") in Cologne, 18-19 september. Amongst the celebrity chefs cooking live on stage are three star chef Elena Arzak, who won a Gourmand Award in 2009 and two star-chef Thomas Bühner, from Germany, who won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award in 2007.
