The 2022 James Beard Media Award Winners

Image of Hawa Hassan, Clare Reichenbach, Alexis Nikole Nelson, Jamila Robinson, and Marcus Samuelsson. Photo: Clay Williams

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 James Beard Media Awards, presented by Capital One. Celebrated for the first time in Chicago, the Media Awards honored food authors, broadcast producers, hosts, journalists, podcasters, and social media content creators.

Join us in celebrating the winners below!

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2022 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winners

Cookbooks and other non-fiction food- or beverage-related books that were published in English in the U.S. in 2020 and 2021 were eligible to enter the 2022 James Beard Book Awards.

Baking and Desserts
Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries
Kristina Cho
(Harper Horizon)

Beverage with Recipes
The Way of the Cocktail: Japanese Traditions, Techniques, and Recipes
Julia Momosé with Emma Janzen
(Penguin Random House)

Beverage without Recipes
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
Mallory O'Meara
(Hanover Square Press)

General
Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health
Gregory Gourdet with JJ Goode
(Harper Wave)

International
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean
Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen
(Ten Speed Press)

Reference, History, and Scholarship
Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
Adrian Miller
(University of North Carolina Press)

Restaurant and Professional
Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food
Brandon Jew and Tienlon Ho
(Ten Speed Press)

Single Subject
The Hog Book: A Chef's Guide to Hunting, Butchering and Cooking Wild Pigs
Jesse Griffiths
(Wild Hog Project)

U.S. Foodways
Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou
Melissa M. Martin
(Artisan Books)

Vegetable-Focused Cooking
The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen
Joanne Lee Molinaro
(Avery)

Visuals
Take One Fish: The New School of Scale-to-Tail Cooking and Eating
Rob Palmer and Daniel New
(Hardie Grant)

Writing
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
Marcia Chatelain
(Liveright)

Cookbook Hall of Fame
The Zuni Café Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant (awarded posthumously)
Judy Rodgers
(W.W. Norton & Company)

Emerging Voice
Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries
Kristina Cho
(Harper Horizon)

2022 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award Winners

The Broadcast Media Awards are open to all works in English from digital and terrestrial media—social media, radio, television broadcasts, podcasts, documentaries, online sites—covering food and beverage topics appearing widely for the first time in the United States in 2020 and 2021.

Documentary/Docuseries Visual Media
Gather
Airs on: Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and Vimeo

Instructional Visual Media
The Wild Harvest with Alan Bergo
Airs on: Vimeo

Reality or Competition Visual Media
Top Chef Family Style - Truffles, Caviar & Prawns -- Oh My!
Airs on: Peacock

Commercial/Sponsored Visual Media
Justin V. Barocas, Osayi Endolyn, Evan Hayes, Dawn Porter, and Marcus Samuelsson
Uber Eats Presents: On the Rise with Marcus Samuelsson
Airs on: Eater, YouTube, Instagram

Visual Media—Short Form
Eat This with Yara- What Everyone Gets Wrong About Farm Work
Airs on: AJ+

Visual Media—Long Form
Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition
Airs on: Hulu

Social Media Account
Alexis Nikole Nelson
BlackForager
Airs on: TikTok and Instagram

Audio Programming
Dish City - How American Chinese Food Became Delivery Food
Airs on: WAMU and various podcast platforms

Audio Reporting
Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O’Hara
The Sporkful - A Reckoning At Bon Appétit; Update: Inside The Turmoil At Bon Appétit
Airs on: Various podcast platforms

Emerging Voice
Sophia Roe
Chef, writer, and Emmy-Award nominated TV host

2022 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award Winners

Work published—or self-published—in 2020 and 2021 in any medium are eligible for entry. Entries must be in English and cover food- or drink-related topics. Entries in other languages may be submitted if an English translation is also provided.

Columns and Newsletters
Tex-Mexplainer: “Nixtamalization Is the 3,500-Year-Old Secret to Great Tortillas”; “Live a Little and Try Crunching on Chapulines, or Roasted Grasshoppers”; “Forget Everything You Think You Know About Mole”
José R. Ralat
Texas Monthly

Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
“The Bay Area is Having a Love Affair with Smashburgers. This is the One You'll Want to Eat Again and Again”; “Impossible’s New Vegan Nuggets Taste Better than McNuggets. Sadly, that’s not Saying Much”; “S.F. Restaurant’s $72 Fried Rice Was a Runaway Hit. It Was Also the Chef's Nightmare”
Soleil Ho
San Francisco Chronicle

Dining and Travel
“Right Around the Corner”
Francis Lam
Condé Nast Traveler

Feature Reporting
“Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing”
Ahmed Ali Akbar
Eater

Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication
The Bitter Southerner

Foodways
“In the Arctic, Reindeer Are Sustenance and a Sacred Presence”
Ligaya Mishan
T: The New York Times Style Magazine

Health and Wellness
“Cultivating Better Health”
Michael Behar
EatingWell

Home Cooking
“The Way of Clay”
Mary-Frances Heck
Food & Wine

Innovative Storytelling
“A Feast for Lost Souls”
Annelise Jolley and Zahara Gómez Lucini
The Atavist Magazine

Investigative Reporting
“NYC Food Delivery Workers Band to Demand Better Treatment. Will New York Listen to Los Deliveristas Unidos?”; “Food Delivery Workers Toiling Through Historic Flooding Call Skimpy Wages and Tips ‘A Cruel Joke’”; “New York City Passes Landmark New Protections for Food Delivery Workers”
Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Josefa Velasquez
THE CITY

Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award
“‘Too Much to Lose.’ Why a Miami Man Moved into a Backyard Tent During Coronavirus Crisis”; “Salt Bae’s Restaurant Called Cops on Customer who Wouldn’t Pay for Gold-Wrapped Steaks”; “How to Eat Like a Local in Miami: A Local's Guide to Dining in the 305”
Carlos Frías
Miami Herald

MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
“Right Around the Corner”
Francis Lam
Condé Nast Traveler

Personal Essay, Long Form
“It's Time to Decolonize Wine”
Miguel de Leon
Punch

Personal Essay, Short Form
“The Dangers of Bartending While Asian”
Kaylee Hammonds
Food & Wine

Profile
“Patsy Young — American Brewer, Fugitive From Slavery”
Theresa McCulla
Good Beer Hunting

Emerging Voice
Tammie Teclemariam
Diner-at-Large at New York Magazine

Read the full press release here.

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The James Beard Awards are Presented by Capital One

Presented In Association with: Chicago Department of Aviation

Premier Sponsors: Acqua Panna Natural Spring Water®, American Airlines, BentoBox, and S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water

Supporting Sponsors: All-Clad Metalcrafters, Moet & Chandon, Skuna Bay Salmon, and Valrhona

Reception Sponsors: Ecolab, Kendall College, Lavazza, and Windstar Cruises

Additional Support: Château d’Esclans, Cristaux International, HMSHost, National Restaurant Association, Spire Collection, and Verterra Dinnerware

Broadcast Partner: Intersport

Proud Hosts: Choose Chicago and Illinois Restaurant Association

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