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AND THE WINNERS ARE…

For the first time the judging panel of the Jane Grigson Trust Award has given the prize to not one but two of the shortlisted authors: Elly McCausland and Dan Saladino. The annual Award is made to a first-time writer of a food or drink book that’s been commissioned but hasn’t yet been published. Food blogger and literature lecturer Elly’s The Botanical Kitchen, which explores our love affair with all things plant-related, will be published by Absolute Press in March 2020. Radio journalist Dan’s The Ark of Taste, which celebrates the world’s most endangered foods, is to be published by Jonathan Cape in spring 2020. The runner-up was Selina Periampillai for her book The Island Kitchen, on the cuisines of the Indian Ocean (see p129).

For your summer calendar

MEAT SURVEY SOURCE: WAITROSE FOOD & DRINK REPORT 2018-19 (PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED MORE THAN ONE CHOICE)

For your summer calendar

Foodies Festivals kick off their summer of UK-wide food and drink events this May, and our very own delicious. chef-ambassador Valentina Harris will be hosting the food stage and cooking up delicious. recipes (see p79). Here are the dates you need to know about this month:

Brighton 4-6 May (bank holiday), Bristol 10-12 May and London’s Syon Park 25-27 May. As well as Valentina’s demos, there’ll be turns from stars such as Rosemary Shrager, Xanthe Clay and Bake Off winners Candice Brown and Sophie Faldo. It’ll be a summer you’ll love. See foodiesfestival.com for tickets and up-to-date details of demonstrations