Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Name Food Jobs Best Food Book For Professionals

Beaufort Books today announced that FOOD JOBS: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and Food Lovers by Irena Chalmers had been awarded the 2008 Best Food Book for Professionals in the U.S. by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards committee. Selected from more than 6,000 submitted titles in 40 languages from 107 countries, FOOD JOBS also has been nominated for the 2008 Best in the World by the Gourmand World Cookbook award committee.

The Gourmand World Cookbook Award has recognized FOOD JOBS for offering uniquely practical and vital insights and answers to entering one of the few industries that is growing in the U.S.

Edouard Cointreau, founder and president of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, calls FOOD JOBS very timely, useful and needed. "In these difficult times, jobs are probably the most important issue, before banks or real estate," said Cointreau. "FOOD JOBS is packed with practical information, easy and even funny, very serious and accurate in its comments and advice. It is difficult to imagine how it could be better."

"It is a great honor that FOOD JOBS is being recognized as the Best Food Book for Professionals by the Gourmand World Cookbook committee," said Eric Kampmann, President of Beaufort Books. "It is hard for any book to stand out in the highly competitive food category, which is such a passion for so many readers. It is truly rewarding that FOOD JOBS has been selected as the best guide for career changers and food lovers to their new life adventure."

Of the more than 26,000 different food and wine books published around the world every year, the Gourmand World Cookbook Award winners are selected from titles published between November 1, 2007 and November 15, 2008. The titles are then judged by an international jury of culinary professionals. Book winners are first chosen in 53 national and regional competitions, and in their first language.

Category winners, representing their country of origin, are further nominated for Best in the World by the Gourmand World Cookbook award committee. The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner in May 2009.

ABOUT THE GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS
Founded in 1995, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were established to reward and honor the best who "cook with words" and to help readers make wise selections from the more than 26,000 food and wine books published around the world each year. Our mission is to increase knowledge of, and respect for, food and wine culture, which promotes peace. We single out less than 100 books in 40 languages from 107 countries for recognition. In the past, category winners' works have been in languages as diverse as English, Spanish, Catalan, Gallego, Euskera, French, Afrikaans, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Flemish, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, Bahasa Malaysian, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Croatian, Slovenian, Arabic, Turkish and Korean.

About FOOD JOBS from Beaufort Books
FOOD JOBS (September 2008) is Beaufort Books' first book to bridge the great divide between food and jobs in the culinary category. Written by award-winning author, teacher and mentor Irena Chalmers, FOOD JOBS provides essential information for getting started and succeeding in a chosen culinary role including job descriptions, "matters of fact," an array of resources to find more information along with candid musings and "recipe for success" testimonials from the best in the field. Bursting with real-life wisdom from those who've been there, FOOD JOBS begins with 150 food jobs yet guides the career changer, food lover and culinary student to find and discover myriads more of different food jobs available and to the one that's right. For