13.-BEST WOMAN CHEF BOOK

Our past winners have been influenced by French culture: Lea Linster was the first woman (and still the only one) to win the Bocuse DOr, Anne Sophie Pic has clearly progressed towards her third Michelin Star, while having a baby, Diane Tremblay in Canada is an artist.

This year there is a wide food culture represented by the group of women chefs.

2003 Luxembourg – Lea Linster

2004 France – Anne Sophie Pic

2005 Canada – Diane Tremblay (Le Privilège)

BEST IN THE WORLD

April 7, 2007

1.- AUSTRIA

Meine Kochschule

 Johanna Maier

 (Collection Rolf Heyne – Germany)

Johanna Maier, the Two Michelin Stars chef is a star in her country. She owns the Hotel Hubertus in Filzmoos, where she shows her cooking talent. This book could help her on the international scene, where a cookbook gives weight and presence.

2.- BARBADOS

 Caribbean Recipes, Old and New Restaurant The Cove,

East Coast of Barbados

 Laurel Ann Morley

 Photography: Laurel Ann Morley and Lisa Carrillo

 Sketches: Gordon Parkinson

 (Laurel Ann Morley – Barbados)

There is much excellent food in Barbados. There are good cookbooks, so it is not quite a surprise to see the excellence of this cookbook, which is clearly a work of passion, technical brilliance, and happiness, with great generosity for guests and readers.

3.- BRAZIL

Carlota, Balaio de Sabores

 Carla Pernambuco

 Co-author: Eduardo Logullo

 Photos: Fernando Pernambuco e Rômulo Fialdini

 (Cia Editora Nacional)

Carla is the owner and chef of Carlota Restaurant in Sao Paulo. She offers 200 recipes, with Brazilian roots, and foreign influences from Italy, France, Portugal, Indochina, Peru and Lebanon. A great book!

4.- CANADA

Marie-Chantal Lepage

 Chef au Chateau Bonne Entente

 (Editions de lHomme-Quebec)

Marie-Chantal Lepage has worked in high cuisine since she was 16 years old, in restaurants, such as Maison Serge Bruyère, La Bastille, Chez Bahuaud and The Melrose. She has been one of the first respected women chefs in Quebec, with an international reputation, with many awards in her province. She is a champion of Quebec products. This is her first cookbook.

5.- FRANCE

Les Délices de Chez Catherine

 Catherine Guerraz

 Evelyne Malnic

 Préface de Nicolas de Rabaudy

 Reportage de Jean Marc Wullschleger

 Photographies de Natacha Nikouline

 Stylisme de: Sophie Dwernicki

 (Solar)

Chef Catherine Guerraz has a famous restaurant in Paris not far from the Champs Élysées. She is respected for the high quality of her French cuisine, at a rather reasonable cost, given prices in comparable restaurants (with men chefs!)

6.- SWEDEN

Smak för grönt: läckra gröna recept för alla tillfällen och smaker

Katja Palmdahl

Text: Kerstin lindblad

Photo: Tomas Yeh

Stylist: Sarah Bergh

Art Director: Pelle Sundquist

Project Manager: Ingela Holm

(ICA)

Appetizing pictures and nice easy going recipes make it joyful to cook and eat vegetarian food in Katja´s way.

7.- TURKEY

Keyifli Sofralar Icin

 50 Pratik Mönü

 Jale Balci

 Photo: Nejpet Kaygin

 (Remzi Kitabevi)

Fifty practical menus to entertain with success.

8.- UK

Breakfast, Lunch, Tea

 Rose Bakery – Paris

 By Rose Carrarini

 Photographs by Toby Glanville,

 Designed by Kerr/Noble

 (Phaidon)

After the Silver Spoon, this cookbook is clearly an original Phaidon creation, with an attention to the quality of photography and design which is the brand. This cookbook is really different, which is very appropriate to showcase Rose, an oasis in Paris.

9.- USA

Big, Small Plates

 Cindy Pawlcyn

 Pablo and Erasto Jacinto

 (Ten Speed)

There are more respected women chefs in the US than in most other countries. Cindy Pawlcyn is a star for many, with great friends in the food sector community.