LDEI's M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing
LDEI presents the M.F.K. Fisher Award every two years. Originally, the award was designed recognize and support a woman in mid-career whose work directly impacts the areas of food, beverage and arts of the table. The Award honors M.F.K. Fisher, a widely read and lauded culinary writer whose works are appreciated by general readers as well as culinary professionals. Women worldwide are eligible to be nominated for the award.
In 2006, the M.F.K. Fisher Awards program was completely redesigned. The award now recognizes excellence in culinary writing. For information on the awards program, go here.
MFK Fisher Award Recipients:
Celebrate the life and accomplishments of M.F.K. Fisher at www.mfkfisher.com.
LDEI presents the M.F.K. Fisher Award every two years. Originally, the award was designed recognize and support a woman in mid-career whose work directly impacts the areas of food, beverage and arts of the table. The Award honors M.F.K. Fisher, a widely read and lauded culinary writer whose works are appreciated by general readers as well as culinary professionals. Women worldwide are eligible to be nominated for the award.
In 2006, the M.F.K. Fisher Awards program was completely redesigned. The award now recognizes excellence in culinary writing. For information on the awards program, go here.
MFK Fisher Award Recipients:
- 2021 MFK Fisher Award Recipients: 1st Prize: Dame Catherine Neville (St. Louis) for the “Ramona Farms” episode of the TasteMAKERS documentary series airing on PBS. 2nd Prize: Lisa Donovan for Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir, (Penguin). 3rd Prize: Dame Pati Jinich (Washington, D.C.) for Finding the Soul of Sonora in Carne Asada, published in The New York Times.
- 2018 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Elaine T. Cicora (Cleveland)
- 2017 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Sandra Gutierrez (Cary, North Carolina)
- 2016 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Dianne Jacob of Oakland, California.
- 2014 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Stacey Schultz, St. Louis; Carol Penn-Romine Burbank, California
- 2012 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Jess Thomson, Seattle
- 2010 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Natalie MacLean, Ontario
- 2008 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Louisa Kasdon
- 2006 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Kitty Crider
- 2004 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Andrea Immer
- 2002 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Mary Risely
- 2000 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Katherine Mary Alex
- 1998 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Barbara Haber
- 1996 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Cathrine Sneed
- 1994 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Deborah Madison
- 1992 MFK Fisher Award Recipient: Linda Bisson
Celebrate the life and accomplishments of M.F.K. Fisher at www.mfkfisher.com.
