MINNEAPOLIS, April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The votes are
in and the people have spoken. After more than 5 weeks of heated
competition and hundreds of thousands of votes, Tablespoon.com
reveals the 2015 winners of The Munchies: People's Choice Food
Awards. The 2015 Munchies served up 20 categories of Terrific
Tastemakers, Best Bites and Delicious Destinations, and fan
favorites Anthony Bourdain, Bon Appetit Magazine and "Chopped"
toasted the competition by taking home awards in the Best Food TV
Personality, Best Food Magazine and Best Food Competition TV
Show categories.
In its fourth year, The Munchies: People's Choice Food Awards
was again hosted by Andrew Zimmern, chef and the 2013 winner of the
James Beard Award for Outstanding TV
Personality/Host. The list of nominees was put forth by Zimmern and
a panel of 43 celebrity food experts. The nominees were announced
in late February at the "Best of The Munchies" event during The
Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival, then put to
popular vote on Tablespoon.com/themunchies throughout the month of
March.
"It's been exciting to ignite a passionate food debate and
seeing all of us support our favorite restaurants, food media, and
chefs by voting," says Zimmern. "These awards are a celebration of
the best food experiences across America, and we send our
congratulations to all the nominees and to each of the
winners."
The people chose Chicago as Best Food City. Additionally,
Chicago's Gibsons Steakhouse
received The Munchies Award for Best Steak.
Also in the Midwest, Minneapolis boasts four winners: Pizzeria Lola
for Best Pizza, Glam Doll Donuts for Best Donut, Surly Brewing Co.
for Best Craft Brewery and Marvel Bar for Best Cocktail Bar. The
Best Ice Cream award went to Graeter's, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cities from coast to coast posted winners from New York's Katz's Delicatessen for Best
Sandwich Spot to
Portland Oregon's Stumptown
Coffee Roasters for Best Coffee Shop to New Orleans' The Company Burger for Best
Burger.
Austin, Texas establishments
Ramen Tatsu-ya and Franklin Barbecue took home the top prize for
Best Ramen and Best BBQ. Mas Tacos Por Favor and Biscuit Love
Truck, both in Nashville, Tenn.,
won for Best Tacos and Best Food Truck.
Other notable tastemakers include Dana
Cowin for Best New Cookbook, "Mastering My Mistakes in the
Kitchen," published by Ecco; Best Chef was awarded to Ashley
Christensen of Raleigh, North
Carolina hot spot Poole's Diner, and Serious Eats won for
Best Food Blog or Site.
"We congratulate the winners of this year's Munchies Awards and
were excited to see heated competition between both perennial
favorites and up-and-coming talents," said Susan Klobuchar, Food Content Marketing Manager
and Munchies program lead for General Mills.
The Munchies winners will receive their awards in the coming
weeks, but they're not the only winners: a donation was made to
Feeding America on behalf of the panelists and voters who
participated in selecting the Terrific Tastemakers, Best Bites and
Delicious Destinations that are being honored.
The List of 2015 Munchies
Winners
Best Food Competition TV Show: "Chopped," Food
Network
Best Food TV Personality: Anthony
Bourdain, "Parts Unknown," CNN
Best Chef: Ashley
Christensen, Poole's Diner, Raleigh, NC
Best Food Blog or Site: Serious Eats
Best New Cookbook: "Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen,"
Dana Cowin, Ecco
Best Food Magazine: Bon Appetit, Conde Nast
Best Pizza: Pizzeria Lola, Minneapolis, MN
Best Burger: The Company Burger, New Orleans, LA
Best BBQ: Franklin Barbecue, Austin, TX
Best Steak: Gibsons Steakhouse, Chicago, IL
Best Taco: Mas Tacos Por Favor, Nashville, TN
Best Ramen: Ramen Tatsu-ya,
Austin, TX
Best Donut: Glam Doll Donuts, Minneapolis, MN
Best Ice Cream: Graeter's, Cincinnati, OH
Best Sandwich Spot: Katz's Delicatessen, New York, NY
Best Coffee Shop: Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Portland, OR
Best Food Truck: Biscuit Love Truck, Nashville, TN
Best Craft Brewery: Surly Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
Best Cocktail Bar: Marvel
Bar, Minneapolis, MN
Best Food City: Chicago,
IL
The Munchies: People's Choice Food Awards celebrates the tastes
and tastemakers that set the food world on fire. Awards host and TV
personality Andrew Zimmern and a
panel of chow hounds select five nominees in twenty food categories
and then the nominees are put to a popular vote on General Mills'
Tablespoon.com. Fans are encouraged to vote once per day for their
favorites throughout the month of March. Annual winners are
announced in early April. Since the creation of the awards program,
80 establishments and food media have been honored, hundreds of
thousands of votes have been cast, more than 90 panelists have
participated in determining the nominees and thousands of dollars
have been donated to Feeding America. For more information visit
Tablespoon.com/themunchies.
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