Caroline Kenyon

Caroline Kenyon

Founder/Director of The Food Awards Company

https://thefoodawardscompany.co.uk/
Caroline Kenyon, originally trained as a barrister, was a journalist and then editor of TRAVELLER magazine in London before relocating to Lincolnshire where the main industry was food, the growing of food and production of food. She ran her own PR and Events company specialising in the promotion of British produce and launched the first-ever British Pie Awards. This inspired her to create her own awards company four years ago, The Food Awards Company, backed by legendary serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson, which owns and runs Pink® Lady Food Photographer of the Year, already regarded as the world’s leading awards for food photography and film, as well as the Tiptree World Bread Awards which celebrate Britain’s finest bakers.

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Caroline's favorite cookbooks

How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

Nigella Lawson

I gave this early on in our marriage to my husband, largely because I wanted it! I just love her intelligent writing and the way she evokes flavours, style and atmosphere. Bearing in mind I was later to found an international food photography awards, the lack of photos, unusually, doesn't worry me at all.

The Kitchen Diaries

The Kitchen Diaries

Nigel Slater

I have volumes 1 and 3, the latter given to me by my 19-year old son who is a dedicated cook. I love the gentle pace through the year, the elegiac writing and beautiful photography. It makes me want to be with Nigel in his garden eating goat's cheese salad as the sun goes down, or whatever it may be.

Polpo

Polpo

Russell Norman

My step-daughter gave me this stunning and exciting book at Christmas. Venice is a really special place to me, we honeymooned there, celebrated my father's 87th birthday on Murano drinking prosecco and eating grilled sea bass, and I took husband, son and step-daughter there to mark all sorts of occasions including her doing medical Finals. It always amazes me that Venice is not traditionally held up for its food, you can eat like a king.

How to be a Domestic Goddess

How to be a Domestic Goddess

Nigella Lawson

My husband gave this to me - I was not a confident baker and even less so after I saw a small child presiding over a fire sale of my leftover fairy cakes at my son's primary school. Now I feel I can bake and even if it's not as light as a feather, it will look and taste good!

Tamasin's Kitchen Bible

Tamasin's Kitchen Bible

Tamasin Day-Lewis

This wonderful book is full of completely dependable and delicious recipes for things that could otherwise go right or very wrong, like hollandaise. It taught me how to make spectacular pavlova after years of failure.

The Grammar of Cookery

The Grammar of Cookery

Philip Harben was the first TV celebrity chef, in the 40s and 50s, and was my husband's uncle. So I acquired a half share of his books. He taught people to cook post-rationing and I love the enthusiasm in his writing, but also his precision. If you want to know how to make the best pot of tea or a perfect pancake batter, pull out Uncle Phil's book.

Jamie's Great Britain

Jamie's Great Britain

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver has transformed the British cooking scene and I am a huge admirer of his campaigns to get the nation eating more healthily. When people say they can't cook, my response is, If you can read, you can cook. Jamie is accessible to everyone and I love this book for its delicious riffs on well known dishes such as roast lamb with salsa verde.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi

I love the premise of this book which is about the huge coming together of different cultures in Jerusalem. It is visually stunning and one of those books where I am panting from one recipe to another wondering which one to cook first. That he is an Israeli Jew and his business partner an Israeli Arab beautifully exemplifies the unifying nature of food.

A Year in my Kitchen

A Year in my Kitchen

Skye Gyngell

This is a magical book, seasonal, inventive, a book to dip into for inspiration, and I love the culinary toolbox concept. Just sorry I never managed to go the Petersham Nurseries when Skye was presiding there