Nominate Your Fave Food and Fashion Programs for 2011 Tasty Awards

The TASTY AWARDS is the premier broadcast awards show to celebrate and recognize the year’s best achievements in food and fashion programs on Television, in Film, and Online. Finalist Nominees are selected from programs submitted for consideration between July 19th and September 5th, 2010. Submit awards nominations for 2011 at: http://www.tastetv.com/awards/2011nominees.html. Winners of the 2nd Annual Tasty Awards will be announced and receive their honors in January at a Red Carpet Awards Show in Hollywood. Lifetime Achievement Awards and other Special Awards will also be presented to valuable contributors to the industry. "There are the Emmys, the Grammys, the Oscars, and finally, the Tastys.” Food, Fashion, Drink and Style, the focus of entire cable networks, online hubs, mobile channels, and blockbuster films that have launched chefs, restaurants, designers, celebrities, vacation spots, hotels, wineries, events and products, sometimes all at the same time. They’ve entertained us at home and on the job, and helped us aspire to make our lives more enjoyable and fulfilling. These categories dominate a large portion of video / television viewership, as well as advertising spending and sponsorships, and yet they did not have their own awards for achievement, until now. The First Annual Tasty Awards in 2010 were hosted by food and travel television star Zane Lamprey of “Three Sheets” fame (FLN). The show featured a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities, including Tyler Florence (Food Network), Joanne Weir (PBS), G. Garvin (TV One), Tanya Holland (Food Network), Leslie Sbrocco (PBS), Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV), Marcy Smothers (Radio), Novella Carpenter (Author), Anita Chu (Author), Dominique Crenn (Food Network - Next Iron Chef), Brian Solis (New Media Guru), Marisa Churchill (Bravo, Top Chef, Author), Andrea Immer Robinson (TV Host, Author, Wine Guru), Chef Nathan Lyon (A Lyon in the Kitchen, The Next Food Network Star), Laurine Wickett (Top Chef), Preeti Mistry (Top Chef), and more. Celebrity presenters and attendees also included Actress Debi Mazar (Entourage, Dancing With the Stars, Ugly Betty, UnderTheTuscanGun.com), and the Executive Producers of No Reservations and Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, Lydia Tenaglia and Chris Collins, plus the writer-directors of the film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Visit http://www.tastetv.com/ and join the mailing list for more information.