Award Cookbooks

IACP/Seagram Cookbook Awards

Administered by International Association of Culinary Professionals — 1986–1990

The IACP Cookbook Awards continue the professional cookbook-award tradition from 1986 while retaining the names and administrators printed for each cycle.

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The most decorated books

Ranked by winner-level results in this program, then by every verified result and the categories covered. Ties fall to the title. Open a book for its full award history. How we verify awards.

Top 6
IACP/Seagram Cookbook Awards

  1. Cover of Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South

    Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South

    2017 4 categories

    3 wins 5 results

  2. Cover of Chanterelle

    Chanterelle

    2009 3 categories

    2 wins 4 results

  3. Cover of Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking

    Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking

    2008 3 categories

    2 wins 4 results

  4. Cover of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

    2018 3 categories

    2 wins 4 results

  5. Cover of Bouchon

    Bouchon

    2005 2 categories

    2 wins 4 results

  6. Cover of Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes using Native American Ingredients

    Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes using Native American Ingredients

    2024 3 categories

    2 wins 3 results

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About this program

The IACP Cookbook Awards continue the professional cookbook-award tradition from 1986 while retaining the names and administrators printed for each cycle.

The International Association of Culinary Professionals dates its cookbook awards to 1986, when it took over prizes previously known as the Tastemaker Awards. Contemporary records use several names, including Duncan Hines/IACP, IACP/Seagram, and the Julia Child Cookbook Awards.

The cycle pages preserve those historical labels rather than forcing one modern name backward. From 1991, IACP and the new James Beard competition published independent results; recognition by both programs remains two distinct award facts attached to the same work.