The 6th Annual Taste Awards, the highest awards for the Lifestyle Entertainment Industry, was held last January 15 at the Egyptian Theater, and Myx TV’s first food reality show, “Eat Your Words”, won an award as the “Guilty Addiction of the Year”, together with “Got Milk Future Olympian” and “Amazing Wedding Cakes”.
Receiving the award for Myx TV are General Manager Miguel Santos, Host Kara Birkenstock, and Executive Producers Valerie Chow and Stephen Goetsch (shown in photos above). Birkenstock was also included among celebrity presenters for the Viewers Choice Award Category.
The Annual TASTE AWARDS (also known as the TASTY Awards) in Hollywood celebrate the year’s best in Food, Fashion, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio.
The TASTE AWARDS show features a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities, and has included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such as the Food Network, the Style Network, Bravo, the Cooking Channel, TLC, Discovery, Lifetime, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Sony Pictures and more.
Below is the list of categories and winners at the 6th Annual Taste Awards and the Viewers Choice Awardees:
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
William Shatner (“Brown Bag Wine Tasting”, “The Shatner Project,” “Star Trek”)
PIONEER AWARD
Sara Moulton, Bobby Flay, Susan Feniger, Narsai David
KIKKOMAN BREAKOUT FOODIES OF THE YEAR
Young Hollywood Food Feed, Victory Gardens edibleFeast, Simply Laura, Knife Fight, Real Girls Kitchen with Haylie Duff, Foodable
BREAKOUT FASHIONISTAS OF THE YEAR
StyleHaul, Tokyo Fashion Express, Meghan Rienks, B.O.R.N. to Style, Target commercial Featuring “Together” by HAIM
BREAKOUT STORYTELLERS OF THE YEAR
Growing a Greener World, Rhythm Abroad with Brittany Pierce, Moveable Feast
OUTSTANDING VISION
“Key Ingredients” Chef/Film Event series hosted by Tribeca Film Institute
OUTSTANDING PASSION
The Feed, Andres Izquieta, Blogilates
OUTSTANDING INSPIRATION
Fashion Police, Shinola film series by Bruce Weber
STYLEMAKER AWARD
Lisa Vanderpump, Sabrina Soto
OUTSTANDING CULINARY TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
JetBlue Mint, Fiji Airways, Celebrity Cruises
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Chef Carla Hall, Epic Meal Empire
GUILTY ADDICTION OF THE YEAR
“Got Milk” Future Olympian, Eat Your Words (MYX TV), Amazing Wedding Cakes
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Betabrand – The World’s Funniest Fashion Models, NuMe’s Kiss of a Siren fashion film, KCRW’s DnA: Design & Architecture, Farang: The Story of Chef Andy Ricker (Vice Munchies), Placebo // Loud Like Love (feat. Bret Easton Ellis by Saman Kesh)
OUTSTANDING ONLINE SERVICE
Feastly, Fashion Accelerator (Business of Fashion Online Education Series)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO
This is How We Do It (Katy Perry Music Video by Doomsday and Joel Kefali)
PERSON OF THE YEAR
Marcus Lemonis – The Profit (CNBC)
OUTSTANDING FOOD EVENT
Flavor! Napa Valley, LuckyRice, Sunset SAVOR the Central Coast, Vegas Uncork’d
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE
Ratatouille at Disneyland Paris
OUTSTANDING CROWDFUNDING VIDEO
Submarine Sandwich Kickstarter video
OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE FILMS
Higher film by Teton Gravity Research and Jeremy Jones, Advanced Style, No More Tiaras
OUTSTANDING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Hollywood Tastemakers (f)
GoPro, Chromecast, V-MODA
GREAT TASTE PRIZE
Jeannie Mai, Zoe Saldana, Aisha Tyler, Anna Kendrick, Leila Ali, Lizzy Caplan, Ashley Greene, Kate Bosworth, Mindy Kaling, Elizabeth Banks, Kat Graham, Krysten Ritter, Maria Menounos
GREAT TASTE PRIZE:
Hollywood Tastemakers (m)
Mario Lopez, Billy Bush, Joe Manganiello, Alex O’Loughlin, Jon Favreau, Dwayne Johnson, Harry Lennix, Fabio Viviani, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Cho
GREAT TASTE PRIZE:
Young Tastemakers
EJ Johnson, Dorothy Wang, Morgan Stewart, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Chloé Grace Moretz, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Hyland, Olivia Holt, Peyton List, Bella Thorne, Hailee Steinfeld, Karan Bar
GREAT TASTE PRIZE:
Kikkoman Culinary Tastemakers
Viewers Choice Award winners were selected by thousands of fans voting online. They are:
BEST FOOD PROGRAM: WEB – Joy of Baking
BEST FOOD TRAVEL SERIES: WEB – Cooking for Dads
BEST HOME CHEF IN A SERIES – Joy of Baking
BEST FOOD OR DRINK RADIO BROADCAST – America’s Test Kitchen Radio
BEST FASHION OR DESIGN: WEB PROGRAM OR VIDEO – Fashion News Live
BEST COMEDY – Dish It Out!
BEST FEATURE-LENGTH FILM OR DOCUMENTARY – Chef
BEST ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES – TELEVISION – E! News
BEST INSTRUCTIONAL WEB SERIES – Joy of Baking
BEST MINI FILM OR DOCUMENTARY – A Taste of Fate
Congrats to all the winners! - The Lifestyle Portal
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