HRN Podcasts Are Nominated for 28 Taste Awards!

HRN is thrilled to have received 28 nominations for the 2023 Taste Awards! Eleven shows have been nominated across nine categories, from Best Food Podcast to Best Food Travel Series to Best Kids Program.

We’re celebrating the recognition, but now we need your help to seal the deal. Many of the categories are for “Viewers Choice” awards, meaning you can help determine the winner Show up for your favorite shows and vote here!

Browse all of HRN’s nominated shows below and discover your next favorite food podcast. We’ve asked hosts for some of their favorite episodes to get you started.

All in the Industry

All in the Industry explores behind-the-scenes talent within the hospitality industry along with speed round games, solo dining stories, PR tips, and current event discussions. 

Nominations: Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast (Viewers Choice Nominee), Best Food or Drink Podcast (Viewers Choice Nominee) & Best Single Topic Series (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 298: Mark Iacono, Lucali, Baby Luc's; Billy Durney, Hometown Bar-B-Que, Red Hook Tavern & Episode 300: Daniel Boulud

A Taste of the Past

A Taste of the Past takes a dive into food cultures through history, from ancient Mesopotamia and Imperial China to the grazing tables and deli counters of today.

Nominations: Best Food Program & Best Filmed at Home Episodes (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 377: Italian Rice: Long History of a Short Grain & Episode 378: Taste Tibet: Food of the Himalayas 

Cooking in Mexican from A to Z 

Cooking in Mexican from A to Z is a culinary journey to the soul of Mexican cuisine hosted by mother and son Aarón Sánchez and Zarela Martínez, who also happen to be award-winning celebrity chefs, restaurateurs, and cookbook authors,

Nominations: Best Food Program & Best City or Regional Program (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 39: Contemporary Interpretations of Traditional Mexican Food & Episode 33: Can Heirloom Corn be Saved?

Dyed Green

Dyed Green explores Ireland’s rich culinary history, its dynamic creative culture, and challenges outdated stereotypes. It’s not just Guinness and potatoes (although there will be plenty of that, too)! 

Nominations: Best Food Travel Series, Best City or Regional Program (Viewers Choice Nominee), & Best Single Topic Series (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 4: Save the Salmon, Save the World & Episode 7: The Infinite Spirit Sense of Ourselves

Eat Your Heartland Out

Eat Your Heartland Out highlights the rich yet often overlooked culinary depth of the American Midwest, weaving a tapestry of cultural diversity, immigration history, migration patterns, and agricultural variations in each episode. 

Nominations: Best Food Program, Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast (Viewers Choice Nominee), & Best City or Regional Program (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 37: A Passion for Korean Food With a Michigan Twist & Episode 38: The Midwestern Urban Farming Movement 

Japan Eats!

Japan Eats! demystifies real Japanese food and food culture with Japanese native and Director of the New York Japanese Culinary Academy, Akiko Katayama. 

Nominations: Best Food or Drink Podcast (Viewers Choice Nominee), Best City or Regional Program (Viewers Choice Nominee), & Best Single Topic Series (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 262: Fostering Future Sushi Chefs in the U.S. & Episode 271: The Master Tea Ceremony Practitioner Randy Channell Soei 

Meat and Three

Meat and Three is a zesty, weekly update on food stories and commentary modeled after the Southern meat-and-three-sides concept: a deep dive and three shorts. It’s a square meal for your ears!

Nominations: Best Food Program & Best Filmed at Home Episodes (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 140: The Future of Food: On the Frontlines of Change from Louisiana's Wetlands to Palestinian Farms & Episode 148: Ukraine: Feeding Refugees, Finding Community, and The Future of Farmland

Speaking Broadly

Speaking Broadly is an intimate interview show highlighting the brilliant, curious, game-changing women in the food world hosted by Dana Cowin, former long-time Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine. 

Nominations: Best Food Program & Best Filmed at Home Episodes (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 160: Roots & Rights: Candace Thompson & Episode 161: Using Sugar to Change Minds: Rose McAdoo

The Grape Nation

The Grape Nation is a weekly wine journey. No snobbery here, just a palatable trip through the world's vineyards with their keepers, journalists, authors, importers, and more.

Nominations: Best Drink or Beverage Program, Best Food or Drink Radio Broadcast (Viewers Choice Nominee), Best Food or Drink Podcast (Viewers Choice Nominee), & Best Single Topic Series (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 215: Jancis Robinson & Episode 226: Alice Feiring

The Speakeasy

The Speakeasy talks cocktails, spirits, wine, beer, tea, coffee, and all the other exciting liquids in the universe. With each episode, learn from some of the world’s experts in mixology, bar history, distillation, and brewing.

Nominations: Best Drink or Beverage Program & Best Filmed at Home Episodes (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 476: Happy Accidents & Episode 481: Sustaining Sustainability

Time for Lunch

Time for Lunch is a place to learn about eating, cooking, enjoying, and sometimes playing with your food. Each episode of this podcast for kids will cover a new subject, taking a close look at one item, or ingredient, that might be found at the lunch table.

Nominations: Best Kids Programs, Films or Documentaries & Best Filmed at Home Episodes (Viewers Choice Nominee)

Episodes to Start With: Episode 38: Turkeys & Episode 42: Lentils!

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