Six Malaysian authors marked their spot in world culinary literature at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (GWCA) 2016 in Yantai, China.
Melba Nunis’ A Kristang Family Cookbook won the Women Chef category while Datuk Fazley Yaakob’s My Sucre Story took the top prize in the TV (Outside Europe) category. Other winners are Johor Palate: Tanjung Puteri Recipes by Kalsom Taib and Hamidah Abdul Hamid in the Culinary Heritage category and Pesta Nukenen by Rurum Kelabit Sarawak in the Charity and Fundraising category. Mohana Gill’s Happylicious placed second in the Family category while Dr Tee E. Siong’s Malaysian Diet, The Plain Truth was third in the Institutions, Health and Nutrition category.