1996 – Diana Campbell Diana Campbell, a Canadian then working in the Scottish wine trade who wanted to study food and wine matching at the Culinary Institute of America in the Napa Valley with the aim of increasing the confidence of Scotland’s restaurateurs, chefs and […]

1997 – Jane Adams Jane Adams, food and wine writer and publicist of Sydney, Australia who toured the United States, finding out enough about farmers’ markets to import the concept into food-conscious Australia . Thanks partly to this trip, farmers’ markets are now a thriving […]

1998 – Caroline Smialek & Peter Kindel Caroline Smialek and Peter Kindel, America wannabe cheesemakers who visited European role models and then worked in New York restaurants, including cheese haven Artisanal. They subsequently moved to the oldest dairy farm in Vermont and have continued to […]

1999 – Kathryn Thal Kathryn Thal, South African-born restaurant manager-turned-wine buyer who toured Californian vineyards and is now setting up a program aimed at explaining and encouraging sustainable viticulture worldwide. Back to the Geoffrey Roberts Award page

2000 – Ron Irvine & Alan Foster Ron Irvine of Washington state and Alan Foster of Oregon , artisanal cider makers who toured England and Normandy in September 2000 exchanging information on methods and techniques for improving cider and apple quality generally. Back to the Geoffrey Roberts Award […]

2001 – Dru Reschke Dru Reschke of Coonawarra who visited California in his attempts to develop an ecologically-friendly winery effluent treatment, currently being trialled by Southcorp in Australia. Back to the Geoffrey Roberts Award page

2002 – Professor Roger Corder Professor Roger Corder , head of the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at the William Harvey Research Institute at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London , who went to Sardinia to research a cluster of centenarians and the wines they drink. He has discovered […]

2003 – Penny Boothman Penny Boothman, Master of Wine student and wine writer who travelled extensively throughout Eastern Europe in the summer of 2003 and now shares the fruits of her studies of the little-known indigenous vine varieties of Eastern Europe. Back to the Geoffrey […]

2004 – Shalva Khetsuriani Shalva Khetsuriani who traveled from his family’s Georgian wine operation and his wine consultancy work in Moscow on a hectic trip around some of the finest wine estates in France during vintage 2004. He has returned home determined to put some of […]

2005 – Mary Taylor Mary Taylor, New Zealand food communicator, revisited three fishing communities in southern Sri Lanka , learning more about their needs and culture, before returning to New Zealand on a fund-raising mission. Her Project Oru 100 raised funds to build 100 outriggers […]

2006 – Nazli Parvizi Nazli Parvizi from New York wanted to go to VietNam in March 2007 to foster sustainable farming and better cultural links between VietNamese American chefs and restaurateurs in the ancient capital of Hue in an effort to promote responsible tourism and development.  […]

2007 – Richard Villadoniga Florida geography teacher Richard Villadoniga used our $6,000 to finance a road trip across the United States with the aim of highlighting some of the country’s endangered foodstuffs and promoting greater awareness of them via local media opportunities. He has now incorporated […]

2008 – Magdalena Eriksson & Nelle Gretzinger The judges were so impressed by two of the applicants in 2008 that they decided to choose two equal winners, Magdalena Eriksson and Nelle Gretzinger, both of New York City. Not only do both winners live in the […]

2009 – Dilly Boase The winner  was a 26 year-old baker, Dilly Boase. She is absolutely crazy about bread and used her prize of £3,000 to travel round Italy learning all there is to know about baking in Italy.  She was working at the artisanal Born […]