OTTAWA, ONTARIO February 8, 2018 – Gusto Worldwide Media, production partner for Bell Media’s Gusto, is pleased to announce that five original series, produced in partnership with Gusto, have been nominated for prestigious Taste Awards in 3 categories, including five of the nine nominations for Best International Program. The winners of each category will be announced later this month.
“We’re excited that five different Gusto original programs have been nominated for a distinguished Taste Award,” says Chris Knight, President and CEO of Gusto Worldwide Media. “One nomination is an honour, but 8 nominations tells us that our programming overall is resonating. We truly believe that food is a global language and we take pride in creating the best food content to inspire all viewers to get cooking. It is with hard work, dedication, and passion for food that this great honour has been made possible.”
The nominees in each category are:
Best International Program
A is for Apple
Fish the Dish
One World Kitchen
The Latin Kitchen
The Urban Vegetarian
Best Food Program: Television
The Urban Vegetarian
Best New Series
The Latin Kitchen
The Urban Vegetarian
A full list of nominees is available at www.thetasteawards.com.
Also known as the Tasty Awards, The Taste Awards are the premier broadcast awards for the lifestyle entertainment industry. Celebrating the year’s best in food, fashion, home, and lifestyle programs, The Taste Awards strive to recognize and acknowledge outstanding excellence on television, in film, in online video, and in apps, radio, podcasts, and photography. The 9th Annual Taste Awards will take place in late March 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
About Gusto Worldwide Media
Gusto Worldwide Media is a vertically integrated media company that produces, distributes, and broadcasts high-quality food content. Based in Canada, Gusto operates from its state-of-the-art facility which includes a studio, test kitchen, post-production plant, master control, and playout services. Gusto’s proprietary content includes over 500 hours of original food and lifestyle programming with 100 new hours created annually. In 2013, Gusto Worldwide Media launched its linear TV channel and SVOD service Gusto TV in Canada. In 2016, Bell Media launched the premium lifestyle channel Gusto in Canada, commissioning a multi-year slate of series from Gusto Worldwide Media. Internationally, Gusto Worldwide now operates bespoke channels on multiple platforms in the US, Singapore, Latin America, and the UK, with more rollouts to come.
About Gusto
Gusto, Bell Media’s first food and lifestyle channel, features a delicious mix of creative cooking and food programming paired with exciting home renovation, travel, and lifestyle shows. Gusto features a menu of original Canadian series and specials produced in 4K. Gusto is distributed to more than five million households across Canada and is also available online at www.gustotv.com and on-demand via participating television service providers. Gusto is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.
Media Contact
For more information, please contact:
Emily Fielden
Marketing Assistant
efielden@gustoworldwidemedia.com
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