Meet our Judges Sign-up here to our email newsletters to be the first to hear news about the prize… ANDI OLIVER – 2022 Andi Oliver is a TV Chef, Broadcaster, actress and sang in the band, Rip Rig and Panic in the 1980s. She has... Read more SIR MICHAEL MORPURGO – 2022 Sir Michael Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC has written over 130 books and is also a poet and playwright. His children’s books include... Read more LEMN SISSAY OBE – 2021 Lemn Sissay OBE is a British author, poet and broadcaster. Lemn published his first poetry book at the age of 21, and... Read more MICK HERRON – 2021 Mick Herron is a British writer of crime and espionage novels who graduated with an English degree from Balliol College, Oxford. Down... Read more DAME PRUE LEITH – 2020 Dame Prue Leith is a cookery writer, restaurateur, chef and television presenter. After attending Cordon Bleu Cookery School she set up her... Read more STEPHEN FRY – 2020 Stephen Fry is a multi-talented English actor, comedian, broadcaster and writer. His career in comedy began after he joined the Footlights at... Read more TIM HAYWARD – 2019 Tim Hayward is a British food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur. He has published six books including Knife: The Cult, Craft and Culture... Read more JULIAN BARNES – 2019 Julian Barnes is a highly acclaimed British author and winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for The Sense of an... Read more LORRAINE PASCALE – 2018 Lorraine Pascale was born in London and, following her adoption, raised in Oxfordshire. At the age of 16 she began a phenomenally... Read more BILL BRYSON OBE – 2018 Bill Bryson OBE HonFRS was born in the United States but for most of his adult life has made his home in... Read more DAME MARY BERRY – 2017 Mary Berry DBE CBE was a household name long before she presented BBC’s iconic Great British Bake Off between 2010 and 2016.... Read more SIR PHILIP PULLMAN – 2017 Sir Philip Pullman CBE FRSL is local to Oxford and has always been a firm advocate for literacy in all its forms.... Read more LAWRENCE NORFOLK – 2016 Lawrence Norfolk is a British author of four historical novels: Lemprière’s Dictionary (1991), The Pope’s Rhinoceros (1996), In the Shape of a... Read more RICK STEIN OBE – 2016 Rick Stein OBE is a well-known celebrity chef, restaurateur, TV presenter and author of numerous cookery books. Rick moved to Padstow straight... Read more GERALDENE HOLT – 2013 to 2015 Geraldene Holt is an award-winning food writer and journalist. Her books include Country House Cooking, West Country Cakes and Assorted Fancies and... Read more DONALD SLOAN – 2013 to 2015 Donald Sloan was Head of the Oxford School of Hospitality Management at Oxford Brookes University and also the Chair of Oxford Gastronomica,... Read more
