The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts has chosen multi-award-winning food journalist, historian, author and recently named PBS host Toni Tipton-Martin as the recipient of the seventh annual Julia Child Award. Tipton-Martin received the Award on November 4th, 2021 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., the home of Julia Child’s kitchen. The Award is accompanied by a $50,000 grant from the Foundation.

Toni is the Editor-in-Chief of Cook’s Country magazine and the author of the award-winning books Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking, and The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks. In 2005, Toni published a historic reprint of an early 20th century cookbook, The Blue Grass Cook Book, by Minnie C. Fox, containing the first known photographs of African American cooks. She is also co-author of A Taste of Heritage: New African American Cuisine, among other books.

“In The French Chef Cookbook, Julia wrote that she wanted to ‘take the bugaboo out of cooking.’ I had a similar hope,” said Toni Tipton-Martin. “I wanted my work to reclaim African American kitchen wisdom and make our cooking more accessible. It is in this same spirit that I look forward to using The Julia Child Award grant to inspire the next generation of food writers and chefs.”

To learn more about the Foundation and its work, visit juliachildfoundation.org. To learn more about the Julia Child Award, including past recipients, visit juliachildaward.com.

Springer Mountain Farms was honored to sponsor Toni’s recent book tour for Julibee. Check out this great highlight reel of her stop in Atlanta with many top Atlanta chefs helping to share her story.