San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking students Franck Tabouring, Deepa Pathak, Ryan Gomez, Bill Ulleseit and Peter Lee as well as FilmSchoolSF Director of Marketing, Christopher F. Smith, have been asked to take part in the 1st Annual Tasty Awards as Tasty Award Nominee Reviewers. The three will review the first round of video content and help determine which clips make the cut and become Finalists. Smith will go on to sit on the Tastemakers Awards Panel and judge for the final winners along side representatives from Federated Media, Variety, Frommer’s, VH1 and more.

What the heck are “The Tasty Awards?”

Food, Fashion, Drink and Style, these themes have been the focus of entire cable networks, online hubs, mobile channels, and blockbuster films. They’ve launched chefs, restaurants, designers, celebrities, vacation spots, hotels, wineries, events and products … sometimes all at the same time. They’ve entertained us at home and on the job, and helped us aspire to make our lives more enjoyable and fulfilling.

The Tasty Awards were originally conceived and announced in 2008 as part of the first New Media Tastemakers Summit in San Francisco. The goal was to recognize and acknowledge outstanding excellence in video content focused on food, drink, fashion and design.

These beloved categories dominate a large portion of video / television viewership – as well as advertising spending and sponsorships — and yet they do not have their own awards for achievement . Until now.

After years of planning, we present to you the Tasty Awards for Video Tastemakers in Food, Wine & Design.

Categories include Best Drink or Beverage Program – Web, Best Food Program – TV, Best Film or Documentary – Food & Fashion, and several others. The awards show celebration takes place in San Francisco on January 14 and will be streamed via Justin.tv as well as filmed for broadcast on national television. Who is TasteTV?

TasteTV is the multi-platform vehicle that delivers to food, wine, fashion, travel and lifestyle lovers exciting and delicious programming from around the U.S., Canada, and the World. TasteTV reaches millions of households and the World’s TasteMakers and trendsetters across the United States on over 100 television stations nationwide. In America’s 5th and 19th largest television markets, the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, California, TasteTV can be seen across all viewing platforms such as local television stations, and many broadcasts are on cable Video On Demand (VOD), available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day under the “Get Local” section

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