"because it's quite humane and positive....It's about the personal development of the contestants more than the competition." Published works Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (2008) (with Sami Tamimi) Plenty (2010) Jerusalem: A Cookbook (2012) (with Sami Tamimi) Plenty More (2014) NOPI (2015) (with Ramael Scully) Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi (2017) (with Helen Goh) Ottolenghi Simple (2018) Ottolenghi Flavour (2020) (with Ixta Belfrage) Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love (2021) (with Noor Murad) Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things (2022) (with Noor Murad) Awards and recognition 2010 Galaxy National Book Awards "Food and Drink Book of the Year" for Plenty 2010 Observer Food Monthlys "Best Cookbooks Ever", Plenty ranked number 40 2011 Condé Nast Traveler "Innovation and Design Awards", NOPI, winner of the Gourmet award 2011 Observer Food Monthlys "Best Cookbook Award" winner for Plenty 2012 Restaurant and Bar Design Awards, "Identity" category for the restaurant Nopi 2012 Guild of Food Writers Awards, "Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel" for Jerusalem on a Plate (BBC4) 2013 James Beard Award "International Cookbook" for Jerusalem 2013 Guild of Food Writers Awards, "Cookery Book Award" for Jerusalem 2013 Guild of Food Writers Awards, "Evelyn Rose Award for Cookery Journalist" for journalism in The Guardian 2013 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, the Dun Gifford Award winner for Jerusalem 2013 International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards, winner of the International award and the Best Cookbook award for Jerusalem 2013 Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards, "Television Programme of the Year" for Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Feast (Keo Films) 2013 German Gastronomic Academy Silver Medal for Jerusalem 2013 Observer Food Monthly "Best Cookbook Award" for Jerusalem 2014 Specsavers National Book Awards "Food and Drink Book of the Year" for Plenty More 2015 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Brandeis University 2016 James Beard Award "Cooking from a Professional Point of View" for NOPI, the Cookbook References External links Official website 1968 births Living people 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews Alumni of Le Cordon Bleu Gay Jews Israeli LGBT businesspeople Cookbook writers Israeli gay writers Israeli chefs Israeli emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Jerusalem Businesspeople from London British Jewish writers Jewish Israeli writers Israeli people of German-Jewish descent Israeli people of Italian-Jewish descent James Beard Foundation Award winners Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students alumni International Association of Culinary Professionals award winners LGBT chefs