Editorial Director Lindsay Nicholson talks cooking with actress and food-fan Fay Ripley.

Gizzi Erskine looked gorgeous with her trademark beehive and vintage gold frock.

Best supermarket: Waitrose

Best TV cookery programme: Masterchef

Ultimate storecupboard staple: Joint winners, Oxo Stock Cubes and Bertolli Olive Oil

Ultimate timesaving ingredient: Jus-Rol Pastry

Favourite ready-made sauce: Sacla’

Best food home delivery service: Tesco

Top organic brand: Green & Black's. MD Guillaume Brochen (left) collects his award from chef Galton Blackiston.

She pioneered the healthy curry in the UK, and chef Anjum Anand looked gorgeous - we loved her necklace!

It’s a tough job but someone has to do it: Led by our Wine Editor Richard Ehrlich (left, with Bill Granger) our judging panel panel quaffed and selected the finest wines.

Best white wine under £7: Morrison’s Mâcon Villages 2009

Best red wine under £7: Marks & Spencer’s CM Carmenère 2009

Best sparkling wine under £15: Jansz Premium rosé NV

Legendary chef Antonio Carluccio and Good Housekeeping's own star Aggie MacKenzie.

Theo Randall was one of our panel of judges who helped pick these fabulous food pioneers.

Best small meat producer: Isle of Man Manx Loachtan Lamb

Food hero: Duncan Glendenning of The Thoughtful Bread Company

Small cheese producer to watch: Sparkenhoe Red Leicester

Highlight of the evening had to be rugby star turned chef Matt Dawson's cute crush on our hostess Jane Asher. He ran up on stage to give her a hug - and who can blame him!