2024
Foodies of SA, 100 recipes, 100 creators, 100 million views –
- National winner in category: Influencers and Bloggers – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Galaxy Bar Cocktails –
- National winner in category: Cocktails – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2023
Harvest Table –
- National winner in category: Food & Wine
- National winner in category: International Recipe Book
- Winner of Best in the World for International Recipe Book
– Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
@dinewithneo –
- National winner in category: First Book
- National winner in category: Design – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2020
A Cape Table – by Vergelegen –
- National winner in category: best local recipe book – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
OINK! The Perfect Pork Cookbook –
- National winner in category: Single subject – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Banting 7 day meal plans vegetarian,
- National winner in category: Vegetarian – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Anywhere but the Kitchen –
- National winner in category: Corporate – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
tashas inspired –
- National winner in category: Innovation – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2019
Foodies of South Africa, Shortcuts –
- National winner: blogger – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
The Africa Cookbook –
- National winner: Charity – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2018
Ile de Pain Anytime –
- National winner in category: Woman Chef – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Something’s Cooking –
- National winner in its category: TV Celebrity Chef – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- National winner in its category: Portuguese – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Lazy Makoti’s Guide to the Kitchen –
- National winner in its category: First Book – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- National winner in its category: Photography – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Baking Secrets –
- National winner in its category: Illustration – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- National winner in its category: Desserts – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- National winner in its category: Cooking School/Education – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Just add rice –
- National winner in its category: Chinese – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- National winner in its category: Rice – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Eat Lekker for Goodness Sake –
- National winner in its category: Diet – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2017
Butter and Love –
- National winner in its category: Television – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Eat your words –
- National winner in its category: Easy Recipes – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Johanne 14 –
- National winner in its category: Culinary Heritage – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Meat Manifesto –
- National winner in its category: Meat – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Weaning Sense –
- National winner in its category: Family – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2016
Eat Ting –
- National winner in its category: Health and Nutrition, for the Public – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
District Six Huis Kombuis –
- National winner in its category: Culinary Travel – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
My Low Carb Kitchen –
- National winner in its category: Food Writing – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
My Portuguese Feast –
- National winner in its category: Best Foreign-International Cuisine – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Reuben at Home –
- National winner in its category: Food and the Family – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
The Great South African Cook Book –
- National winner in its category: Professionals – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2015
The Low Carb Solution for Diabetics –
- Winner of the Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year Award
Real Food, Healthy, Happy Children –
- Finalist for the Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year Award
2014
The Real Meal Revolution –
- Winner of Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award, chosen as book of the year
Quivertree Publications –
- Sunday Times Cookbook Publisher of the Year Award
Star Fish, Daisy Jones –
- Winner of Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year Award
Braai, Reuben Riffel and Cook. Better. –
- Joint second place in the Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year Awards
2012
Feast at Home –
- National winner in its category: Culinary Travel – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- National winner in its category: Best French Cuisine book – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Karoo Kitchen, Sydda Essop –
- National winner in its category: Best Local cookbook – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- Awarded the prestigious ministerial award for her cultural contribution for the book from the minister
of arts and culture Mr Ivan Meyer
Reuben Cooks Local –
- National winner in its category: Photography– Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2009
Prickly Pears and Pomegranates –
- National winner in its category: Best Local cookbook – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Fire Water, South African Brandy –
- National winner in its category: Best wine and spirits – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- Winner of best Wine and Spirits book in the world – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
South Africa Eats –
- National winner in its category: Culinary History – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Africanismo, Interior Inspiration from Southern Africa –
- Finalist in the prestigious SOUTH competition
- Chosen as one of 14 pieces to represent South Africa at Experimenta 09 in Lisbon, Portugal as part of the
Timeless Exhibition. - Quivertree Publications was chosen by Frankfurt book-fair to exhibit at the fair in 2009 along with 14
publishing companies from around the world.
2008
Reuben Cooks: Food is Time Travel –
- National winner in its category: Best chef book – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Prickly Pears and Pomegranates –
- National winner in its category: Local Cuisine – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2006
Feast –
- National winner in its category: Best chef book – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- Wins Best In the World alongside 2 other chefs – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Lazy Days –
- National winner in its category: Local Cuisine – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2002
Shack Chic, Art and Innovation in the South African Shack-lands –
- chosen to exhibit for UN habitat in Kenya
WORDS OF PRAISE
Changing the face of publishing in South Africa’– Jenny Crwys Williams
Shack Chic, Art and Innovation in the South African Shack-lands was proclaimed as ‘Totally mesmerising’ by the London Magazine,
In a special mention by the International Jury at the Gourmand World Cookbook awards Feast was described as“Creativity at its best, combining great technique and ingredients in a show of excellence in Africa”. With the other Best Books in the World, Feast was also admired for its excellent front cover and all-over design, which was exceptional.
Africanismo is wonderful – wow! …Quivertree gets better and better, the Phaidon of our country.’ – Vanessa Badroodien, Cape Town Book Fair director.
Africanismo:‘An extraordinary collection of images under separate elemental ‘umbrellas’ of Earth, Air, Fire and Water… It is glorious, fetching soul-candy.’ – Lauren Shantall, Elle Decoration SA.
On Reuben Cooks: ‘As satisfying as a long lazy lunch at his restaurant on a sunny day in beautiful Franschhoek, this fortifying time traveller seasoned with recipes is worth visiting and revisiting.’– Louise McCann, Elle Decoration SA.
‘Riffel’s book is one you will drool over and put to good use – it’s highly accessible.’– Hilary Biller, Sunday Times.