Flame Media is very proud to announce that Lyndey Milan's much-loved series Lyndey Milan's Taste of Australia has beaten some tough competitors from across the globe to win the coveted title of Best Food TV Show at the GOURMAND World Awards for 2015. This follows on from the win for 2014 of the Taste of Australia Cookbook which accompanied the series for Best TV Chef Cookbook (in English) at the GOURMAND World Cookbook Awards last year. Then in the Frankfurt Book Fair's Best of the Best in the last 20 years, it came an impressive third.

This prestigious award was announced on Saturday, 28 May at the GOURMAND World Awards Ceremony in Yantai, China. Lyndey was in China to receive the honour personally.

Lyndey Milan's Taste of Australia first won the title of Best Food TV Show from Australia in January which put the show up against some vigorous international competition in the running for the world title.

This award is the culmination of many months of work by Flame Productions to create Taste of Australia, showcasing Lyndey's much-loved farmers, producers and characters in her homeland. Flame Distribution, the global distributor for all of Lyndey's TV series, has sold the series to broadcasters in more than 110 countries. It has also been sold, and continues to sell, across multiple platforms including airlines, cruise liners and streaming services around the world.

“This is such a tribute to the great producers, wine makers and artisans who work with the Australian climate. It is also a wonderful acknowledgement of all that is great about Australia, its characters and its food. I am happiest for the accolade it brings them” says Lyndey Milan, Presenter and Creative Director of Flame Media.  “I am also delighted at the acknowledgement of the superb production team who worked on this at Flame Productions, the TV production arm of Flame Media”.

Lyndey Milan is available for interview.

For more information, to speak with Lyndey, or preview Lyndey Milan's Taste of Australia series, please contact:  Imma D'Amico, imma@lyndeymilan.com or PH +612 8437 7501

About Lyndey Milan – a 30 year Journey and Counting

Australian food and wine luminary, Lyndey Milan OAM is also known as the Home Cook Hero. She combines a thirst for life with a sense of fun and love of good food and sparkling shiraz. She is an award-winning multi-media presenter, MC, speaker, food & wine teacher, consultant, debater, judge and regional Australian specialist with 30 years' experience. She has just returned to Australia after her second appearance on BBC1's top-rating show Saturday Kitchen.

With nine internationally distributed TV series, numerous television appearances, nine best-selling cookbooks and countless culinary appearances over the past 30 years, she has been instrumental in shaping the way Australians think about food and wine.

Lyndey is a familiar face in the media and households across Australia and beyond. Her book Lyndey Milan's Taste of Australia won Best TV Chef Cookbook at the 2015 Gourmand World Cookbook awards and she continues to write for selected publications, support various charities, host events and run a thriving media company. She is the Creative Director of Flame Media, an international TV production and distribution company, which also owns Sydney Studio Kitchen, a purpose built TV studio facility.

Lyndey was honoured with an OAM in 2014 for her services to food and wine and the community.

Flame Media is a television production and distribution house specialising in high quality factual entertainment and documentary content. Our focus is straightforward: to be responsive to both producer and broadcaster needs. We work with producers and buyers from around the world to deliver the best quality content for audiences across platforms. We are involved in the development, finance and co-production of content for the international television market. We currently work with 100 content producers from around the world representing over 2,500 hours of their content.