Annabel Langbein has been announced the winner of the prestigious award for Best Entertaining Cookbook at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for her latest book Cooking to Impress – without stress.

The award was announced in Barcelona at a Gala Dinner with international guests from 33 countries.

Laura Kroetsch in Cuisine describes this latest publication as 'designed to coax the anxious cook or harried host back into the kitchen with simple, sumptuous food, sound advice (lay off the plonk) and a generally breezy approach to entertaining.’