10 Best Food Blogs of 2009 Named by Chef2Chef.net Community

The 10 best food blogs of 2009, as voted on by the Chef2Chef.net community, have been announced. Grandma's Gluten-Free Baking n' Cooking took home top honors receiving more than 15,000 votes. More than 70,000 votes were registered across 12 categories by Chef2Chef.net community members and site visitors to determine the "best of the best in all things culinary."

Foster City, CA January 20, 2010 -- The top 10 food blogs of 2009 as voted on by the Chef2Chef.net community, have been announced. Grandma's Gluten-Free Baking n' Cooking blog took top honors. More than 70,000 votes were registered across 12 categories by Chef2Chef.net community members and site visitors to determine the "best of the best in all things culinary."

Grandma's Gluten-Free Baking n' Cooking, a blog featuring gluten-free recipes and tips, received a score of 4.68 out of 5 possible chef hats. The blog garnered more than 15,000 votes on its way to becoming Chef2Chef.net's top food blog of 2009.

Chef2Chef.net, a respected online resource for all things culinary, invites members of the culinary community to nominate their favorites in a number of culinary categories, including food blogs, wines, chefs, recipes and more. Lists of up to 100 nominees are selected and a second round of voting narrows it down to the top 10.

The 10 best food blogs of 2009 as selected by members of the Chef2Chef community are:

1. Grandma's Gluten-Free Baking n' Cooking
2. Laura's Best Recipes
3. cook eat FRET
4. Cookblog
5. Chez Geek
6. Food 411
7. My Italian Grandmother
8. The Paupered Chef
9. Michael Ruhlman
10. Wicked Good Dinner

The complete list of nominees and their Web sites is available at www.chef2chef.net/rank/2009/foodblogs.html.

Voting for the 2010 nominees will feature even more categories and topics, including regional listings, real-time Twitter feeds and interactive, user-generated profile pages. The rankings, which are designed to find the "best of the best of all things culinary", allow members of the culinary community to select and rank culinary resources and institutions. Chef2Chef is a resource that seeks to provide a space for members of the culinary community from professional chefs to home cooks to share resources, tips, and more.

The Chef2Chef Culinary Portal is an interactive community for chefs, culinary students, culinary instructors, and food lovers. The site offers in-depth forums, online cooking classes, job board, and a culinary school directory. The annual rankings presented by Chef2Chef are compiled from the votes of food, beer, and wine lovers around the world.