Yantai, China, June 2017: Food Forever, recipes for a healthy planet received the best cookbook of the year award from Gourmand in Yantai, China. As each year Gourmand received thousands of the most marvelous and interesting cookbooks from authors worldwide. Gourmand asked Lars Charas, the author of Food Forever, the books of culinary schools and professionals to give a presentation and formally launch the printed book in China. The Food Forever award is dedicated to the 20 million people suffering from severe malnutrition in Africa and the middle east and of course we hope thousands of students and professionals will use Food Forever to find new ways to make food cultures and systems resilient to challenges ahead.Congratulations to Lars for the leadership and inspiration from everyone at Worldchefs. You can read more about him in the upcoming issue of Worldchefs magazine, coming out in July.As a global authority on food, a core mission for Worldchefs is to drive positive change for the planet through our Feed the Planet program. Better life, better food, better future. Worldchefs Feed the Planet is delighted to recognize chefs who are making a positive difference in the world and the culinary community. To find out more about Feed the Planet visit: http://feedtheplanet.worldchefs.org/CONTACTAndie PetruzellaPR & Marketing, Worldchefs