2011 Daytime Emmys

Yesterday, the Daytime Emmy awards took place in Las Vegas. While many Food Network favorites, including Rachael Ray, Paula Deen, and Anne Burrell, were nominated, it was PBS's and the Hallmark Channel's cooking shows that walked away with big wins.

Eric Ripert's Avec Eric won the outstanding culinary program award; of the win he tweeted, "Our TV serie #AvecEric won an EMMY for Outstanding Culinary Program last PM Congrats & thank s to everyone in our team & to our supporters."

Martha Stewart also took home a couple of awards: The Martha Stewart Show won the outstanding lifestyle program and Martha was named the outstanding lifestyle/culinary host. Giada De Laurentiis's cooking show, Giada at Home, won for outstanding directing.

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Having a successful show on the Food Network may not get you industry accolades like the recent James Beard Awards, but it can get you a nod from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This morning the daytime Emmy Award nominations were announced, and among the nominees are many culinary personalities.

Rachael Ray and Giada De Laurentiis received three nominations each, while Martha Stewart was nominated for two awards. America's Test Kitchen, Avec Eric, Cook's Country, Lidia's Italy, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, and Paula's Best Dishes will duke it out in the outstanding culinary program category. Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee is up for outstanding achievement in hairstyling.

Since I'm a huge fan of Anne Burrell, I'm rooting for her to win outstanding lifestyle/culinary host.