Chantelle Mingles With JK
What sort of crazy showbiz event sees Chantelle rubbing shoulders with JK Rowling?
Or gobby Kerry Katona trading childcare secrets with Jools Oliver?
No, it's not celebville turned upside down. The stars had all turned out for the British Book Awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
Looking fit and fanciable were Gordon Ramsay and Freddie Flintoff. Freddie won Sports Book of the Year for Being Freddie.
Gordon, meanwhile, stamped the event with his trademark style when he told hosts Richard and Judy: "Do I look like a fat *******?"
Poor Richard had only asked how Gordon had managed to run the marathon - he'll know better next time.
Also collecting gongs were Sharon Osbourne (best biography) and Jamie Oliver (outstanding achievement).
JK Rowling won book of the year for Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince.
The first gong she ever picked up was also a British Book Award - but she quipped she was "wearing much cheaper shoes" then.
The awards will be broadcast on Saturday on Channel 4.
The winners are:
JK Rowling
W H Smith Book Of The Year
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling
Reader's Digest Author Of The Year
Alan Bennett
Amazon Biography Of The Year
Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography Sharon Osbourne
Red House Children's Book Of The Year
Ark Angel, Anthony Horowitz
Worldbooks Crime Thriller Of The Year
The Take, Martina Cole
Borders/Books etc History Book Of The Year
Auschwitz, Laurence Rees (BBC Books)
Waterstone's Newcomer Of The Year
Marina Lewycka, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian
Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award
The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
Tesco Sports Book Of The Year
Being Freddie, Andrew Flintoff
play.com TV & Film Book Of The Year
The Constant Gardener, John Le Carre
deciBel Writer Of The Year
Diana Evans, 26a
Richard And Judy Best Read Of The Year
Labyrinth, Kate Mosse
Outstanding Achievement Award
Jamie Oliver
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