The Winner of the Made With Love Toronto 2017 Giveaway is...

@thisharriet

Congratulations! You've just won a PAIR of VIP passes to MadeWithLove™ Toronto Regional Finals taking place on March 27th from 6-11pm at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex. Please email me at foodjunkiechronicles@gmail.com to claim your tickets!

A big THANK YOU to the 37 people who participated in this contest! 

Here's a snapshot of the Excel spreadsheet where I tracked the #fjcmwl hashtag from day one of the contest. The tracking was done using chronological order, as in, #1 was the first person to enter the contest. To enter, the person had to tweet "Hey @foodieyu take me to the largest mixology competition in Canada @_MadeWithLove_! http://bit.ly/2nyHU8i #fjcmwl #enjoymwl". Each person could tweet once a day for the duration of the contest. Once the contest was over and everybody's entries were accounted for, I checked to see if they followed me (@foodieyu) on Twitter. Below are the 107 valid entries:

I used "True Random Number Generator" from random.org to pick one winner for me.

Made With Love Toronto 2017 Giveaway - CLOSED

Are you a cocktail aficionado? If your answer is a resounding "YES!" then enter my contest now for a chance to win a PAIR of VIP passes to MadeWithLove™ Toronto Regional Finals taking place on March 27th from 6-11pm at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex. The tickets are valued at $130! 

MadeWithLove™ is the largest mixology competition in Canada. Founded in Montreal, it is an internationally reknowned competition for culinary discoveries and an annual celebration of the restaurant industry. Today, MadeWithLove™ (Twitter: @_MadeWithLove_, Facebook: MADE WITH LOVE) is active in 3 countries (Canada, Mexico, and Spain) and continues to develop internationally.

For one night only on March 27th, the MadeWithLove™ Toronto Regional Finals at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex will host 18 of the city's most talented Barchefs will present a unique and original cocktail & some food-pairing creations in view of being crowned Toronto's BEST Barchef for 2017. The public, alongside a panel of renowned judges, are invited to witness this interactive competition by savoring various creations presented to them and to vote for their favorites. The winner of each category of Public’s Choice and Judge’s Choice will represent Toronto at the National Finals held in May 2017 and will have a chance to win one of 10 trips to one of the MadeWithLove™ affiliated distilleries. 

The Toronto finalists are:

 Jamison Cass - Baro Toronto

Nathanial Jai - Voodoo Child

Nick Incretolli - Bar Sazerac

Christopher Whitlow - Parts & Labour

Rob Male - Lake Road

Michael O'Doherty - Byblos

Albert Chan - Whiff Waff Bar & Lounge

Michele Maffei - Noce Restaurant

Luis Martinez - El Catrin

Danielle Yoon - Drinksmith

Trirell Biggart - Luma

Chris Flink - Cafe Belong 

Dessa Harhay - The Chase Fish & Oyster

Marian Walsh - Two Black Sheep

Blake Spears - R&D

Kasra Khorramnejad - The Passenger

Manuel Contreras - El Local Loco

Leah Young - The Carbon Bar

Photo: Made With Love

Event: MadeWithLove™ Toronto Regional Finals

Date: Monday, March 27, 2017

Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Place: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, 25 British Columbia Rd, Toronto, ON 

Prize: Two tickets valued at $130

What is included: Your tickets allow you and your guest to a complete tasting of all showcased cocktails, some food-pairing, a welcome cocktail as well as a right to vote for your favorite cocktail creation / favorite BarChef.

HOW TO ENTER

1) You MUST be following me (@foodieyu) on Twitter

AND

2) Tweet the following sentence, exactly as shown, nothing before or after it: 

Hey @foodieyu take me to the largest mixology competition in Canada @_MadeWithLove_! http://bit.ly/2nyHU8i #fjcmwl #enjoymwl

1. For your entry to be valid, you need to tweet the above sentence exactly as shown

2. You may tweet once a day for the duration of the contest. Re-tweeting others do NOT count as a valid entry

3. Contest is tracked by the #fjcmwl hashtag. If you don't see your tweet in the hashtag stream it means there is no entry from you. Read this to find out the possible reasons why your tweets are not showing up

4. This is a 19+ event.

CONTEST DURATION

Contest starts on Tuesday, March 14, and ends on Tuesday, March 21, at 12PM. 

One lucky winner will be chosen randomly from www.random.org and I will announce the winner shortly after.

GOOD LUCK!!! ^_^

The Winners of the One Of A Kind Spring Show 2017 are....

@sleepydex
@PillyJ
@JubleeW
@shellyfaber
@Girlstar28
@BrendaKennedy76
@JuiciChic
@bonitafong
@amandaaaq
@loucheryl

Congratulations! You've all won a pair of tickets to this year's One of a Kind Spring Show! Please email me at foodjunkiechronicles@gmail.com to claim your tickets!

A big THANK YOU to the 52 people who participated in this contest! 

Here's a snapshot of the Excel spreadsheet where I tracked the #fjcooaks17 and #fjcooakx17 hashtags from day one of the contest (I made a mistake of putting #fjcooakx17 when I first published the post. When I realized the correct hashtag for the event is #ooaks17 not #ooakx17, I corrected my post to show #fjcooaks17 that's both hashtags were tracked to be fair). The tracking was done using chronological order, as in, #1 was the first person to enter the contest. To enter, the person had to tweet "Hey @foodieyu I want to #win a pair of tickets to @ooak_toronto! http://bit.ly/2mqXBxU #fjcooaks17 #OOAKS17". Each person could tweet once a day for the duration of the contest. Once the contest was over and everybody's entries were accounted for, I checked to see if they followed me (@foodieyu) on Twitter. Below are the 125 valid entries:

I used "True Random Number Generator" from random.org to pick 10 winners for me.