What’s Your Foodportunity Contest

Dear Seattle foodies, bloggers and publishers. It is time for another “What’s Your Foodportunity” Contest!

Enter our contest to win the opportunity to represent your blog at our next event alongside world-renowned food entrepreneurs,  Kurt Beecher Dammeier ( Beecher’s Handmade Cheese), Maxime Bilet ( Co-author of Modernist Cuisine),  Dror Daliot & Tal Rosenberg (Kitchenbug.com), Janelle Maiocco (Farmstr.com), and Jason Wang (CEO of Caviar).

The winner will get the opportunity to showcase their blog, website, or business at the event.

What’s your Foodportunity?

The Details:

We want you to answer this question in a blog post, a photo or a video.. We just really want to hear your story. What does Foodportunity mean to you? Was Foodportunity the place where you came out of your shell? Is it where you get to eat lots of food and live to tell? Even if you haven’t been to one of the Foodportunity events yet, you can tell your story of what you would like your Foodportunity to look like. Foodportunity may be merely the collaboration of your favorite foods. It doesn’t have to be related to the event, we just want to know what an opportunity in food looks like to you! Be sure to use the hashtag #foodprt and @foodportunityse when you share it.  You can also use a post from a previous event with a little update.

photo credit: Jackie Donnelly Baisa

 

This Foodportunity  event is sponsored by www.Kitchenbug.com. Kitchenbug is an online platform that gives you nutritional and calorie information for any recipe on the web in real-time. Using a bookmarklet, Kitchenbug has the ability to instantly analyze any recipe, from any website. Within seconds, you’ll know the calorie and nutritional information of the recipe. With Kitchenbug you can organize all your recipes into boxes, follow other users’ recipes, adjust recipes from U.S to Metric and search your recipes with search terms like low fat, cholesterol and heart healthy.

 

So sign up for Kitchenbug.com and put together a recipe box with your favorite recipes and call it Foodportunity (either your own or collections of others) and add it to the post so we can promote your boxes and have people follow you. #kitchenbug #foodprt

 

The Prizes:

Grand Prize:

1) Grand Prize

Your own opportunity to showcase your blog or website at Foodportunity. We will have a high table for you alongside some of the biggest food entrepreneurs in the business. Keren Brown (myself) will help you dream up a marketing plan for the event.
This is a huge marketing opportunity. You will be able to introduce people to your blog and share what you do in front of a large food audience and make sure that the whole Seattle  food scene knows all about you.

2) Second Prize: a 50 dollar Amazon Gift Card (sponsored by Kitchenbug)

3) Third Prize : Two Cookbooks from Sasquatch books, Greg Atkinson’s In Season : Culinary Adventures of a Pacific Northwest Chef and  Honey &  Oats by Jennifer Katzinger.

Deadline: July 7- Winner will be announced that week.

 

 

Foodportunity, a Giveaway and an Announcement.

I just recently announced that Foodportunity is coming up and that there is an awesome line up. What I didn’t mention yet is that we will have a surprise guest flying in for the event.

We have featured authors and chefs at Foodportunity. This idea came out of my own personal need to connect with these people. When I started blogging, I wanted to meet chefs and cookbook authors but I was always intimidated. The first time I had to interview a chef, I was sick to my stomach, like literally so nervous I couldn’t sleep the night before (including sweaty palms and everything).

Fast forward five years later and I don’t get nervous anymore, I have met so many of the people I admire. Yes, practice makes perfect with everything in life. Even meeting new people.

Every Foodportunity we have featured authors and chefs. They hang out in the front room (a.k.a the lounge) between 6:30 and 7:30. And they are there just to talk to you. You can ask questions, beg for recipes if you want, get books signed (bring your books) or just say hi. On October 22, be there. You can meet Brian McCracken and Dana Tough (Spur, Tavern Law, The Coterie Room), Jill Lightner (Edible Seattle: The Cookbook), Leora Bloom (Washington Food Artisans, Cookbook) and Judith Dern (A Taste of Scandinavia, Cookbook).

And now for the surprise. Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille is coming to visit. Her photography is gorgeous, like heart pitter-pattering beautiful. Her recipes are delicious and inspiring. Little tarts, cakes and just so many desserts and dishes that are all gluten-free. You might have seen her on Oprah, Martha Stewart or when she was mentioned in Times Magazine, as one of their favorite bloggers. Just look at her blog and you will understand, her photography will make you swoon. She is coming out with her new cookbook the week of Foodportunity.

You get to meet her, talk to her and even win a book here.

The giveaway. Win the book. I have 2 copies!: Just leave a comment to enter the contest, share on Facebook (5 entries) or twitter for an extra entry. Just remember to comment and let me know. The contest is open to anyone in the U.S. but if you can make it to Foodportunity, you can get it signed. Winner will be chosen on Sept 20.
Update: The winners are Tamiko and Helen Anne.

Food Lovers’ Guide to Seattle Book Signing at Barnes and Noble and Sunset Magazine

Is it summer? Sometimes I feel like it is. Sometimes I feel like it isn’t/
That is Seattle summer for you. This year is flying by for me and I am loving the ride.

One of the most amazing things that happened this year was that I was featured in Sunset Magazine. Yes, three whole pages talking about where I like to eat including a full page photo.. This was a dream come true. The article was written by Rebekah Denn, one of my most favorite writers in Seattle.

I am hoping to see you all soon.
I will be doing a book signing at Barnes and Noble at Northgate this Saturday with three other lovely authors, Alice Currah of Savory Sweet Life, Jill Lightner of Edible Seattle Cookbook: The Cookbook and Leora Bloom of Washington Food Artisans. Come out and chat with us. It will be fun. Details are here.

Hope I get to see you!

Foodportunity 5 Day Giveaway and Networking Tips

photo credit: Jackie Donnely Baisa

Mondays are tough, for all of us. So we at Foodportunity want to make that easier for you.
We are starting this week off with a $25 Fonte Coffee Gift Card. And we are having 5 days of giveaways. Yes, 5 days. Every day, check in and you can win. For more on how to win, scroll down.

Networking Challenge: Every day, check in for a networking tip, task or inspiration.

Day 1: Get your business cards ready. Do you have cards? Now is the time to print some out. People want to know how to contact you. Don’t have a job yet? That is ok, just have your name and information on the card. And when exchanging cards at the event, remember to look at the card. Pay attention. It will help you remember the person.

Here is the link to the event details, just in case you don’t have your ticket yet.

How do you win? We choose the winner in the morning so you have until tomorrow to enter. And check back tomorrow for another prize.

1) Comment on this post for one entry
2) Tweet about this for one entry and tag @foodportunityse (the more tweets, the more entries!)
3) Facebook share information about our event https://franticfoodie.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/foodportunity-june-25-you-are-invited/ (5 entries)
4) Like Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar on Facebook for 1 entry (let us know in the comments)
5) Pinterest: Repin 2 things from our Foodportunity board for an entry
6) Like Foodportunityse on Facebook for 1 entry (or just let us know that you already like us)

A Pinterest Giveaway- A Pinportunity

We are having a Pinterest Giveaway. Win a $25 Fonte Gift Card. All you have to do is repin 5 pins from our Foodportunity June 25 2012 board and follow us:).

Deadline is Friday, May 4, 2012.

Happy Pinning!

Day 7: Foodportunity Resolutions and Giveaway: Win a $25 Gift Card to Lot 3, Barrio or Purple

Day 7: Foodportunity Resolutions and Giveaway. Win a $25 Gift Card to Lot 3. Barrio or Purple Restaurants. Thanks Google Places!

Winner of Day 7: ECkids, Please contact me for your prize.

Day 7: Today’s giveaway is a $25 Gift Card to any restaurant from the Heavy Restaurant Group. Your choice of Lot No.3, Barrio or Purple. This gift card is brought to you by Google Places.

Resolution 7: Spend more time with your friends. Enjoy those moments. Life gets busy and it is easy to feel like you are connected with the people you love via Facebook. Make it your priority to go out with an old friend and have dinner. Moments like those are priceless.

For those new to Google places, Google Places is a local recommendation engine that connects people with the places they love. You can easily find, rate and review places you’re familiar with, share your opinions with friends, and as you and your friends rate and review more places, you’ll see recommendations based on your tastes and those of your friends in your local search results. Google Places is great for users, as it helps them find new places they might like, and it’s great for businesses and organizations to help them get discovered and increase awareness.

And before I continue. Foodportunity tickets are still on sale. Tickets sell out for this event so if you intend to go then don’t miss it. It is THE networking event for everyone food-related. Lots of food, chefs and networking for $25. Now go get your tickets. More information at Foodportunity.com . And Metropolitan Market is the main sponsor so that means that there will be lots of goodies.

Now for the contest! This one will run until 3:00 pm tomorrow. It is the last one this week so we wanted to make sure that you have time to enter.
Don’t forget to share information about the next Foodportunity event, tickets here.

The contest! We want to know your resolutions and help you get there. Every day for 7 days, we will be giving away something that will spoil you. The catch, baby steps. You need to have one goal each day and keep it. Then, it is your reward. The prizes will be gift cards, books, dinners and other fun rewards.

How do you enter?

Bonus Entry: Get 3 entries. Like our Foodportunity Facebook Page. Let us know.

Bonus Entry: Follow @GoogleSeattle and mention your favorite restaurant and why. Comment back and let me know.

Bonus Entry: Get 3 entries for every place you review on Google places. Comment here to let me know.

1) Leave a comment on the daily post for one entry.
2) Tweet the contest out and leave another comment letting us know for an additional entry. (Just say, I tweeted) Use Hashtag #foodprt
3) Facebook it and let us know (3 entries)
4) Tell a friend about the Foodportunity event. The more friends you tell, the more entries. (Email us at Foodprt8atgmail.com letting us know who you told , just a first name and why you think they would be interested)

The winner will be chosen by random number generator daily. Check the post the day after by 5pm and see if you won. If you won, email us your information and we will send the prize your way (foodprt8atgmail.com)

Day 5: Foodportunity Resolutions and Giveaway! $35 Fonte Gift Card

Day 5: Today’s giveaway is a $35 Gift Card to Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar And yesterday’s winner is Amanda S. Please contact me for your prize!

Resolution 5: Start your day with a positive attitude. Waking up isn’t easy but if a cup of Joe is what you need to get you smiling. Then so be it. Start your day with a smile and the world will smile back at you. Make it your goal to radiate your surroundings with positive energy.

Fonte Coffee is the place to get some work done with a smile on your face or just to open the newspaper and read the morning news. If you would rather your coffee at home, just order online. Besides, Fonte loves the community. They just donated $11,000 to Pike Market Child Care, the profits raised from sales of Fonté’s 2011 “Limited Edition Holiday Blend”. This significant donation will underwrite a year’s worth of school supplies for all four classrooms at PMCCP, and assist the organization in reaching its goal of making high quality childcare and preschool programs available to children in need.

And before I continue. Foodportunity tickets are still on sale. Tickets sell out for this event so if you intend to go then don’t miss it. It is THE networking event for everyone food-related. Lots of food, chefs and networking for $25. Now go get your tickets. More information at Foodportunity.com . And Metropolitan Market is the main sponsor so that means that there will be lots of goodies.

Now for the contest!
Winner will be chosen tomorrow afternoon. Don’t forget to share information about the next Foodportunity event, tickets here.

The contest! We want to know your resolutions and help you get there. Every day for 7 days, we will be giving away something that will spoil you. The catch, baby steps. You need to have one goal each day and keep it. Then, it is your reward. The prizes will be gift cards, books, dinners and other fun rewards.

How do you enter?

Bonus Entry: Go into Foodportunity.com and check out the partners and restaurants. Then comment here with the name of the food businesst that you want to try!

1) Leave a comment on the daily post for one entry.
2) Tweet the contest out and leave another comment letting us know for an additional entry. (Just say, I tweeted) Use Hashtag #foodprt
3) Facebook it and let us know (3 entries)
4) Tell a friend about the Foodportunity event. The more friends you tell, the more entries. (Email us at Foodprt8atgmail.com letting us know who you told , just a first name and why you think they would be interested)

The winner will be chosen by random number generator daily. Check the post the day after by 5pm and see if you won. If you won, email us your information and we will send the prize your way (foodprt8atgmail.com)