Announcing Menu for Hope Raffle Winners

What's up with these cups? Don't they hurt your eyes just looking at them? Try dealing with over a hundred of these, and countless little bits of paper with names written on them that had to be sorted into the proper cups. Fun, no?

No, no, these cups are not what I meant by a wicked application that will automatically do the drawing for us. No, these cups from last year's raffle are the reason we now have said piece of code, so that the kind raffle elves and I need not bother with any more of these cups. Not a one. This year, our friend Derrick of An Obsession with Food wrote a little piece of code that cleverly did away with them for us. He even published the code so those of you who are interested in that sort of thing can go check it out.

It's a great thing Derrick wrote this program for us, truly, since the tremendous support that poured into our campaign this year sold 6,000 raffle tickets. Bravo and brava to everyone involved! Together we raised $60,925.12 to support the UN World Food Programme. My head hurts just thinking about tearing out six thousand little chits of paper and writing a name on each one. It'd be time for next year's campaign by the time I'm done...

So, now, without further ado. Here are the winners........

drum roll please......

AP01	Dinner for four with wines at Iggy's	edwf
AP02	Dinner for two with wine at Tetsuya's	cookingismypassion
AP03	Dinner for two at Felix	Spike
AP04	Japanese knives	keaton
AP05	Cookbooks from Editions Didier Millet	Sui Mai
AP06	Weekend at the New Majestic Hotel	Dave Boggs
AP07	Gift voucher from Truffle Food & Wine	Brian and Bix
AP08	Dining voucher at Baguette	The Old Foodie
AP09	Dinner for two at Becasse	chubbyhubby
AP10	Dinner for two at Ocean Room	Annie
AP11	Two Cookbooks	Anne Taylor
AP12	Handmade Cherry Vodka	Tomato
AP13	Personalized food history	Paul - cookiesetc
AP14	Taste Favourites by Taste Magazine	where's the beef?
AP15	Book: A Cook's Tour of New Zealand	barbara
AP16	Wagashi making-kit	keaton
AP17	Dinner at Meric and Khmer peppers	TOAST
AP18	Dinner for two at Interlude	Morsels & Musings
AP19	Dinner at Romdeng with Karen Coates	Yvonne
AP20	Cambodia Now by Karen Coates	TOAST
AP21	Instant Entertaining by Donna Hay	Roshena
AP22	Honey from Malfroy's Gold	Kim
AP23	$50 voucher from Chilli Padi	mjlivi
AP24	$50 voucher from Chilli Padi	Daphne Yap
AP25	Cupcake/cake decorating kit	WebMS
AP26	six mini books on Malaysian cuisine	Andrea
AP27	Two Nyonya Cookboos	TOAST
AP28	Two cookbooks on vegetarian cuisine	RobA4
AP29	Dining coucher at El Cerdo	RobA4
AP30	Japanese bento box starter kit	Sara Martin
AP31	Travellers chocolates	Redmen91
AP32	Malaysian cookbook	ruzana
AP33	Gift voucher to Prine Wine Store	Tomato
AP34	Autographed books by Anthony Bourdain	deanna
AP35	Writing course	jules clancy
AP36	'Boite a biscuits'	Liz & Louka
AP37	Wine Atlas of Australia by James Halliday	Ange
AP38	unday Lunch by Gordon Ramsay	Roshena
AP39	midweek Retreat Facial	Another Outspoken Female
AP40	Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong	Lourdes Lopez
AP41	Menu Degustation by Anderson Ho	teexone
AP42	ceramic teapot and tea	adrienne
AP43	$100 voucher by Koko Black	Alex
AP44	Custom tour of Bangkok	colinckw
AP45	Dining voucher to Ginger Boy	Ange
AP46	Dining voucher to Perama	Veggie Friendly
AP47	Creative Zen V Plus	suitcasegnome
AP48	Six-course high tea for six	ccw
AP49	Ricoh Capilo R3 Digital Camera	ollitsacse
CA01	Tea for Hope	kayenne, for Treenie B.
CA02	nibbles and sips for holiday entertaining	Sara Reynolds
CA03	Banner Makeover	Brandon
CA04	A Taste of Waterloo County	Me
CA05	East Coast Cookery	spodumene
CA06	Serious Chilean bread	spocksbro
CA07	Baker’s Bounty	BoLA
CA08	Bring Dorie Home with You	clb
CA09	Culinary Calgary to Go	Peasantwench
CA10	An Endless Banquet of Goodies	ambacosi
CA11	Artisanal Goodness from Kayak Soup	award
CA12	Susur: A Culinary Life	mikeczyz
CA13	The Ultimate Chocolate Tasting Kit	Lourdes Lopez
CA14	Home-made Morsels of Loveliness	s'kat
CA15	Food That Really Schmecks	Marlene
CA16	Juicy Celebrations	Sara Reynolds
CA17	Nova Scotian Goodness	Peasantwench
EU01	Grand 7 Wine Tasting in Paris	amanda
EU02	Grand 7 Wine Tasting in Paris	Hande
EU03	Grand 7 Wine Tasting in Paris	Papa Joe
EU04	Grand 7 Wine Tasting in Paris	abby
EU05	Grand 7 Wine Tasting in Paris	colinckw
EU06	Florence Market Tour	Preeta Samarasan
EU07	Eclectic Food Hamper	johanna
EU08	Paris Gastronomy & Chocolate Tour	Gretchen de Limur
EU09	Baking From My Home To Yours	Jen the bread freak
EU10	Naughty Paris Tour from Secrets of Paris	mjwong920
EU11	London Food Tour	Celery
EU12	Apples for Jam Cookbook	Clivia
EU13	Eat Drink Talk Cooking class	foo
EU14	Ecole Superieure de Cuisine Française	Mami
EU15	Italian artisanal products or cookbooks	jessicafm
EU16	Wine & Dine in Munich	Cascabel
EU17	Swedish Tea Kit and Cookbook	Phil W.
EU18	Three Italian Food Photographs	Hedonia
EU19	Paris and Italy Tour & Travel certificates	foo
EU20	Swedish Candy and Chocolate	RN
EU21	Language Workshops	susanp
EU22	Chocolate & Zucchini Cookbook	foo
EU23	Original Watercolor Food Illustration	Magda
EU24	Magazine Sub. and Handmade Lunchbox	Ulla
EU25	South African Cookbook and Native Foods	jessicafm
EU26	Paris Gourmet Itinerary	abby
EU27	Catered Canapé Party	BonBon
EU28	Meal At L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon	cindyptan
EU29	Professional Logo or Header Design	Star
EU30	Handmade Stoneware and Israeli Food	tal
EU31	Amai Tea & Bake House Sweets	Clotilde Dusoulier
EU32	Paris Walking Tours and Custom Itinerary	anapurna
EU33	Country Lunch on Rue Tatin	sworthen
EU34	Chef Jacket from Gale Gand	Steve
EU35	Gastronomic Tour of Barcelona	naomit
UC01	Turkish Delights	Happy
UC02	Food Play and Two Cake Books	Val
UC03	Mindless Eating and Three Cookbooks	InPin
UC04	Fruit Butters and a Surprise Gift	Michael V
UC05	Pasta Machine and Accessories	Kimmy
UC06	Photo Studio in a Box	WebMS
UC07	Apple Ipod Nano	WebMS
UC08	Gourmet Treats and Cookbook	Sue
UC09	Ideas in Food: the photographs	Emma
UC10	A Day Stage at Alinea with Dinner	NS
UC11	Trio of Chocolate Preserves	Melissa's Mom
UC12	Jeni's Ice Cream	C & B
UC13	Be a Lamb's Honorary Owner	ext212
UC14	Another Photo Studio in a Box	WebMS
UE01	Art of the Palate Cookbook & Art	cforcooking
UE02	Lauderee Macarons Watercolor	Simon Cotter
UE03	KitchenAid Series 5-Quart Mixer	passionfordecor
UE04	the Inn at Little Washington	Sonya Hoo
UE05	Rogue Creamery Cheeses	proccers
UE06	A date with the Wednesday Chef	wendy wasserman
UE07	A Day With Sarah Pearse in Atlanta	EmandSami
UE08	$50 Gift Certificates to L'Epicerie	Mimi/French Kitchen in America
UE09	$50 Gift Certificates to L'Epicerie	veronica
UE10	$50 Gift Certificates to L'Epicerie	Aparna T
UE11	$50 Gift Certificates to L'Epicerie	selizara
UE12	$50 Gift Certificates to L'Epicerie	lynn@2girlsplastic.com
UE13	Dinner for Two At L'Ecole Restaurant	Swan
UE14	Amateur Gourmet, New York in A Box	proccers
UE15	An AG's Lunch at Your Office	philip r.
UE16	Off the Shelf by Donna Hay	Francine Lange
UE17	A Basket of Southern Treats	Gwen
UE18	Original Pastel from Jean-Pierre Got	rocknrod
UE19	Serious Eats, Pizza-Eating Tour	A.J. Kinik
UE20	Dinner with wine at Mozza in L.A.	ACrans
UE21	The Oxford Companion To Food	simtal
UE22	Charcuterie from Michael Ruhlman	Marlene
UE23	Burdick's Chocolate mice	Cin
UE24	Kee's Cholocates and Donna Hay Mag	danapaxton
UE25	Portable Party from Chelsea Market.	Lew Sands
UE26	Foie Gras and Book	ok
UE27	Picture and Pinwheel Cookies	helenjane
UE28	Picture and Pinwheel Cookies	Ida
UE29	Picture and Pinwheel Cookies	she
UE30	Picture and Pinwheel Cookies	lmg
UE31	Picture and Pinwheel Cookies	Stuart Spivack
UE32	Picture and Pinwheel Cookies	Gerald San Jose
UE33	Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World	Melissa's Mom
UE34	Cooking in Westchester Workshop	Brett Gerson
UE36	Dinner for four at Centrico	KPA
UW01	Manresa Dinner	PotentialGold.com
UW02	Coffee with Thomas Keller	Kate Gardiner
UW03	Tea With Harold McGee	Liam
UW04	Food Writer Package	Jumbo Empanadas
UW05	A Taste of Australia	Carolyn
UW06	Homemade macaroons	Liz
UW07	Wine & Olive Oil	Lara
UW08	TASTE3 Full Conference Pass	la contessa
UW09	Pangea Organics	Francie Salle
UW10	Photo Lesson & Signed Cookbook	Lara
UW11	Coffee Lover's Package	Kris
UW12	Edible Communities Subscription	Celery
UW13	Mocha Me Happy	Melissa's Mom
UW14	Taste of Hawaii	cn
UW15	Arabesque & Gift Voucher	rosie
UW16	Impromptu Wine Bar Dinner	Lianne
UW17	Delfina Dinner with the Whore	rachel k
UW19	Signed Alice Waters Plate	Kristen
UW20	Homemade Sonoma Hamper	estelle
UW21	California Wine Country painting	Elise
UW22	A Taste of Humboldt County	selena
UW23	10 Speed Press books	Catherine of Albion Cooks
UW24	Rare Star Wars Memorabilia	st
UW25	Blogher Conference Admission	Carmen
UW26	Cookin' at the Costello	brett emerson
UW27	Rancho Gordo Products	brooklynmili
UW28	Signed Copy San Francisco Chefs	prairieknitter
UW29	Mamouls - rosewater cookies	boranam
UW30	Andhra sweets called Sunnundalu	Aparna T
UW31	Gift basket, French food delicacies	Beccy
UW32	premium artisan olive oil	Daniel Moon
UW33	Cooking at home with Pedatha	Prava
UW34	Armchair Food Tour of the Bay Area	award
UW35	A Chef in Your Own Home	grundoon
UW36	Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton	Rory C. Berger
UW37	French Laundry Cookbook	Josh Friedland
UW38	A Persian Pantry	Clotilde Dusoulier
UW39	one swingin’ cocktail kit	anonymous
UW40	Chronicle Books Collection	Maggie Y
UW41	Unique Eggbeater T-Shirt	Chris
UW42	a signed copy of Tartine	Paul - cookiesetc
UW43	$200 Aziza Voucher	kallen
UW44	Shuna Lydon Cooking Classes	FJK
UW45	Cradle of Flavor	Woland
UW46	Cradle of Flavor	fantasty
UW47	Famous Street Food of Penang	Woland
UW48	Hangar One Vodka Distillation	Jeanne Feldkamp
UW49	A basket of goodies from Soif	paul (pting)
UW50	BIN 8945 Wine Bar and Bistro dinner	foo
WB01	Dinner with Eric Asimov	sowalsky
WB02	Vinography: Sommelier for a Night	Jennifer J
WB03	Wine & Cheese of Sonoma County	Ty & By
WB04	Russian River Pinot Noir Pack	Redmen91
WB05	10 Wines from Wark Communications	ok
WB06	Northwest by Northwest	EJ
WB07	Your Health and Wine	WLC
WB08	Personal Wine Blog Feed	jlefevere
WB09	Your Sommelier for a Night	VickiA
WB10	Bon Vivant Wine Guide	Katie Glick
WB11	Cult Sake and a Sake Bar Tour	talia
WB12	The Food and Wine Pairing Bible	Theda E.
WB13	Cal-Mid Wine Gift Pack	ok
WB14	the Oxford Companion to Wine	Steve & Marilee
WB15	Custom Washington Wine Tour Itinerary	Jerry
WB16	Two Ultimate Wine Reference Books	david birenbaum
WB17	Taste the Hamptons Wine Basket	sean (sptr)
WB18	Big Reds of Long Island	Tim Elliott
WB19	Romantic Getaway for LI Wine Lovers	Debbie
WB20	Taste Wines on Long Island	sean (sptr)
WB21	Taste the North Fork of Long Island	Jeffrey Meltzer
WB22	Tour of Long Island Wine Country	sean (sptr)
WB23	Wine Label Poster from Wine Waves	contrarian
WB24	Signed Vertical from Puriri Hills Winery	madman
WB25	Rare Cima Collina Wine Package	GBNGUYEN
WB26	a day in the vineyard at La Gramière	EmmaB
WB27	2 Rare Bottles of Twisted Oak wine	Tim Elliott
WB28	1-Year WineQ Memberships	jlefevere
WB29	A Case of Joy	sarahd
WB30	A Taste of Terroir	Alan
WB31	a mixed case of great Austrian wine	Erika Sutton

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And now, les fine prints.

Instructions for the winners:

1. Visit the blog which hosts the prize or prizes you've won (just click on the prize name) and let the blogger know that you're the lucky winner of his/her fabulous prize.
2. Please be sure to use the same email address you gave us on your donation form. The email address will identify you -and not any other 'Liz'- as the real winner.
3. You are responsible for contact the blogger and providing him/her with the shipping information so the prize could be mailed to you.
4. Then sit back and wait, your prize should be mailed to you shortly.

Instructions for the donating bloggers:

1. For bloggers hosting prizes with the code prefixes AP, CA, EU, and UC, please contact Brett at In Praise of Sardines to verify the email address of the winner of each of your prize.
2. For bloggers hosting prizes with the code prefixes UE, UW and WB, please contact Fatemeh at Gastronomie SF to verify the email address of the winner of each of your prize.
3. Please ship your prize(s) to the winner(s) promptly.

Got a problem or question? Please contact the following Menu for Hope Prize Managers:

• For prize codes AP, CA, EU, and UC, please contact Brett at In Praise of Sardines.
• UE, UW and WB, please contact Fatemeh at Gastronomie SF.
• Or you can also contact me directly.

Comments

[nika]

Woo hoo! So glad to have been a part of this!

[Serge Lescouarnec]

Pim

Thanks for all the hard work

Glad to see it bore fruits

I just have to find out (I guess tomorrow) who the mysterious rocknrod is so I can send them the prize.

Take care

Get some rest

Serge

[Liz & Louka]

Wow! I won a prize! Thankyou for running this wonderful raffle - what a lot of money it made for a really good cause.

[Emma]

Thanks for all your hard work, Pim. And congratulations to Brian and Bix!

[Colin]

Thanks for organising this fantastic event... now I have to find out who is Edwf and Cookingismypassion to see if they can sneak me in for dinner in a doggy bag!

[Mimi]

Pretty exciting to see my name on the list! This was fun, and the First Giving setup was so easy to use.

Thanks, Pim! A great idea!

[barbara]

Well done Pim. I'm sorry I didn't win dinner at Tetsuya's or the Starwars memorabillia but I'm happy with the book donated by Arfi.

[Elise]

Pim, thank you for all of your amazing hard work on this raffle. Just writing up this post with all the links would have made me cross-eyed. You are an inspiration to us all!

[Chubby Hubby]

Wow. I am thrilled I won a prize. But I'm even more thrilled for the guys that won the prizes I helped to source. I am so envious of them. Maybe I can con (oops... convince) the winners to take my along to their dinners. ;p

Seriously, congrats again Pim. Great job this year! Next year's target should be US$200,000!

[kayenne]

i'm sooooooooooooooooooo thrilled! my friend, treens, will be happy to receive the tea package!

great raffle! great fund-raising! see you next year! hopefully, i can donate a prize next year!

[beccy]

Great work Pim, it's exciting to win a prize, my win was a gift to Fred (Sam's boyfriend) I'm sure they'll enjoy it.

[aja]

Congratulations Pim on a job most excellently done! Can't wait to find out who Tal is so I can send him/her their prize.

I agree with chubbyhubby about, and I'm already working on sourcing a prize for next years Menu for Hope.

[Spike]

Pim, what can I say buy "wow"? I am happy to take part in this with or without a prize, but the fact that I did win one of the raffles I entered was a nice added bonus. You deserve a lot of praise for putting this together and I can't wait to do it all again next year!

[Jeanne]

Congratulations to all the winners! And thanks Pim and all the regional co-ordinators for all your hard work. Can't wait to hear who Jessicafm and BonBon are so we can start the ball rolling in delivering the prizes!

[David]

Great job on the awards, and thanks to bidders and donors for a job very well-done!

Hoping to toast the success of the event, either here or there, in the near future...

[Lil]

well done to all involved in the organisation, and congrats to all the winners! :)

[Stephan]

Well done Pim! Thank you and looking forward to next time.

[stephanie s]

congratulations!

[Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy]

Thanks Pim for organizing this - I'm already getting ready for next year! :)

[scott]

Congratulations everyone!!

[Anne-Marie - A Readable Feast and This Mama Cooks!]

Pim and all the volunteers and participants. I'm AMAZED with everyone's hard work and generousity. I will be participating again next year, so count me in!

[Suyin@ cookingismypassion.blogspot.com]

OMG....*speechless*...wow..I love blogger events...*Jumps AROUNd* OMG OMG OMG OMG *Explodes with excitement*

[catherine Ross]

Thank you, Pim! What a wonderful accomplishment!

[Ore]

Hi Pim.

I won...um...wow!!

Very UNexpected - I hear great things about Manresa but I have never been there. I look forward to a very moving and exquisite experience.

I hope Fra' Mani can donate a gift for next years trunk of world class prizes.

[arfi binsted]

great job, Pim! so honored i could take part. now, it's the time to send/give the parcel. cheers.

[Julius Seizer]

Wow. I've never seen a blog event like this but it looks pretty spectacular. Congratulations to all involved.

See? The blog can do more than just breathe life into dead stories and expose dishonest journalists!

Julius Seizer

[Veron]

My winner has not contacted me yet. I wonder if some of them are waiting to be notified instead of them notifying us that they won.

[carmen]

I'm so glad that I won! Thank you so much for hosting this!

[Meg]

Wow! I am honoured enough to have participated as a donor, but I'm in awe that I was lucky enough to win something. Thanks so much for everything, Pim. This was a great event and I hope it only gets better in the coming years.

[NS]

Hi Pim: Thanks for organizing this great event. I sent you an email on this but thought I would leave a message here as well -- can you please let me know, at your convenience, what I need to do to claim the prize that I was fortunate enough to win (UC10)? Thanks!

[Carino]

Dear Pim,

I learnt about Menu for Hope only recently, if only I did so sooner coz by then it was over before I could bid!

Nonetheless, what you do is just remarkable and I really admire you for that.

I hope to participate in the next event, will you be doing it again?

[Carino]

Dear Pim,

I learnt about Menu for Hope only recently, if only I did so sooner coz by then it was over before I could bid!

Nonetheless, what you do is just remarkable and I really admire you for that.

I hope to participate in the next event, will you be doing it again?

[la tea dough]

Hello, Pim--
I am probably the only dummy that didn't get this, but the wording in your blog about Menu for Hope (paragraph beginning "This year...") gave me the impression that donations (and prizes!) were limited to bloggers. (Like Is My Blog Burning, and Blog by Mail kinds of group activities.)
(I was wowed by some of the the prizes, but figured they must be just for bloggers.) Alas I found out too late.
So maybe next year, you could be sure to make it clear to the densest of us, not so familiar with the Internet goings-on.
Thank you!
Happy Reader

[BoLA]

Thanks Pim and partners around the globe for organizing such a fabulous event! :) I am so thrilled that I won the Baker's Bounty!!! (I only checked today- doh!)

Hope I can donate again next year, and will plan to donate some cool items for the next raffle too!

- Kristy (aka BoLA)

[estelle]

Well I won :) UW20 - BUT I can't figure out how to contact Anni :(

I've tried posting on her board saying I don't have an email and I've tried emailing directly to you Pim (maybe my email went in your junk mail?) - both a few days ago

HELP!!!!!!!!

[estelle]

Whoops meant to say I don't have HER email (not an email)p don't see anywhere on her blog that is a way to email her